Drive and own the program strategy including tying the business unit, portfolio and program strategy together. Use influence to help teams understand how the program fits into the overall strategy.
Prioritize initiatives within the program and surface risks and trade-offs as well as recommendations to the stakeholders.
Communicate the program plan, status and risk to wide-ranging audiences visually communicating goals of program, relationship to business goals, and other relevant success criteria.
Lead cross-functional dependency management for assigned programs.
Breakdown and organize the program into manageable pieces that can be delegated or individually owned.
Drive the status and reporting structure in a manner that is consistent with both Agile principles and the needs of the program.
Develop decision-making principles and recommendations for decisions.
Identify risks, develop a risk mitigation plan and gain buy-in from stakeholders.
Use data, principles and risk mitigation to assess progress to plan.
Qualifications
10+ years of experience in technical program management leading well defined small-medium sized software development initiatives. SaaS experience / cloud native applications / backend reporting/data experience.
Ability to influence at Director level and build strong partnerships across organizations to deliver the best program outcomes.
Excellent organizational and coordination skills along with multi-tasking capabilities to get things done in a fast-paced environment.
Outstanding communication skills appropriate for executive-level audiences; ability to structure and communicate goals of program, relationship to business goals, and other relevant success criteria.
Demonstrated ability to simultaneously understand and communicate the bigger picture while diving in to understand issues & risks to drive rapid resolution.
Bachelor’s degree (masters preferred) in business, engineering, computer science. Equivalent experience will be considered