MW Partners is currently seeking a Engineering Program Manager to work for our client who is a global leader in multimedia and creativity software products.
Responsibilities and duties:
- Build and coordinate all aspects of a program including: detailed project plans resource allocations risks/issues remediation status reporting budget management and is primary go to person for project details.
- Maintain end-to-end understanding of the solution being built its upstream and downstream dependencies and impacts and proliferate the awareness and critical changes needed to support the initiative.
- Proficiency in the data management and data engineering space with a knowledge of delivering data products and migration / release process from development to stage/production environments
- Coordinate multiple concurrent programs varying in size/scope/complexity spanning across several different teams and organizations.
- Build material(s) that can be consumed at various levels of the organization from executive-level presentations to finite-level materials to be consumed by project/program teams.
- Proactively identify risks in all assigned areas; work with teams and management to mitigate these risks before they become issues.
- Actively engage in stakeholder management for ongoing status updates and intaking new work.
- Understand and bring visibility to technical challenges and optimally articulate and navigate through options that deliver the best customer experience.
- Be steadfast in the pursuit of delivery excellence. Ensure ALL project team members have clear line of sight on the goals expectations and success criteria and are setting the table to ensure success.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree / 6 years experience in program management.
- Engineering ( Computer Science etc.)
- Engineering Management
- Computer Science (for software-related programs)
- Very organized with outstanding attention to detail; understands the what why when how and who to drive better solutions.
- Self-starter! Extensive program management experience on large scale initiatives; background in PMO-best practices a strong plus
- Self-motivated technically curious and learns how processes and systems work without being asked.
- Experienced in leading large-scale programs across organizations in a matrixed globally-diverse workforce!
- Experienced with applications such as Jira or other workload (Backlog) management tools and project management tools required. Knowledgeable of Scrum methodology.
Preferred Certifications:
- PMP (Project Management Professional)
- Agile or Scrum Certifications
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