Program Manager

We are looking for a Program Manager to coordinate and govern the portfolio of Data Engineering DevOps and Platform Engineering initiatives across the enterprise. Rather than running a single project youll orchestrate multiple related projects toward broader business outcomes owning program strategy delivery governance intake financials and risk. Youll be the bridge between engineering squads and business/leadership stakeholders ensuring the right work is prioritized planned and delivered predictably. Reports into Data & AI leadership.

• Translate business objectives into a coordinated program roadmap across Data DevOps and Platform teams.
• Ensure every initiative ladders up to a measurable business outcome.
• Partner with engineering leads to sequence work balance capacity and manage cross-squad dependencies.

• Govern delivery across concurrent projects using NXPs project management methodology.
• Facilitate sprint planning backlog grooming and cross-team ceremonies to keep squads unblocked.
• Run delivery governance status cadences milestone tracking RAID logs and steering reviews.
• Track program KPIs predictability milestone adherence throughput and quality.

• Own intake for new demand capturing triaging and prioritizing requests into the backlog.
• Coordinate the request desk ensuring work is assessed sized and routed to the right team.
• Translate business requirements (BRD) into epics and user stories with engineering leads.

• Own program financials budget planning tracking forecasting and variance management.
• Manage resource allocation and capacity planning and support headcount/vendor planning.

• Identify assess and mitigate risks and issues across all workstreams.
• Manage stakeholders across the program lifecycle communicating progress trade-offs and decisions.
• Provide regular executive-ready reports and dashboards to senior management.

• In your first 612 months youll establish a clear program governance framework stand up a reliable intake and prioritization process improve delivery predictability across squads and give leadership clear visibility into progress risks and spend.

• Bachelors/Masters in Engineering Computer Science or related field or an MBA.
• 8 years in project/program management including multiple concurrent projects and teams.
• Proven experience with Agile delivery and sprint planning in a software/data engineering environment.
• Strong track record in delivery governance status reporting milestone tracking and steering forums.
• Hands-on experience with intake coordination and demand management for engineering teams.
• Experience with program financials budgeting forecasting and cost tracking.
• Strong risk management stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
• Certified project/program management credential (PMP Prince2 SAFe etc) is preferred.

• Experience managing catalog-based intake or a service catalog for engineering demand.
• Experience running a request desk / demand management function.
• Ability to translate BRDs into epics and user stories (BRD Story).
• Familiarity with Data & AI Databricks cloud platforms or DevOps delivery contexts.
• Working knowledge of tools such as Jira Confluence Azure DevOps or ServiceNow.
• Background in semiconductor manufacturing or large-scale enterprise IT environments is preferred.

• Outcome orientation focuses on delivering business outcomes not just activity.
• Orchestration coordinates teams priorities and dependencies with clarity and calm.
• Governance discipline brings structure cadence and transparency to complex delivery.
• Stakeholder influence drives alignment across engineering and business without direct authority.
• Clear communication translates between technical detail and executive messaging.

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