Technical Program Manager - Katalyst Healthcares & Life Sciences
North Haven, CT 06473
About the Job
Responsible for the overall development life cycle of the solution and manage complex projects with significant bottom line impact.
Instill best practices for portfolio documentation, ensure designs meet requirements, and deliver high-quality work on tight schedules.
Project management - prioritization, planning of projects and features, Stakeholder management and tracking of external commitments.
Leads the team to prepare for Phase Gate and other Go/No-Go decisions by executive leadership, ensuring that decisions are advised by a balanced and clear representation of the relevant data.
Independently determines and pursues courses of action vital to obtaining desired results.
Communicates program updates to functional management and executive leadership.
Defines program resource needs and negotiates program resourcing plans.
Leads cross-functional teams through problem resolution including root cause analysis and corrective action.
Analyzes data and sophisticated situations involving evaluation of tangible variables to programs or collective system of projects.
Software Microsoft Office Suite & Project, Smartsheet's, TFS, Azure DevOps, others as necessary.
Requirements:
Experience in core project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, and risk management.
Experience managing projects across functional teams, building sustainable processes, and coordinating release schedules.
Experience working with engineering, product and/or technical program managers in a delivery organization.
Leadership, facilitation skills, strong written/verbal communication skills.
I am willing to roll sleeves up and work at a tactical level to drive results.
3+ years in a technical program/project function.
Well versed in iterative, agile, and prototype development practices.
Experience working at a company through a high growth/scaling period.
High judgement and negotiation skills with demonstrated ability to influence.