Senior Program Manager
Senior Program Manager
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Job Description
The Role
The Senior Program Manager role sits within the Strategic Portfolio Team in Online Engineering and is responsible
for leading the technical delivery of SEEKs most strategically important initiatives on behalf of Technology. This
key leadership position oversees multiple technical initiatives across the organization.
Strategic Initiative Delivery
- Drive the delivery of interconnected initiatives across technology teams to achieve strategic objectives and outcomes
- Enable the technical delivery of OKR & strategic initiative roadmaps managing sequencing and dependencies between initiatives
- Build clear plans around shared objectives while establishing transparent governance processes for executive decisionmaking
Team Leadership & Development
- Provide direct line management for project and program managers while strengthening delivery capabilities
- Create an environment for highperforming inclusive team cultures that embrace diversity of thought and foster psychological safety
- Coach teams in agile delivery and lean software development practices identifying opportunities for technical and process improvements
Stakeholder Management
- Partner with Technology teams to form cohesive delivery work plans where dependencies need coordination
- Implement reporting that visualizes progress risks and dependencies enabling proactive solution development
- Collaborate with stakeholders at all levels using concise transparent communication about OKR & Initiative status and decisions
Continuous Improvement
- Identify and remove systemic impediments that slow value delivery
- Design and implement lean practices and tools to improve team cadences and delivery efficiency
- Scale agile delivery practices to accelerate outcomes across multiyear and multidomain initiatives balancing pace with quality
What does success look like in this role:
To succeed in this role youll need sound judgment when navigating complex delivery challenges. Your strong
technology background will help you create clarity from complexity establishing clear connections between team
activities and strategic outcomes. Rather than implementing rigid control mechanisms youll develop lightweight
processes that increase delivery predictability while fostering team autonomy ultimately reducing timetomarket
and minimizing coordination overhead.
Qualifications :
Program Delivery
- Extensive experience managing multiple large Programs of Work in a Digital Marketplace environment
- Track record presenting to and collaborating with executive stakeholders across business functions
- Successfully led largescale global programs within complex organizational environments
- Pragmatic approach to program management balancing lean/agile methodologies with business needs
- Deep understanding of program execution within Product/Tech/Engineering organizations
- Demonstrated partnership experience with Engineering Architecture and Product teams
- Broad knowledge applying agile frameworks and lean thinking to deliver worldclass software outcomes
- Strong experience creating team environments supporting agile and continuous delivery with focus on identifying technical delivery business and process improvements
- Proven ability to engage and motivate cohesive teams including coaching and mentoring to drive high performance
Stakeholder Management
- Exceptional communication skills for effective progress reporting risk management and cost control
- Demonstrated ability to influence and negotiate with senior and executive stakeholders
- Skilled in coaching teams on customercentric product development and prioritization
- Significant experience partnering with Product Management Architecture and Strategy functions
- Outstanding collaboration skills to influence senior stakeholders with conflicting requirements
- Experience working with leadership to prioritize and execute technical roadmaps with focus on longterm outcomes
Commercial
- Experience managing CAPEX/OPEX budgets or strong understanding of project financial fundamentals
- Sound experience managing vendors and handling contract negotiations
Additional Information :
Permanent Perks
At SEEK we offer:
- Annual Performance Bonus Plan
- Support of flexible working including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
- Paid and unpaid leave benefits including Personal Flexi Days and Volunteer Days as well as the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Support for parents with 14 weeks paid primary carers leave and 2 weeks paid leave for partners
- SEEK is committed to operating sustainably certified carbon neutral for its business operations (through Climate Active) purchasing renewable energy for our office and workingfromhome emissions and a target for net zero by 2030.
At SEEK we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.
We know teams with diverse ideas experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences especially as they relate to gender sexual identity culture faith disability and life stages. If you have the skills curiosity and an adaptable mindset but dont meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement please still get in touch with us.
Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond please advise us and we will be happy to assist.
For this role only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.
SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
