Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IBM Software develops AI-powered, cloud-native products and solutions for digital transformation. IBM is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional AI and cloud platform initiatives, manage dependencies and risks, and support predictable delivery across engineering, product, security, and partner teams.
Responsibilities
- Work with stakeholders to drive cross-cutting and critical initiatives for the company
- Ensure we can deliver projects on time, regularly communicating progress and status to key stakeholders
- Proactively identify and resolve roadblocks/challenges affecting projects
- Make technical decisions to keep projects running smoothly
- Work with Engineering, Product, and Security leadership to streamline and drive projects on a predictable schedule
- Run cross-functional meetings and drive decision-making around schedule adjustments, bug triage, and internal and external partner/customer delivery
- Take ownership of engaging with various engineering and product stakeholders to drive E2E execution, including understanding potential risks and alignment models for competing priorities
- Help the Streaming AI team understand the priorities of other dependent teams, both upstream and downstream, to unblock their roadmap needs
Skills
- Bachelor's Degree
- Strong technical skills, especially knowledge of cloud networking fundamentals; working familiarity with AI/ML system concepts is a strong plus
- Strong analytical skills. Ability to use data to glean insights and trends and help engineering make better decisions
- Prior TPM experience, a minimum of 4 years, in driving end-to-end lifecycle of complex and massive projects across organizations
- Experience driving cloud platform engineering cross-functional projects; experience with AI/ML platform or infrastructure programs is a big plus
- Experience driving operations across teams, creating dashboards is also a big plus
- Experience with JIRA, BigQuery, Google App Scripts
- Strong communication, interpersonal and leadership skills to work with engineering and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience in highly agile environments applying JIRA reporting and sprint planning is a big plus
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Master's Degree
- Experience with designing, developing, and delivering software solutions using leading-edge technologies, including back-end and front-end development, and DevOps engineering
- Experience working in an Agile environment, collaborating with stakeholders to understand requirements and deliver high-quality software solutions
- Experience contributing to automated CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless integration and delivery of software solutions
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long-term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance-based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs
- Paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups
- Giving and volunteer opportunities
- Discounts on retail products, services & experiences
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