Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GlobalLogic is a digital engineering company that helps organizations design and build innovative products, platforms, and digital experiences. The Technical Program Manager will lead large-scale technical programs and Agile delivery initiatives, coordinating cross-functional teams, managing Scrum processes, removing impediments, and driving timely product delivery.
Responsibilities
- Help team or individual to clarify goals and actions to achieve them
- Facilitate their team for better creativity and tries to improve the efficiency of the development team
- Work closely with Product Managers/Product Owners/Business Analysts/Data Architects
- Act as a technical lead of the team
- Perform and review detailed design of functionality for the current sprint
- Resources allocation for the sprint
- Responsible for managing the scrum process with the coordination of scrum team in Agile methodology
- Responsible to remove the impediments for the scrum team
- Arranges daily stand-up meetings, facilitate meetings, schedule meetings, demo and decision-making processes in order to ensure quick inspection and proper use of adaptation process
- Helps product owner to make the product backlogs in good shape and make them ready for the next sprint
- Acts as safeguard for their team, shielding from outside distractions and interferences
- Conflict resolution, focusing on scrum values of openness, honesty and respect
- Reinforce communication within team
- Forecast the numbers of deliverables possible in an iteration, which is based on evidence and reliable source
- Coach Agile practices. They can coach individuals and interactions over processes and tools.·
- Help managing cross scrum teams communications
Skills
- 10+ years of technology program/project management experience managing large transformational programs, and projects in a large-scale matrix organization; responsible for schedule, budget, and scope; oversight of multiple project managers and vendors
- Experience in Retail domain, more specifically deep expertise needed in Point of Sales systems
- 8+ years of program/project management experience working with Agile (SCRUM) methodologies and continuous integrations and delivery; with solid experience using agile delivery tools
- Proven experience as a Project, Program or Application Delivery Manager leading enhancements, migrations, or integrations with Informatica delivery teams and platforms
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and lead others across all levels of the organization
- Solid experience leading and managing technical teams
- Knowledge of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc
- Expertise in estimation and planning
- Understand the basic fundamentals of iterative and incremental development
- Knowledge about other methodologies other than Agile-Scrum, so that they can explain other methodologies to motivate their team
- Basic knowledge of software development processes and procedures to understand their team needs
- Ability to take and understand their commitment to deliver the product on time
- Know about the value of metrics and incremental delivery
- Knowledge of tasks, backlog tracking, burndown metrics, velocity, user stories etc
- Should be able to provide and suggest technical guidance to the team
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, related quantitative subject area, or equivalent practical experience
- Minimum of 6+ years of proven experience as a Program Manager (Tech) or Technical Program Manager or Engineering Manager in a software, SaaS, or systems development environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and exceptional emotional intelligence
- Ability to influence and empower people across a broad variety of job functions through your relationships
- Strong organizational skills to lead multiple, challenging priorities simultaneously, without losing sight of the highest priority items
- Strong technical, analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive decisions
- Strong technical experience in large distributed systems, ability to conceptualize and lead delivery in a microservice environment
- Solid technical proficiency and an ability to comprehend technical designs, challenges, and risks. Engineers enjoy working closely with you
- Familiarity with engineering metrics like code coverage, service reliability, service efficiency, capacity management, etc
Benefits
- Opportunity to work on market-defining products using the latest technologies.
- Collaborate with a diverse team of highly talented people in an open, laidback environment — or even abroad in one of our global centers or client facilities.
- Flexible work schedules and opportunities to work from home.
- Continuing education classes, professional certification and training (technical, soft skills, language, and communication skills).
- Additional learning opportunities through international knowledge exchanges.
- Health and life insurance.
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Matched contribution 401K plan.
- Flexible spending accounts.
- PTO and holidays.
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