Senior Program Manager - Redwood City, CAYou will be reporting to Director, Program Management.
Technology You'll UseJira, Confluence, and Agile
Your Role Responsibilities? Here's What You'll Do- Drive large enterprise scale software development programs from initiation to closure.
- Support General Managers in Planning and Business reviews.
- Support the Leadership on Portfolio management.
- Support Architecture programs and reviews with the Informatica Architectural Review Board.
- Lead product initiatives to ensure alignment with company goals and objectives.
- Identify and remove blockers & impediments, setting a positive example for others to follow.
- Manage project planning and execution, ensuring projects/releases are well-defined and of high quality.
- Collaborate with R&D managers to help with release planning and prioritization of features and enhancements.
- Provide strategic direction to the team, promoting the use of Agile practices, and methodologies.
- Enhance our program management methodologies by applying your expertise in Agile development practices and industry best practices.
- Ensure use and implementation of Informatica's Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodology across all projects.
- Use your technical expertise to assess the technical complexity of proposed features, identify potential risks, and recommend mitigation strategies.
- Define report, and maintain dashboards to track project progress, key performance indicators (KPIs), and other relevant metrics
What We'd Like to See- 7+ years of relevant experience in handling large enterprise scale software development programs.
- Work between Engineering/R&D, Cloud Operations, Compliance & Security, and Product Management teams in a collaborative fashion.
- Experience managing projects with cloud service providers such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP), including knowledge of cloud services like compute, storage, networking, databases, and serverless computing.
- Awareness of security best practices and compliance requirements relevant to SaaS products, such as GDPR, HIPAA, and SOC 2.
Role Essentials- Understanding of canary deployments and management
- Hands on experience on tools like Tableau, EasyBI and PowerBI
- Good understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles and practices.
- Proficiency with project management tools such as Atlassian Jira and Confluence wiki.
- Understanding of SaaS software development principles, including multi-tenancy, scalability, security, and data privacy.
- BA/BS or equivalent educational background, we will consider an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
- Minimum 2+ years of relevant professional experience
Perks & Benefits- Comprehensive health, vision, and wellness benefits (Paid parental leave, adoption benefits, life insurance, disability insurance and 401k plan or international pension/retirement plans
- Flexible time-off policy and hybrid working practices
- Equity opportunities and an employee stock purchase program (ESPP)
- Comprehensive Mental Health and Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefit