What the Candidate Will Do:
- Leading all aspects of project progress, resolving dependencies, evaluating risks, and communicating status to upper management and project team members.
- Engaging and energizing your teams to achieve goals.
- Proactively removing obstacles to drive momentum, progress, and results.
- Identifying communication gaps, managing issues, team concerns, and providing support to teams balancing opposing priorities.
- Contributing to the management of the multi-functional strategic planning and business planning process, leading conversations with key team members to develop concepts for strategic initiatives, and developing those into detailed program / project plans (including roadmaps, funding planning, resource planning and business goals).
- Implementing continuous improvements to the engineering organization and the program management process.
- Share program/project process frameworks, tools, and standard methodologies that can be adopted throughout the organization.
Experience:
- 10+ years of experience in technical program management and/or software development leadership
- Proven track record of building and/or managing a team of TPMs with deep technical knowledge.
Skills & Knowledge:
- Strong understanding of platform architecture, software design lifecycle and vendor management.
- Expertise in using data-driven approaches for problem solving, P&L tracking and resource management.
Stakeholder Management & Communication:
- Strong ability to manage and influence a broad set of internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, technical teams, and business / legal teams.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to distill complex technical and risks into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders.
Leadership & Program Management:
- Proven success in managing cross-functional teams and initiatives.
- Experience leading and mentoring teams, driving continuous process improvement, and managing multiple projects in parallel.
- Ability to lead without direct authority and influence decision-making across various teams.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with machine learning, or AI-driven forecasting and/or cost optimization.
- Experience in rapidly scaling environments, with a focus on driving a product from zero-to-1.
For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD$241,000 per year - USD$268,000 per year.
You will be eligible to participate in Uber's bonus program, and may be offered an equity award & other types of comp. You will also be eligible for various benefits. More details can be found at the following link .