Senior Program Manager Jobs

Summary

Program Management function in Product Development liaises between Business Stakeholders and Engineering leads. The Sr. PGM understands and speaks the technical jargon as fluently as the business rhetoric. Through objective analysis and creative thinking, is capable of enabling Engineering and Business stakeholders reach consensus on a plan of record that achieves the high priority business goals within time and resource constraints. Has mastered the art of management without direct authority by leveraging productive relationships with functional managers, and is accountable for providing guidance to individual resources and transparency for business owners.

Responsibilities

• Solicit, analyze, and define functional and non-functional technical requirements and priorities with the business owners and other cross functional stakeholders using process flows, technical requirements list, specifications, diagrams, scenarios, mockups, and/or models.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for the project to the Technical Leadership team, working with all functional teams (Dev, QA, Operations, etc.).
• Participate in user acceptance testing of system enhancements and projects.
• Perform other duties as needed.
• Capture and manage project risks/issues and the execution of risk mitigation/contingency plans and any necessary escalations.
• Can mentor Program Managers and contribute to best practices.
• Maintain and report periodic status by proactively monitoring the activities of the team members/leads and the “health” of data (burn down, bugs, etc.)for area of project/program responsibility.
• Manage compliance with all IT governance standards through approved tools, templates, policies, procedures and process leanings.
• Manage resources, team, and other project conflicts to resolution.
• Provide project management leadership, guidance, and day-to-day execution support for Product Development projects, ensuring technology initiatives are executed on-time, on-budget, on-scope, and with expected quality.

Qualifications

• 7 years of project management responsibility for complex Technology software development, database, and operational projects or related experience.
• Advanced knowledge in project management with experience managing multiple complex projects, schedules, budgets, scope and performance analytics in a fast paced and dynamic environment (both Waterfall and Agile/Scrum).
• Agile product development experience, preferably driving or participating in Scrum product delivery teams.
• Expert Knowledge in project management with experience managing multiple complex projects, schedules, resources, scope and performance analytics in a fast paced and dynamic environment (both Waterfall and Agile/Scrum).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong understanding of both client-server and web application development concepts.
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience.

To apply, you may also send your resume and cover letter directly to [email protected].