Senior Program Manager

Job Description

The Role :

• This is an amazing opportunity for someone to jump in and lead exciting programs in our Protect vertical working on cutting-edge SmartHome cameras with world-class features and analytics
• The Senior Program Manager will work with a high-performing program team within Vivint Smart Home’s Innovation group as they look to deliver innovative and leading services via technology (including software, hardware, analytics, and strategic partnerships).

They will work across operational and product / engineering groups to deliver outcomes while contributing to improving the way we work together.

The Senior Program Manager will lead a single program or multiple programs depending on size and complexity including multiple project streams across Vivint’s Innovation Center teams (product management, hardware and software engineering, UX, design, QA) as well as Vivint’s broader operational groups (supply chain, operations, IT, marketing, Finance).

The role will cover projects from full new product development, product feature development, revisions of hardware or software updates or product pilots.

Depending on the size and complexity of the program a Senior Program Manager may manage all the above aspects or may be part of a team with a lead Program Manager to deliver the scope.

• The Senior Program Manager will be responsible for setting the tone around managing timelines, and budgets, driving initiatives, and in some cases leading teams of other program managers.
• At the fundamental level, the Senior Program Manager’s role in Vivint is to lead a broad cross-functional project team and manage scope, budget, schedule, and quality with an order ability to bring people and teams together, identify risks, necessary tradeoffs to maintain track with program goals and negotiate between those stakeholders to deliver a product that will meet our business goals to delight our customers, provide peace of mind and be business accretive (value accretive, channel ready, service smart)

What you will be working on :

Accountable for the plan, schedule, and budget for your assigned program and projects. Understand priorities and create clear plans to deliver.

Communicate with stakeholders and partners. Set and meet commitments. Set specific release dates and milestones with the team and keep them focused on those accountabilities while communicating needs for support or issues that put those at risk.

Partner with engineering teams to deliver working solutions in software, products, and systems. Set schedules and create strong execution plans to develop products and features to bring to market.

Partner with the Product, Engineering, Supply Chain, external partners, and Operations team to drive the program. Work across teams to review the proposed scope and provide Level of Effort (LOE) estimates as well as suitable tradeoffs for quality and business risk.

Create appropriate communications to update the business regularly on the status, risks, and support needed to be successful for the portfolio of programs.

Provide weekly status updates communicating progress towards commitment in terms of scope, schedule, and cost.

Lead the team to identify risks up front, manage and mitigate them, and monitor residual risks and any issues that arise regularly.

Track tasks and lead a culture of accountability in the team and across the business. Set up excellent change and risk management practices to keep work on track.

Facilitate and chair relevant program meetings, participate in agile activities where appropriate, develop communications, and deliver to stakeholders.

Hold regular risk reviews and accountability tracking meetings. Work with stakeholders as risks and issues arise. Develop partner relationships and manage the performance of partners relating to program delivery.

Work with the team to monitor and keep the program on track or escalate risk and support needed as required.

Draw on the professional experience in scheduling, risk, and task tracking platforms (MS PROJECT, SMARTSHEETS, EXCEL, etc) as well as content and engineering tracking systems (e.

g. JIRA, CONFLUENCE, SHAREPOINT, etc)

A bias to strong leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills will exist in assessing success in this role along with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment where change and pivots to priorities occur occasionally.

What we’re looking for :

• Team Leadership, ability to establish a leadership identity within the respective groups and overall stakeholder organizations and partners.
• Demonstrate the ability and track record of leading in project delivery and excellence in communication.
• Demonstrate a passion to succeed, inspire, and motivate the team.
• Strong negotiation skills as well as the ability to facilitate informed and timely decisions and mediate tradeoffs with various groups to deliver a product on time and ready for market.
• Deliver clear, concise professional verbal and written communication that is appropriate to the situation and audience.

Including commitment to transparency, and stakeholder-based communication.

• Exceptional collaboration, listening, written and verbal communication skills, including an ability to clearly communicate with both business and technical audiences.
• Encourage participation & decision-making by all team members and effectively manage group dynamics.
• Experience working with remote and overseas teams and the ability to engage across various cultural and language environments.
• Willingness to travel and participate in after-hours calls as required when working with partners in other geographic locations.

Minimum Qualifications :

Min. 7+ years of professional experience leading large programs, including hardware, services platform, and software projects, with internal and external design, development, and quality teams.

Hardware and Software experience is not mandatory but a clear aptitude and willingness to work with those domains is needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field with formal project management training (preferably PMP or similar qualifications).
• Previous experience managing external suppliers or partners as part of program delivery (preference to outsourced SW engagements or CM / JDM / ODM management).
• Strong preference for experience with devices, consumer electronics, manufacturing and consumer-facing hardware, and / or software products.
• Track record of leading others & positive change in project definition, project delivery, and process improvement.
• Working experience with project methodologies such as agile and related hardware development processes EVT / DVT / PVT framework awareness.
• Past success in creating high-performance teams, inspiring and empowering them to achieve results.
12 days ago