Description
The Technical Program Manager is responsible for transforming strategic plans into project plans and ensuring effective cross-team collaboration. This role requires a proactive individual who can manage risks, integrate teams, and handle stakeholder expectations while promoting agile practices and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Plan Implementation: Assist with strategic plan creation. Lead the activities to translate strategic plans into actionable waterfall project plans. Propagate the project plans into agile teams.
- Cross-Team Relationships: Cultivate and maintain effective relationships across various teams to ensure collaborative and cohesive project execution.
- Department Level Staffing: Lead staffing resource planning using the project plans, ensuring that the department has the necessary resources and talent to meet project demands.
- Risk Management: Identify potential risks crossing and develop mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
- Cross-Team Integration: Facilitate integration across different teams to streamline processes and enhance project outcomes.
- Stakeholder Management: Engage with stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure their requirements are met throughout the project lifecycle.
- Prioritization: Assist team leads with managing and prioritizing tasks and projects to align with business objectives and maximize efficiency.
- Agile Ceremonies Facilitation: Lead and facilitate agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, daily stand-ups, retrospectives, and reviews.
- Promotion of Agile Practices: Advocate for and implement agile methodologies to improve project delivery and team performance.
- Continuous Improvement: Foster a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging feedback and refining processes.
Requirements
Qualifications:
- Proven experience in project management and delivery, preferably in a technical capacity.
- Strong understanding of agile methodologies and practices.
- Strong understanding of stage-gate and/or waterfall project management.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously.
- Strong problem-solving and risk mitigation skills.
- Experience in stakeholder management and cross-team collaboration.
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology Management, or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
- Relevant certifications in project management and agile methodologies are a plus.
