Technical Program Manager

Flexton Inc
Los Altos, United States of America
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Los Altos, United States of America

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Data analysis
Information Technology

Job description

  • Core Infra refers to the foundational layer infrastructure. It encompasses the essential systems and services that support the company's large-scale engineering operations and technology platforms. The Core Infrastructure team is responsible for building, maintaining, and modernizing these systems to ensure reliability, scalability, and efficiency across services.
  • We are looking for Sr. TPM with Infra stack experience , specifically in the areas of streams (PubSub), storage and operational excellence., * Provide clarity on product/program objectives, ensuring that roles and responsibilities are well understood and address any conflict in a timely manner with minimal direction and assistance from management.
  • Interact with program sponsors and change agents to identify scope, requirements, and manage projects throughout the entirety of the project lifecycle.
  • Facilitate and drive large cross-functional projects, serve the needs of multiple stakeholders within a complex multi-faceted organization, and manage that strategy through to completion.
  • Apply formal change management practices that ensure that programs are baselined at kickoff and all changes are thoroughly reviewed for justification impact to the program and have received appropriate approvals.
  • Anticipate program risks and issues and work to provide resolutions which ensure that stakeholder expectations are set appropriately.
  • Effectively communicate information to diverse audiences including translating subject matter terminology into clear business terms and program relevance.
  • Facilitate straightforward decisions from complex situations that keep teams and projects moving forward.
  • Establish and manage end-to-end processes with various stakeholders in collecting, evaluating and fulfilling their requirements.
  • Demonstrate data analysis expertise to develop and communicate meaningful insights, define metrics, and make recommendations on key infrastructure scaling initiatives.
  • Apply business acumen to formulate practical and effective program management approaches to identify optimization opportunities, influence business partners, and drive effective decision making.
  • Conduct "what-if" simulations and proactively identify potential capacity issues and partner with product and service owners to minimize risk and reduce cost-to-serve.
  • Lead from the front, strategize and be able to paint the big picture, yet execute with rigor and the minutiae in mind and have a data driven approach with convictive insights.
  • Manage executive project expectations including owning escalation, communication, and exec level interaction on critical strategic projects for the company.

Requirements

  • B.S./B.A. Engineering, Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 5+ years of experience in Technical Program and Product management, including feature development, roadmap management and experience in Agile Methods in Infra product/platform development teams., * 5+ years of technical leadership with a track record of operating independently, demonstrating creativity, being detail-oriented, and delivering results in a highly organized manner.
  • Strong technical acumen, ability to learn new technologies quickly.
  • Demonstrated understanding of technology-based product lifecycle management including development launch and management phases and primary roles/responsibilities and deliverables of key organizational functions.
  • Exceptional analytic skills to translate requirements and designs into successful action plans.
  • Experience leading dynamic programs and projects with cross-functional matrixed resources working in a fast paced collaborative environment.
  • Proven ability to quickly earn the trust of sponsors and key stakeholders set direction and approach mobilize and motivate teams and execute with limited information and ambiguity.
  • Strong practical understanding of managing the life-cycle of large-scale programs
  • Proven problem-solving skills to anticipate the risks of non-performance and incorporate prevention and remediation measures within the implementation plan.
  • Proven ability to work collaboratively across different functions and optimally influence senior business partners.
  • Demonstrated conflict resolution skills combined with strong negotiation ability delivered with a high level of influence and professionalism.
  • Strong attention to detail with excellent time management skills

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