Locations: Bay Area (US - CA - Sunnyvale (940890) / Redmond

Onsite - ( 3 ) Days

B.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline required.

Top 3 must-have HARD skills:

• 3+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager managing software for consumer device programs from inception to production
• Experience owning launch metrics and driving engineering teams, as well as experience managing complex programs with high interdependency and navigating risks within rigid deadlines.
• Superb communication and interpersonal experience, including relationship building and collaboration within a cross-functional team.
• Knowledge of software development and product development processes and best practices.
• Experience in managing multiple programs concurrently.
• Experience in communicating program status, risks and planned mitigations to technical experts and leadership.

Good to have skills:  

• Experience working on battery life: silicon, power performance, firmware, embedded software
• Big tech experience.

Summary:

• 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 environmentExperience with software development lifecycle

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
• PMP or PMI certification