As a Technical Program Manager, you will anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints. You will have an ability to take large, complex programs and break them down into manageable pieces, develop functional and technical user stories, then deliver them in a successful and timely manner. Maturity, high judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, analytical thinking and leadership are essential to success in this role.
In this role, you will:
Own the success of the program including developing and managing the partner relationships to expand the impact of the program.
Lead planning, execution and delivery of projects across multiple teams, i.e., break down ambiguous science and engineering goals into manageable milestones, write functional specifications, create system design, solve complex technical problems, interface with multiple teams, and deliver solutions in a successful, agile, and timely manner.
Own communication for delivery across these projects with senior leadership and across partner organizations, own review documents, newsletters, wiki page development etc. Communicate risks with mitigation plans.
Effectively communicate with cross functional technical architects and leads on technical approach, dependencies and constraints.
Anticipate bottlenecks and balance business needs versus technical constraints to move these projects forward quickly.
Manage resource allocation for all projects across all technical teams and keep the overall program roadmap balanced.
Basic Qualifications
7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience
5+ years of technical product or program management experience
3+ years of software development experience
5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experience
5+ years of experience working in an agile and/or scrum environment
Experience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedules
Preferred Qualifications
Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
Experience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadership
Photon San Francisco, California, USA Office
San Francisco, United States
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