Description
We're seeking a Technical Program Manager to join our Connected Vehicle Software division. As a Technical Program Manager, you will be centered on product and engineering excellence with a bias for action. You will thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, successfully partnering with a wide group of disciplines across the company.
You will own cross-team initiatives, identify best practices, and bring your industry experience to bear on a company-wide scale. You will engage with complex engineering programs, demonstrating leadership and a strong command of the tools and process required to achieve the teams' goals.
You will lead software programs in a principled way, and by example when the opportunities arise. You will have consummate communications skills, keeping up- and down-stream dependencies well aligned, and all stakeholders well-informed.
Ideal candidates will have experienced multiple product cycles involving software and services, including up-and down-stream dependencies.
Responsibilities:
- Own feature delivery over mid- to multi-year horizons; manage schedules and backlogs
- Define project goals and delivery roadmaps; align resources with priorities and technology staging
- Establish and track technical success metrics including key performance indicators
- Translate customer requirements into actionable specifications across multiple teams; identify gaps and opportunities
- Define required data sets; analyze and inform impactful decisions for the feature area
- Resolve technical issues; anticipate risk, develop mitigations, lead communications with responsible and stakeholder teams
- Lead retrospectives and continuous improvement through kaizen practices
- Maintain awareness of industry trends and evolving technology practices
Stakeholders will be heard inclusively. Priorities will be set based upon aligned principles. Direction will be set quickly and decisively.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or similar related technical field
- 5+ years working experience in product or feature development on hardware, software, and/or services
- 3+ years working in a technical capacity or working closely with an engineering team
- Familiarity with modern DevOps tools (ie: JIRA, ADO, etc.)
- Familiarity with modern software development practices (continuous integration / continuous deployment)
- Experience leading cross-functional teams across multiple disciplines (engineering, product, design, QA, etc.) on high complexity projects throughout the entire product lifecycle
Benefits:
- Immediate medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care, and more
- Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
- Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
- Tuition assistance
- Established and active employee resource groups
- Paid time off for individual and team community service
- A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
- Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time
Salary Range: $72,480 - $162,120 Salary Period: year Salary Currency: USD Experience Level: senior Employment Type: full-time Workplace Type: hybrid Category: Engineering Industry: Automotive Required Skills:
- Technical Program Management
- Software Development
- DevOps
- Continuous Integration
- Continuous Deployment
- Cross-functional Team Leadership
Preferred Skills:
- Agile Methodologies
- Kanban
- Scrum
- Lean Startup
- Product Development
- Feature Development
- Project Management
- Technical Writing
- Communication
- Leadership
- Industry Trends
- Emerging Technologies