Technical Program Manager

Descripción De La Vacante
Xàbia, Spain
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

Xàbia, Spain

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Scrum
Software Architecture
Systems Development Life Cycle
Software Engineering
Enterprise Software Applications

Job description

  • Strategic Program Leadership
  • Drive the full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for a portfolio of complex, multi-year programs
  • Ensure alignment with company-level strategic priorities and clearly demonstrate business impact
  • Apply strategic thinking to balance near-term execution demands with long-term technical and organizational objectives
  • Portfolio Management & Execution
  • Directly lead and manage multiple high-visibility programs from concept through deployment
  • Define program scope, facilitate build-versus-buy analyses, and develop comprehensive business cases, charters, and execution plans
  • Track progress rigorously across initiatives, ensuring transparency, accountability, and timely escalation of issues
  • Operational Excellence & Process Ownership
  • Champion and institutionalize best-in-class delivery and execution practices across development teams
  • Own and continuously improve processes, tools, metrics, and communication mechanisms
  • Leverage data, KPIs, and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement and predictable delivery
  • Executive Alignment & Communication
  • Partner closely with Directors, Senior Staff, and executive leadership across Engineering, Product, and Business teams
  • Align roadmaps, prioritize initiatives, negotiate technical and delivery trade-offs, and facilitate critical decision-making
  • Provide concise, high-quality reporting on program health, risks, dependencies, and outcomes to senior stakeholders and governance forums
  • Risk & Dependency Management
  • Proactively identify, analyze, and mitigate complex cross-program risks and dependencies spanning multiple teams and organizations
  • Demonstrate tenacity in driving resolution of long-standing, ambiguous, or structurally complex challenges
  • Clearly communicate impacts and proposed resolution paths to all relevant stakeholders
  • Performance Tracking
  • Define, track, and communicate Program KPIs and Portfolio OKRs
  • Provide transparent reporting tied to strategic business outcomes, execution health, and value delivery

Requirements

Xebia is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager in Gijón, Spain to lead a portfolio of critical software initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess strong leadership and influence skills, driving program management across the organization.

You will manage high-impact programs, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and delivering business value. The position requires deep knowledge of software architecture, cloud platforms, and agile delivery methodologies., * 7-10+ years of experience in Technical Program Management within an enterprise software environment.

  • Experience in leading multi-year, high-impact programs.
  • Understanding of modern software architecture and cloud platforms., * Drive the full Software Development Life Cycle for complex programs.
  • Manage multiple high-visibility programs from concept through deployment.
  • Communicate program health, risks, dependencies, and outcomes., We are seeking a highly accomplished and results-driven Senior Technical Program Manager to lead a portfolio of mission-critical software initiatives across the organization. This role owns execution strategy, operational excellence, and organizational alignment for complex, cross-functional programs with material business impact. The ideal candidate brings a strategic mindset, strong tenacity, and high emotional intelligence, and excels at driving execution in ambiguous environments, influencing senior stakeholders without authority, and institutionalizing world-class software delivery practices across a large, distributed organization., * 7-10+ years of progressive experience in Technical Program Management within a large-scale, enterprise software environment
  • Proven ability to lead multi-year, high-impact programs across multiple organizational boundaries
  • Deep understanding of modern software architecture, cloud platforms, and the complexities of building and operating general, highly available systems
  • Strong grounding in software development principles and the full SDLC
  • Demonstrated strategic mindset with the ability to translate broad business and technical objectives into executable program plans
  • High emotional intelligence, with strong interpersonal awareness and the ability to influence, negotiate, and build alignment at senior levels
  • Persistence, resilience, and accountability in driving outcomes across complex organizational landscapes
  • Proven success implementing, scaling, and optimizing agile delivery methodologies (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) at team and organizational levels
  • Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills

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