Program Manager

• Defines, plans and drives projects and program plans based on management and senior technical guidance
• Possesses a thorough knowledge of the principles of project management and can apply them effectively on small to large size projects
• Has responsibility for projects or processes of significant technical importance and for results that cross engineering project areas
• Initiates significant changes to existing processes and methods to improve project and team efficiency
• Creates and maintains project management artifacts such as schedule, resource and resource forecast, risk and issues logs
• Provides unique views of project status updates and facilitates cross development team dependencies and communications
• Identify action or mitigation plans for issues or risks that arise during the project lifecycle
• Collaborates with core teams and execution teams to identify areas that require special attention or escalations to identify corrective actions
• Collect, analyze, organize and publish work performance data via dashboards and recurring status reports

• Strong analytical, problem-solving and risk management skills
• Ability to work efficiently and manage effective relationships in a cross-functional organization
• Must be self-directed and work in complex and dynamic ecosystems
• Detailed oriented, self-driven with a strong sense of pride and ownership
• Strong organizational, problem-solving, interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to build relationships and work effectively as a self-starter and as part of a team
• Proactively involve team members in planning, decision-making and execution efforts
• People management experience is desirable
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to handle all levels of interaction, including executive level
• Horizontal leadership/Matrix management experience
• Technical program management and customer relationship management
• Collaborate in problem solving and mitigating risks with Engineering, Program/Project Management, Business Units and Product Management - both internal and external
• Strong knowledge of productivity and project tools including Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office Suite
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer/Electrical Engineering
• Formal project management education, PMP / Scrum Master

People management experience is desirable