Agile Technical Project/Program Manager
10 positions
FULLY ONSITE
Must be able to work for any employer
- HiL SW Validation Cycle experience required
Job Description:
· An Agile Technical Program Manager has the fundamental capabilities with respect to planning, organizing, communicating and problem solving.
· An Agile Technical Program Manager also brings unique skills in leadership, analysis, critical thinking, conflict management and risk management.
· As an Agile Technical Program Manager, you will be responsible for defining project scope and schedule while focusing on regular and timely delivery of value; organizing and leading project status and working meetings; preparing and distributing progress reports; managing risks and issues; correcting deviations from plans; and performing delivery planning for assigned projects.
· An Agile Technical Program Manager can manage multiple simultaneous projects that are complex or high-risk and is able to develop recovery strategies for projects that stray from their plan.
· An Agile Technical Program Manager is also able to manage the capture of product requirements in a holistic manner and drives to meet project goals with both quality and integrity.
· The focus of the assigned projects is on innovating, developing and delivering new products in alignment with the Product Development (PD) product portfolio.
· The unique benefit provided by an Agile Technical Program Manager is the reduction of risk through better analysis, decision making, planning and monitoring of the project or program.
Experience Required:
· Minimum 8+ years' experience (6+ years with Master's Degree) managing projects at technology-based companies or technical domains;
· Desired PMP certification with accompanying experience managing projects to a successful conclusion;
· Desired Agile scrum master certification
· Desired dSpace Hardware/Software experience
· Experience managing a geo-dispersed project 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.
· 2+ years SAFe/Agile/Lean experience preferred.
Skills Required:
· Design, build and maintain the HiL SW Validation Cycle plan including scope, schedule, budget and risk management;
· Lead the gathering of product requirements and project scope in a holistic manner across multiple teams or business functions;
· Monitor progress to plan and design a recovery strategy if project deviates from baseline plan;
· Assemble and publish effective status reports able to serve a variety of audiences from project team member to Executive;
· Design and deliver Executive-level presentations to support the governance process for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM);
· Design and run effective program-level meetings to communicate status and coordinate efforts;
· Conduct retrospectives on completed projects to support process, policy and tool-set improvements;
· Collaborate with peers, managers and team members across the organization to solve problems, develop plans and coordinate work;
· Promotes and encourages collaboration and transparency and builds trusting relationships between business, delivery and other entities within the organization;
· Plays an instrumental role in the organizations Agile transformation, acts as a change agent and shows strong leadership skills with a positive and collaborative attitude;
Skills Preferred:
· Ability to communicate effectively across written, verbal and presentation formats to a variety of audiences from engineer to Executive;
· Ability to develop schedules using Agile or Waterfall methodologies;
· Ability to design and document a project charter that includes scope, schedule, budget and risk management plan;
· Able to apply critical thinking techniques to analyze problems, develop solutions, build resource forecasts or manage risk;
· Ability to use either Waterfall or Agile methods to manage projects which may comprise both software and hardware;
· Ability to lead the gathering of product requirements and project scope across a multi-function team;
· Ability to lead through influence to drive forward both the team and program;
· Ability to manage and facilitate team meetings and initiatives to effectively develop plans and achieve goals;
· Strong working knowledge of technology companies or domains and the interplay between Marketing, Product Development, Manufacturing, Customer Support, Sales and Professional Services;
· Updates, tracks, communicates status of initiatives and monitors timing of release milestones
· Desired experience with Jira Align
· Excellent skill at using MS Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word.
· May require the ability to travel via automobile or airplane;
Experience Preferred:
· 2+ years SAFe/Agile/Lean experience preferred.
Education Required:
· BSEE, BSCS or other Engineering Technology collegiate degree;
Education Preferred:
· Desired PMP certification with accompanying experience managing projects to a successful conclusion;
· Desired Agile scrum master certification