Lead Technical Program Manager - Software Resources, Inc.
New York, NY 10036
About the Job
Software Resources has an immediate job opportunity for a Lead Technical Program Manager with a major corporation in New York City. Can be Remote, but must be East Coast hours.
Duration: 12 month(s)
MUST HAVES:
" Great Communications/Socially Savvy - Must advocate on behalf of teams to other parts of the org, and build relationships, navigating a very large organization
" Self-starter/Proactive - must be able to begin to add value to teams with little training and figure out how best to support the engineering manager and team
" Organized - must manage meetings, understand/report on the status of deliverables, identifying and helping to mitigate risks
" Technical Acumen - must be comfortable in technical meetings with engineers, helping ensure the team reaches a conclusion, and following up on associated action items
" Change agent - Experience building the trust of the org to help implement change/process improvements when they are identified as needed, and looking for creative ways to use the available project management tooling to automate where necessary
Description:
This is a Lead Technical Program Manager (TPM) position within the DEET Production Platforms - Shared Services organization. The Lead Technical Program Manager will focus on the planning and execution of programs related to the internal developer platform - tools and services for scale offered to internal engineers across DEET.
Our TPMs partner with engineering managers and play a critical role in structuring and executing impactful cross-org initiatives. TPMs have a high degree of technical literacy and a desire to learn more, both within their teams' product space and across the wider department. Ideal candidates must be highly proactive, detail-oriented, possess the ability to work through unknowns, identify paths to success to ensure delivery, and be able to autonomously work on multiple, critical assignments that span the department.
Additionally, this position will act as a leader within the organization helping to improve processes, pragmatically applying agile best practices as needed. A Lead TPM must use their experience to deliver large scale projects, identifying and proactively mitigate risks to delivery. Effectively communicating the status and partnering with stakeholders to ensure alignment on expectations will be crucial. Building trust with all levels of the organization will also be essential.
Effectively define and represent projects goals and plan; develop fundamental technical understanding of the project deliverables
Promote and advocate for tools and projects within your domain, educating the larger organization on their value
Enhance team throughput by removing roadblocks and leveraging organizational connections while helping to drive teams towards commitments
Track progress against deliverables and work closely with the team to ensure on-time delivery
Share concise and effective status information across multiple reporting formats to keep stakeholders informed and proactively communicate risks, forecasts, and dependencies
Facilitate technical and stakeholder meetings; follow the discussions in order to summarize and capture outcomes
Foster cross-team coordination and communication
Identify, maintain, and visualize metrics to guide the project lifecycle
Assist with estimation and planning of team resourcing, in conjunction with engineering team manager
Navigate competing and dynamic priorities, balance competing requests with agility
Effectively communicate to all levels of the organization
Coach and mentor other program managers and project teams
Basic Qualifications:
+ years of Relevant Experience
Demonstrable experience manage large scale technical projects in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, developing and executing project plans and delivery commitments with many cross team dependencies
Deep rooted passion and proven track record building motivated and collaborative teams
Detail oriented and excellent communication skills; ability to follow technical discussions and absorb technical documentation. Being able to distill technical items to communicate effectively to non-technical audiences
Track record of creating lasting professional relationships with diverse stakeholders, maturing team's current engagements and advocating for future work
Experience in leading teams through improvement via process re-engineering
Demonstrated tenacity and comfortable with ambiguity, having good problem solving skills and critical thinking
Tools expertise including Atlassian Suite, Google Suite, and Slack or similar
Experience working with distributed teams and/or distributed organizations
Working understanding of cloud based development and a desire to know more
Preferred Qualifications:
Exposure to modern DevOps and SRE practices around CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Availability, etc.
Experience with containers/microservices in highly scalable cloud based applications
Prior experience as a software engineer
Experience working on software for the media/entertainment industry
Experience providing and supporting services and tools for other teams within your organization, and managing stakeholder's needs
Business Development experience
Required Education:
BS
Don't delay. Join the Software Resources team today!
Software Resources specializes in connecting talented IT professionals with challenging job opportunities that transform jobs into careers.
To meet our clients' hiring needs, we continuously source talented IT Professionals with all levels of expertise and in all disciplines. We offer world class major medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) with match, short term disability, Life Insurance and AD&D. You, our future employees, can make a tremendous difference to our company and our clients. Please apply to this job and experience the Software Resources difference. You can view all of our jobs at https://www.softwareresources.com/careers/
ALERT : Spoofing Scam Advisory
Software Resources has been targeted by spoofing attacks. Scammers impersonating our employees may contact you with fake job offers, asking for personal information. Unfortunately, we cannot completely prevent these fraudulent activities.
Stay Protected : Verify any communication claiming to be from Software Resources. For your safety, directly confirm the legitimacy of any job offer or inquiry by calling us at 407-515-6020. Do not respond to unsolicited requests without verification.
We value our integrity and urge you not to fall victim to these scams. Always verify by calling us directly at 407-515-6020.
Duration: 12 month(s)
MUST HAVES:
" Great Communications/Socially Savvy - Must advocate on behalf of teams to other parts of the org, and build relationships, navigating a very large organization
" Self-starter/Proactive - must be able to begin to add value to teams with little training and figure out how best to support the engineering manager and team
" Organized - must manage meetings, understand/report on the status of deliverables, identifying and helping to mitigate risks
" Technical Acumen - must be comfortable in technical meetings with engineers, helping ensure the team reaches a conclusion, and following up on associated action items
" Change agent - Experience building the trust of the org to help implement change/process improvements when they are identified as needed, and looking for creative ways to use the available project management tooling to automate where necessary
Description:
This is a Lead Technical Program Manager (TPM) position within the DEET Production Platforms - Shared Services organization. The Lead Technical Program Manager will focus on the planning and execution of programs related to the internal developer platform - tools and services for scale offered to internal engineers across DEET.
Our TPMs partner with engineering managers and play a critical role in structuring and executing impactful cross-org initiatives. TPMs have a high degree of technical literacy and a desire to learn more, both within their teams' product space and across the wider department. Ideal candidates must be highly proactive, detail-oriented, possess the ability to work through unknowns, identify paths to success to ensure delivery, and be able to autonomously work on multiple, critical assignments that span the department.
Additionally, this position will act as a leader within the organization helping to improve processes, pragmatically applying agile best practices as needed. A Lead TPM must use their experience to deliver large scale projects, identifying and proactively mitigate risks to delivery. Effectively communicating the status and partnering with stakeholders to ensure alignment on expectations will be crucial. Building trust with all levels of the organization will also be essential.
Effectively define and represent projects goals and plan; develop fundamental technical understanding of the project deliverables
Promote and advocate for tools and projects within your domain, educating the larger organization on their value
Enhance team throughput by removing roadblocks and leveraging organizational connections while helping to drive teams towards commitments
Track progress against deliverables and work closely with the team to ensure on-time delivery
Share concise and effective status information across multiple reporting formats to keep stakeholders informed and proactively communicate risks, forecasts, and dependencies
Facilitate technical and stakeholder meetings; follow the discussions in order to summarize and capture outcomes
Foster cross-team coordination and communication
Identify, maintain, and visualize metrics to guide the project lifecycle
Assist with estimation and planning of team resourcing, in conjunction with engineering team manager
Navigate competing and dynamic priorities, balance competing requests with agility
Effectively communicate to all levels of the organization
Coach and mentor other program managers and project teams
Basic Qualifications:
+ years of Relevant Experience
Demonstrable experience manage large scale technical projects in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, developing and executing project plans and delivery commitments with many cross team dependencies
Deep rooted passion and proven track record building motivated and collaborative teams
Detail oriented and excellent communication skills; ability to follow technical discussions and absorb technical documentation. Being able to distill technical items to communicate effectively to non-technical audiences
Track record of creating lasting professional relationships with diverse stakeholders, maturing team's current engagements and advocating for future work
Experience in leading teams through improvement via process re-engineering
Demonstrated tenacity and comfortable with ambiguity, having good problem solving skills and critical thinking
Tools expertise including Atlassian Suite, Google Suite, and Slack or similar
Experience working with distributed teams and/or distributed organizations
Working understanding of cloud based development and a desire to know more
Preferred Qualifications:
Exposure to modern DevOps and SRE practices around CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, Availability, etc.
Experience with containers/microservices in highly scalable cloud based applications
Prior experience as a software engineer
Experience working on software for the media/entertainment industry
Experience providing and supporting services and tools for other teams within your organization, and managing stakeholder's needs
Business Development experience
Required Education:
BS
Don't delay. Join the Software Resources team today!
Software Resources specializes in connecting talented IT professionals with challenging job opportunities that transform jobs into careers.
To meet our clients' hiring needs, we continuously source talented IT Professionals with all levels of expertise and in all disciplines. We offer world class major medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) with match, short term disability, Life Insurance and AD&D. You, our future employees, can make a tremendous difference to our company and our clients. Please apply to this job and experience the Software Resources difference. You can view all of our jobs at https://www.softwareresources.com/careers/
ALERT : Spoofing Scam Advisory
Software Resources has been targeted by spoofing attacks. Scammers impersonating our employees may contact you with fake job offers, asking for personal information. Unfortunately, we cannot completely prevent these fraudulent activities.
Stay Protected : Verify any communication claiming to be from Software Resources. For your safety, directly confirm the legitimacy of any job offer or inquiry by calling us at 407-515-6020. Do not respond to unsolicited requests without verification.
We value our integrity and urge you not to fall victim to these scams. Always verify by calling us directly at 407-515-6020.
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