Required Education:
Bachelor's Degree in engineering, computer science, or related discipline
Required Experience, Knowledge & Skills:
Ability to create project plan as blueprint for delivery and managing against, including proactively removing impediments and making data-based decisions
Ability to identify dependencies and proactively identify and manage risks and issues
Ability to read and understand architecture diagrams
Experience defining and building cloud-native software products as a platform at scale with a deep understanding of those platforms capabilities and underlying technologies
Demonstrated experience breaking down problems, organizing work, planning sprints, and delivering technical programs in agile delivery models (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)
Proven track record of data-driven decision-making and applying continuous improvement methodologies across teams
Technical program delivery experience, including time developing and testing software
Preferred Experience, Knowledge & Skills:
Huge plus if you have expertise in Payments, IaaS, PaaS, serverless technology, CI/CD, NoSQL databases, microservices APIs, and distributed systems operations in a DevOps model
Ability to problem solve & create clarity from ambiguity
Ability to communicate clearly & concisely when providing written or verbal updates
Emotional intelligence (EQ) to help enable building relationships with peers and leads on supporting teams
Required Soft Skills:
Demonstrated ability to operate with independence and autonomy
Can communicate to executives, peers, and staff with impact, eloquence, and authenticity
Demonstrated experience building relationships, partnering with, and influencing dependent teams while commanding the respect of the individuals you work with across the organization
As a Senior TPM, you should be able to:
Work across teams to organize and accelerate delivery by ensuring all teams are delivering in a coordinated manner, identifying and removing blockers, and always finding the path forward in challenging situations.
Understand the business strategy and design approaches within product, program, or domain with depth to be credible and effective with teams you work with. Act as first point of contact for your team or area and the source of truth for status, providing the right information and associated data about the state of the project to the right audience at the right time.
Regularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved data/mechanisms for visibility, ensuring your program stays aligned with organization objectives.
Proactively manage all dependencies, ensuring all outputs are production ready at time of launch.
Proactively identify risks & issues and ensure mitigation efforts are being carried out throughout the software development lifecycle.
Keep abreast of evolving technology landscape. Can ask the right questions to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of designs (scalability, latency, security, performance, data integrity, etc.).
Work with ambiguity and with limited guidance able to get the inertia out and the project in motion.