Program Manager

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Role: Program Manager
Location: Basking Ridge NJ (Onsite 2-3 Days a week from Day1).
Duration: It's a 6-month Contract to Hire role.

Must have: eCommerce and telecom background and should have handled implementation projects

Job Description

• 10+ years of technology program/project management experience managing large transformational programs, and projects in a large-scale matrix organization; responsible for schedule, budget, and scope; oversight of multiple project managers and vendors.
• 8+ years of program/project management experience working with Agile (SCRUM) methodologies and continuous integrations and delivery; with solid experience using agile delivery tools.
• Proven experience as a Project, Program or Application Delivery Manager leading enhancements, migrations, or integrations with Informatica delivery teams and platforms. PM should have the ability to understand one or more of the following application development tools and techniques.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and lead others across all levels of the organization.
• Lead sophisticated and large-scale cross-team, cross-functional initiatives. Collaborate with engineering managers and engineers to estimate work efforts, define achievements and handle resources. Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate and mitigate risks and communicate status to upper management and other stakeholders. Engage and energize the project teams to achieve ambitious goals.
• Proactively remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress. Identify communication gaps, handle issue partner concerns and provide support to teams balancing challenging priorities.
• Understand technical implementation at the architecture level. Ask questions that clarify priorities and push the team to be highly effective. Develop broad domain and technical knowledge.
• Help with the cross-functional planning and business planning process, leading conversations with key partners to develop concepts for critical initiatives and developing those into detailed program/project plans (including roadmaps, resource planning, and hiring goals).
• Identify and implement continuous improvements to the engineering organization and the program management process. Share program/project process frameworks, tools, and standard methodologies that can be embraced throughout the organization. Improve product development and delivery.

Job Responsibilities

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, related quantitative subject area, or equivalent practical experience.
• Minimum of 6+ years of proven experience as a Program Manager (Tech) or Technical Program Manager or Engineering Manager in a software, SaaS, or systems development environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and exceptional emotional intelligence
• bility to influence and empower people across a broad variety of job functions through your relationships.
• Strong organizational skills to lead multiple, challenging priorities simultaneously, without losing sight of the highest priority items
• Strong technical, analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive decisions.
• Strong technical experience in large distributed systems, ability to conceptualize and lead delivery in a microservice environment.
• Solid technical proficiency and an ability to comprehend technical designs, challenges, and risks. Engineers enjoy working closely with you.
• Familiarity with engineering metrics like code coverage, service reliability, service efficiency, capacity management, etc.

Regards
Gaurav Sharma
Sr. Technical Recruiter
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