Technical Program Manager

Software Resources has an immediate job opportunity for a Technical Program Manager with a major corporation in New York City.

Can be Remote, but must be East Coast hours.

Duration : 12 month(s)

MUST HAVES :

Self-starter - must be able to begin to add value to teams with little training / support

Organized - must ensure meetings are setup correctly and understand / report on the status of deliverables

Technical Acumen - must be comfortable understanding and writing technical meeting notes on behalf of engineers

Proactive - work out how best to assist the teams and their engineering managers, and have a bias for action

Socially savvy - must be able to read the room over zoom, and adjust based on the personalities within the team

Description :

This is a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) position within the DEET Production Platforms - Shared Services organization.

The Senior Technical Program Manager will focus on the planning and execution of programs related to the internal developer platform - tools and services for scale offered to internal engineers across DEET.

Our TPMs partner with engineering managers and play a critical role in structuring and executing impactful cross-org initiatives.

TPMs have a high degree of technical literacy and a desire to learn more, both within their teams' product space and across the wider department.

Ideal candidates must be highly proactive, detail-oriented, possess the ability to work through unknowns, identify paths to success to ensure delivery, and be able to autonomously work on multiple, critical assignments that span the department.

Responsibilities :

Effectively define and represent projects goals and plan; develop fundamental technical understanding of the project deliverables

Enhance team throughput by removing roadblocks and leveraging organizational connections while helping to drive teams towards commitments

Track progress against deliverables and work closely with the team to ensure on-time delivery

Share concise and effective status information across multiple reporting formats to keep stakeholders informed and proactively communicate risks, forecasts, and dependencies.

Facilitate technical and stakeholder meetings; follow the discussions in order to summarize and capture outcomes

Foster cross-team coordination and communication

Identify, maintain, and visualize metrics to guide the project lifecycle

Assist with estimation and planning of team resourcing, in conjunction with engineering team manager

Navigate competing and dynamic priorities, balance competing requests with agility

Basic Qualifications :

5+ years of Relevant Experience

Demonstrable experience managing technical projects in a fast-paced and dynamic environment, developing and executing project plans and delivery commitments.

Deep rooted passion and proven track record building motivated and collaborative teams

Detail oriented and excellent communication skills; ability to follow technical discussions and absorb technical documentation

Track record of creating and growing trusting, lasting professional relationships with diverse stakeholders, maturing team's current engagements and advocating for future work.

Experience in leading teams through improvement via process re-engineering

Demonstrated tenacity and comfortable with ambiguity

Tools expertise including Atlassian Suite, Google Suite, and Slack or similar

Experience working with distributed teams and / or distributed organizations

Working understanding of cloud based development and a desire to know more

Preferred Qualifications :

Degree in STEM and / or experience as a software engineer

Exposure to modern DevOps and SRE practices around CI / CD, Infrastructure as Code, Availability, etc.

Prior experience as a software engineer

Required Education :

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We offer world class major medical, dental and vision benefits, 401(k) with match, short term disability, Life Insurance and AD&D.

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