Technical Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Manage New Product Introduction (NPI) programs and projects for products in the Industrial Networking Solutions business unit.
• This includes creating, maintaining program plan with cross functional dependencies.
• Execute and track program deliverables, milestones, action items, technical dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Craft project status reporting and deliver executive briefings to update senior leaders and stakeholders.
• Understand product use case and communicate technically with local and remote engineering teams.
• Develop and drive common processes that support and improve the Product Development Lifecycle (PDL); work within the local development organization to create improved processes and tools to support the PDL.
• Work with other company's development organizations to harmonize different PDL processes and tools.
• Develop strong working relationships with cross functional teams to best understand and deliver on business goals and priorities.
• Adhere to metrics and governance for company's processes and initial new metrics and governance models for improved operation and delivery.

Requirements: 

• 3 - 5 years of experience as Program Manager in software, hardware, embedded, security, networking, cloud technologies or products.
• Must have a successful track record of on time delivery of programs.
• Strong understanding of software / hardware development processes.
• Formal Certification: PMP, Scrum Master, SAFe, etc., in a Project Management Discipline Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Experience working with project planning tools (Excel, MS Project, Gantt charts,Jira, Wrike, Confluence, Google Docs, PowerPoint)
• Well versed in Agile Project Management processes. Able to deal well with rapid changes and manage through long projects
• Must feel comfortable navigating uncertain/ambiguous situations.
• Ability to manage remote teams
• Project execution
• Highly sought-after skills: Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as the ability to work effectively across global internal and external organizations and remote teams
• Knowledge of foundation infrastructure requirements such as Networking, Security, Storage, and Hardware Optimization.
• Ability to understand complex business requirements and transform them to projects and programs Strong track-record in managing complex cross-functional projects
• Proficient in tools required to manage complex projects (i.e., Gantt charts)
• Strong references that highlight your ability to build strong working relationships with senior leaders and engineers across functions, departments, and time zones
• An ability to keep the big picture in focus and to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to each appropriate audience
• Education: Bachelors or higher degree in a related technical field (Electrical, Electronics Engineering/Computer Science) or equivalent experience in hardware and/or software engineering.