Technical Program Manager

Technical Program Manager

Location: Menlo Park, CA (Onsite)

Duration: 12+ Months

Job Description:    

The main function of a Technical Program Manager is to provide successful definition, implementation and delivery of complex programs that require cross-functional collaboration and interdependencies across a group of projects and/or related activities.

Job Responsibilities:

• Deliver programs within the constraints of scope, quality, time and budget and under circumstances involving multiple moderate-probability, moderate-impact risk factors.
• Program-level strategic planning, interaction with executive level management, complex issue resolution, excellent communications and team building skills.
• Manage a group or groups of internal exempt and matrixed employees and contractors that serve on the project(s) to deliver systems and systems enhancements that meet specified requirements.
• Oversight of project scope definition and management, requirements gathering and documentation, time estimating, project schedule development and tracking, project budget management, project status reporting, issue and risk management, contingency planning, customer interaction, and communications across multiple organizational levels.

Skills:

• Project estimating, project scheduling & tracking, customer interaction and management, implementation planning in large organizations
• Proven people management and team building skills
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible/ adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities
• Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization
• Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions
• Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment
• Experience with software development lifecycle

Education/Experience:

Required: Bachelor's degree in a technical field (e.g., computer science, computer engineering) or finance/corporate development

Preferred: MBA and PMP/PMI certification

Must-Have Skills:

1. Finance/accounting background focused on analysis and decision support (not operations)

1. Strong project/program management with M&A experience

2. Ability to handle  projects and fluid, shifting timelines

Nice to have skills:
AI tooling proficiency
Proficiency with G Suite and virtual data rooms
Proactiveness with a strong sense of urgency