Job Description

Locations

• Sunnyvale, California, United States 94085

Salary

Skills Required

• cross-functional collaborationintermediate
• project oversightintermediate
• priority adjustmentintermediate
• bridging technical and non-technical gapsintermediate
• clear communicationintermediate
• setting expectationsintermediate
• status reportingintermediate

Required Qualifications

• Requires a bachelor’s degree in computer science or engineering. (degree in computer science or engineering)
• 10+ years of progressive Technical Program Management experience in a complex enterprise environment. (experience, 10 years)
• Experience leading digital transformation program (experience)
• Experience in data governance (experience)
• At least 3 years of experience in Product Information management (PIM) (experience, 3 years)

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP and/or CSM is a plus (experience)
• Deep understanding of PIM capabilities (experience)
• Experience in SAP and or Teamcenter (experience)
• Experience in Data Analytics (experience)
• Experience in Snowflake (experience)
• General project management skills as needed for technical projects: status, project plan, and risk and issues management. (experience)
• Solid understanding of project management methodologies, with proven experience in putting project management processes in place. Demonstrated ability to deliver projects by adapting techniques to best fit circumstances. (experience)
• Deep understanding of waterfall and Agile development methodology. (experience)
• Able to analyze and document detailed functional requirements to create technical level-of-effort estimates. (experience)
• Proven success as a key member of a matrixed, cross-functional team. Able to work equally well with people in creative and technical positions. (experience)
• Able to apply sound judgment while working independently within tight timelines. (experience)
• Outstanding attention to detail and commitment to excellence. (experience)
• Excellent oral and written communicator, with great interpersonal skills. Able to forge trusting relationships within a diverse team. (experience)
• Creating order from disorder. Understands the “right” level of process to apply to different projects. (experience)
• Solid technical background, experience managing technical projects, and/or hands-on technical experience. (experience)
• Familiarity with systems administration, deployment of new hardware, and the issues associated with both activities. (experience)
• Deeply familiar with software development methodologies. (experience)
• Familiarity with Mac OS, multi-tiered web application stack, Unix (and flavors), networking basics, Java and front-end technology. (experience)
• Knowledge of databases (MySQL in particular), ability to write simple SQL queries, debug issues at any level of the application stack, and unilaterally troubleshooting problems a huge plus. (experience)

Responsibilities

• The position typically oversees more than one project, with the program manager needing to be able to adjust priorities as frequently as necessary. A key part of the job is bridging the gap between non-technical business users who provide the core requirements and technical implementers, with the ability to clearly set expectations and communicate status to both groups.
• Extensive collaboration with IT infrastructure, network, and security organizations to track specific details of tactical work for the Marcom organization.
• Lead cross-functional teams to define the scope, business objectives and required project results.
• Document detailed project findings for technical evaluation.
• Develop project schedules and budgets. Estimate, negotiate and obtain resources to meet project requirements. Maintain, adjust and update program and project plans as needed.
• Quickly grasp the essence of multiple new technical concepts and lead the team through assessment and documentation of goals, risks, dependencies, and timelines focusing on these concepts.
• Marshal resources from a matrix functional group to get things done and use resources effectively and efficiently.
• Clearly assign responsibility for tasks and decisions. Manage and monitor project schedules, progress and costs.
• Consolidate, communicate and manage all issues and risks affecting the program or project.
• Communicate program and project status to global participants and stakeholders accurately and on time.
• Provide roll-up information to track projects in an overall project portfolio.
• Work cross-functionally with other teams to ensure successful completion of programs and projects.
• Manage rollout, release, post launch support, and issue triage during and beyond warranty period as necessary.
• Deliver comprehensive summary of post project metrics, areas of potential improvement, and apply learnings to future efforts.
• Gather project requirements to develop tactical and detail-oriented project plans, objectives and schedules that support department needs.
• You can adjust your interpersonal approach to individuals and situations as needed to effectively work with others.
• You can effectively communicate with global stakeholders with varied marketing and technical strengths.
• You are persistent and can discover and eliminate complexity and ambiguity in projects to ensure clarity and establish goals and expectations for services requested.
• You understand complex technical projects and can quickly learn about new technologies and solutions to manage their implementation.
• You have a demonstrated ability to develop broad perspective on an organization and can use that knowledge to develop new strategies and options for new projects.
• You can maintain momentum on a project and will diligently follow every detail through to its completion.
• You can juggle multiple projects within a fast-paced environment and change priorities rapidly as required by the business

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