Principal Project/Program Manager
Location
Pune | India
Job description
R &D PMO team is seeking a driven, results-oriented Principal Project/Program Manager to drive the release execution and support the definition and successful execution of strategic R&D programs, on time and to the satisfaction of the stakeholder s . This role will manage releases for products and will also be involved in R&D-wide programs, as well as lead cross-segment teams in planning, development, automation and implementation of strategic initiatives . The Principal Project/Program Manager will play an important role in working with the R&D leadership to define and optimize R&D processes, metrics, dashboards and tooling, and hence this job opportunity would be a good fit for the candidates with outstanding analytical abilities, detail oriented and passion for process improvement and excellent communication skills .
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Work with PM, Engineering & QA teams on delivering projects and releases to meet R&D strategic goals
- Plan, schedule, and control the build, test, and deployment of releases
- Enable and drive efficient release process / governance with no supervision
- Proactively identify, communicate, and manage risks
- Identify and manage dependencies, coordinate delivery across scrum teams
- Measure release cadence and effectiveness using common metrics; own release dashboards
- Drive process adoption, analyze current processes, identify gaps, and improve processes.
- Introduce new processes as per business priorities with minimal to no guidance from the immediate manager
- Coordinate release and backlog planning and prioritization between PM and R&D teams
- Plan and lead periodic release status review meetings with senior management
- Lead all change management activities and ensure timely decisions on change requests
- Project manage functional working teams to implement actionable plans with strategic, technical, and tactical milestones
- Build best practices and lead analysis for continued improvements through RCAs and retrospectives.
- Drive strategic programs and engage the senior management and responsible stakeholders well while continuously grabbing opportunities to push the program forward.
- Organize and lead cross-functional teams to ensure program execution from ideation and planning to successful implementation
- Drive execution of assigned strategic initiatives through all required phases towards successful delivery
- Define and use tools and business systems required to support existing process and best practices
- Support R&D decision making through analytical reports and appropriate metrics; design and own R&D dashboards; establish status reporting for the cross-functional teams
- Collaborate with other Program and Release managers to define and improve organizational standards for programs, releases, processes and best practices
SKILLS:
- Good understanding and working knowledge of Agile Scrum software product development methodology, good knowledge of Scrum Master responsibilities; SAFe knowledge a plus.
- Comfort in managing multiple projects with multiple business partners in a fast-paced and dynamic team environment
- Self-starter who can earn trust and can influence and motivate without authority
- Ability to work independently, as well as mentor and support more junior colleagues as needed
- Proactive in identifying and solving problems, looks beyond the obvious and can find the root of the problem
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
- Is effective in different presentation settings especially with large groups
- Proven ability to to accomplish desired outcomes
- Strong business acumen and high comfort level dealing with ambiguity
- Ability to build and cultivate strong cross-functional relationships
- Excellent facilitator, able to drive collaboration across the teams
- High level of organization and attention to detail
- Data savvy; Able to interpret data and use the knowledge for introducing optimization at different levels
- Fluent with MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Project management tools (Jira/Confluence, Qlik, Smartsheet, MS Project)
- Experience driving positive change via process improvement
- Keen interest in learning new methodologies and willingness to be coached and mentored for senior level engagements
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor s degree; Masters and/or PMP preferred
- 7-12 years of experience in product development organizations, with minimum of 5 years in a program or project management role.
- Experience in working with Software Engineering Teams
- Prior experience with agile development, Scrum; SAFE experience / training would be a plus
- PMI training / PMP certification would be a plus.
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