Technical Project Manager - VIZIO, Inc.
Dallas, TX 75254
About the Job
VIZIO is looking for a proactive and forward-thinking technical manager to enhance existing operations and platform projects. In this hands-on role, you will help manage implementation efforts of our operations platforms, monitoring and lead engineering teams to ensure milestones and deadlines are met.
What You Will Do:VIZIO is looking for a proactive and forward-thinking technical project manager to enhance existing operations and platform projects
In this hands-on role, you will help manage implementation efforts of our operations platforms, monitoring and leading engineering teams to ensure milestones and deadlines are met
Run and lead engineering team to deliver products and solutions for sophisticated embedded systems
Provide outstanding leadership to program team to deliver projects/programs timely, with high quality while achieving excellent results
Perform overall program-level planning & lead program execution of interdependent projects, and drive effective and accurate status reporting
Be responsible for the identification of risks and issues, and development of risk mitigation strategies and associated processes
Identify critical partners and required engagement model and handle effective decision- making with leadership/engineering teams
Supervise overall roadmap, identify and report potential obstacles such as scope creep, resource and personnel shortfalls, and problems with schedule, and release delays
Communicate with related parties with software engineers, product managers, and development teams
Conduct data analysis to deliver insights for Engineering Managers
Outstanding communication and presentation skills to engineers, managers, and execs
Identifying risks, developing mitigation strategies, and facilitating resolutions
Proactively identify, prioritize, and drive resolution to program issues
Help the team with ongoing improvements to the program management processes
Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Marketing teams
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sciences, Information Systems, or similar
- 5+ years demonstrate ability in engineering development and project management are required
Driving multi-functional efforts across major technical fields: SW, HW, Product, and QA
Sound technical foundation and a highly motivated self-starter
Knowledge of software engineering standard methodologies and related dependencies
Strong leadership skills and ability to inspire team members
Familiarity of SDLC
Solid understanding of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall and Kanban development methodologies
Good understanding of OS systems, media, and system architecture
Sound understanding of UX and UI development
Excellent time management and organizational skills
Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with many different personality types
Ability to work well in a fast-paced, multifaceted environment
Excellent planning, time management, organizational and interpersonal skills
Excellent with a project management tool is necessary, experience with JIRA & Confluence
Partner with engineering teams throughout feature development from architecture, design, implementation, and validation
Own roadmap, priorities, prioritization, and timelines for technologies
Solid understanding of Git/BitBucket
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Headquartered in Irvine, California, VIZIO is a leading HDTV brand in America and the #1 Sound Bar Brand in America. VIZIO's mission is to deliver high performance, smarter products with the latest innovations at a significant savings that we can pass along to our consumers. Our loyal following and industry-wide praise continues to grow as we redefine what it means to be smart.
VIZIO, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regards to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
We do not accept unsolicited agency resumes. We will not pay fees to any third-party agency, outside recruiter or firm without a mutually agreed-upon contract and will not be responsible for any agency fees associated with unsolicited resumes. Unsolicited resumes will be considered our property and will be processed accordingly.