RESPONSIBILITIES
- Organizes and accelerates a group of related technology projects or activities across multiple teams aligning dependent organizations. Identify and remove blockers and always find the path forward in challenging situations
- Creates mechanisms to effectively report out and control execution. Recognizes complexity and creates predictable delivery paths for large and/or complex efforts. Measurably improves streamlines and/or eliminates excess processes. Utilizes cross organizational mechanisms to describe and drive continuous improvements.
- Drives execution of an outcome from inception through successful delivery through the full stack of the services / domains or an outcome that spans multiple teams and integrations across the enterprise.
- Looked to as first point of contact for your team or area and the source of truth for status providing the right information and associated data about the state of the project to the right audience at the right time.
- Understands the business strategy and design approaches within product program or domain with depth to be credible and effective with teams they work with. Can competently represent team s services.
- Keeps abreast of evolving technology landscape. Can ask the right questions to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of designs (scalability latency security performance data integrity etc.)
- Works with ambiguity and with limited guidance. The business outcome program and/or product strategy is defined but nothing else is. Able to get the inertia out and the project in motion or able to get the entropy out and the project into a calm and predictable delivery pattern
- Transform raw thoughts into clear and concise communications/instructions to the teams. Can communicate with confidence 3 levels up.
- May work directly with external to the organization or external to client technology providers that support our implementation plans and roadmaps identifying opportunities to be faster better and cheaper.
- Understands the needs of the engineers and technical operations teams who have to build maintain and operate the services and technical assets
- Regularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved data/mechanisms for visibility ensuring your program stays aligned with organization objectives
- Plays active role in mentoring and recruiting others
JOB SPECIFIC EXPERIENCES
- Anticipate bottlenecks and adequately factor in contingency for unplanned delays.
- Determine if success metrics are in place and if not you work to define them.
- Recognize discordant views and take part in constructive dialog to resolve them.
- Continuously assess development processes test plans and operations. You work with teams to improve concurrent project delivery.
- Streamline and/or eliminate excess process in any area of the architecture production operations environment or business area where the same efforts (or issues) are repeated yearoveryear.
- Expert with scrum delivery.
Requirements
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in program management with at least 2 years in a technical role.
- Proven track record of managing complex technical programs from inception to delivery.
- Strong knowledge of program management processes tools and best practices.
- Excellent communication collaboration and leadership skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a fastpaced dynamic environment.
- Strong problemsolving and decisionmaking skills.
- Experience with Agile and/or Scrum methodologies is a plus.
- PMP or other relevant program management certification is preferred.
Additional Skills:
- Java tech stack experience
- Payment processing understanding (good to have)
- Event driven tech knowledge
- BA understanding
- Basic DevOps knowledge
Java, Project Management, Technical Project Management