F5 Technical Program Manager 

Mexico, Jalisco, Guadalajara 

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The technical program manager (TPM) is an authority with excellent interpersonal skills, strength working cross-functionally, with ability to influence and facilitate others to solve business problems and deliver solutions. The position requires a unique blend of business and technical savviness: a big-picture vision, the drive to make that vision a reality, and technical credibility to engage and drive work with software engineers. The TPM will be presenting complex technical challenges and resolutions to leadership and other stakeholders.

Primary Responsibilities

• Communicate and collaborate complex technical challenges and resolutions defining cross-functional work to leadership and other partners
• Negotiate challenging priorities and navigate complex organizational dynamics to establish delivery plans, forecasts, and budgets
• Facilitate cross-functional engineering teams to solve business problems and deliver solutions
• Bring the product vision and the technical build together – become the glue between functional teams
• Develop strong relationships to engage, align, and empower people to deliver
• Maintain and continue to develop a broad knowledge of business & technology expertise – understand the interconnections between the people, the processes, and the technology solutions
• Bring an outstanding blend of business and technical savvy: a big-picture vision, the drive to make that vision a reality, and technical credibility to engage with software engineers
• Develop, report, and continually improve performance metrics
• Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals
• Demonstrate ownership and autonomy in owned projects and functional areas and drive delivery of high-quality results
• Build strategies for issue and risk mitigation and contingency planning
• Lead all aspects of project/program deliverables andadhereto audit/compliance requirements
• Support the development of high-performing global teams for effectively handling sophisticated and multifaceted programs
• Responsible for upholding F5’s Business Code of Ethics and for promptly reporting violations of the Code or other company policies.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Ability to develop strong working relationships to engage, align, and motivate people to deliver
• Ability to bridge the gap between Product, Engineering, and Architecture groups to facilitate solutions
• Strong project and program management skills
• Comfort in technical delivery
• Understanding of Agile Delivery Methodology
• Understand the importance of building strong working relationships
• Effective written and verbal communication
• Strong organizational, presentation, and customer service skills
• Ability to quickly master technical concepts
• While encouraged to be a facilitator and driver, equally comfortable digging into business requirements or drilling into architecture with development teams to solve complex problems

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or related field
• 5+ years’ experience in Technical Program, IT, and/or project management
• 3+ years of experience in a program manager capacity
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall program management methodologies
• Experience leading a geo-dispersed team
• Experience working in a concurrent software development environment as part of a complex build and merge management process
• Technology product development experience is highly desired

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Duties are performed in a normal office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table.
• Duties require the ability to utilize a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material.
• Duties may require being on call periodically and working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends).
• Duties require the ability to travel up to 80% via automobile and airplane and may require being on call periodically and working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends).
• Duties may require the ability to travel via automobile or airplane, approximately 5% of the time spent traveling.
• Job may be performed on-site at a customer facility or data center, or in an office environment sitting at a desk or computer table.
  

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.