Overview
On Site
USD 85.00 per hour
Full Time
Skills
Product Engineering
Collaboration
Process Improvement
Analytical Skill
Attention To Detail
Project Planning
Stakeholder Engagement
Knowledge Management
Quality Assurance
Acceptance Testing
Incident Management
Project Scoping
Budget Management
Budget
Resource Allocation
Project Delivery
Business Analytics
Business Analysis
Program Management
Communication
Stakeholder Management
Conflict Resolution
Problem Solving
Project Management
Asana
JIRA
Microsoft Excel
Tableau
Hardware Development
Change Management
Documentation
Reporting
Dashboard
Management
Lean Six Sigma
Training
PMP
Scrum
Job Details
Job#: 2090940
Job Description:
Title: Program Manager IV - Product Engineering Operations
Location: Onsite in Sunnyvale, CA 940890
Rate: $85+/hour
Duration: 1 year contract
Overview:
As a Program Manager within the Product Engineering Operations Team, you will drive project management across multiple operational initiatives. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of projects, process improvements, and stakeholder alignment. This role requires strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to operate in a dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Planning: Oversee project scope, including requirements intake, documentation, tracking, and prioritization. Develop and maintain detailed project plans and schedules. Coordinate enhancements and improvements with stakeholders to align with release cycles.
Team & Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate regular team meetings to surface risks and opportunities. Drive action items to ensure timely delivery against milestones. Actively manage communication channels, address inquiries, and handle permission requests. Gather feedback through surveys and implement improvements.
Documentation & Knowledge Management: Establish and maintain internal documentation and training resources to ensure information is current and accessible.
Reporting & Metrics: Collect, analyze, and report on key operational metrics. Monitor dashboards to identify outliers and support mitigation efforts.
Quality Assurance: Ensure deliverables meet quality standards and requirements. Conduct user acceptance testing (UAT) with stakeholders.
Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
Change Management: Manage changes to project scope, schedule, and resources. Coordinate and communicate updates to stakeholders.
Budget Management: Estimate, track, and manage project budgets and resource allocation.
Project Delivery & Closure: Ensure successful project completion, secure stakeholder sign-off, and document lessons learned.
Minimum Qualifications:
BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
7+ years of experience in program management, working collaboratively with engineering and cross-functional teams.
Experience managing complex projects, including development of tools and processes, with internal stakeholders and external consultants and vendors.
Experience with communication and stakeholder management across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience with problem solving and providing business insights and recommendations from data sets.
Experience with project management tools, e.g., Asana, Jira, Smartsheet, gSheets/ Excel, and Tableau.
Experience with thinking analytically and executing methodically while adapting to changing priorities.
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of consumer hardware development lifecycles.
Experience with change management, training, and documentation best practices.
Experience with metrics reporting and dashboard management.
Lean Six Sigma Training, PMP, Scrum Master, or similar certification.
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Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a retirement plan (401k or local country equivalent) program. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
EEO Employer: Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
Job Description:
Title: Program Manager IV - Product Engineering Operations
Location: Onsite in Sunnyvale, CA 940890
Rate: $85+/hour
Duration: 1 year contract
Overview:
As a Program Manager within the Product Engineering Operations Team, you will drive project management across multiple operational initiatives. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of projects, process improvements, and stakeholder alignment. This role requires strong organizational, analytical, and communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to operate in a dynamic environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Project Planning: Oversee project scope, including requirements intake, documentation, tracking, and prioritization. Develop and maintain detailed project plans and schedules. Coordinate enhancements and improvements with stakeholders to align with release cycles.
Team & Stakeholder Engagement: Facilitate regular team meetings to surface risks and opportunities. Drive action items to ensure timely delivery against milestones. Actively manage communication channels, address inquiries, and handle permission requests. Gather feedback through surveys and implement improvements.
Documentation & Knowledge Management: Establish and maintain internal documentation and training resources to ensure information is current and accessible.
Reporting & Metrics: Collect, analyze, and report on key operational metrics. Monitor dashboards to identify outliers and support mitigation efforts.
Quality Assurance: Ensure deliverables meet quality standards and requirements. Conduct user acceptance testing (UAT) with stakeholders.
Risk & Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
Change Management: Manage changes to project scope, schedule, and resources. Coordinate and communicate updates to stakeholders.
Budget Management: Estimate, track, and manage project budgets and resource allocation.
Project Delivery & Closure: Ensure successful project completion, secure stakeholder sign-off, and document lessons learned.
Minimum Qualifications:
BA/BS degree or equivalent experience.
7+ years of experience in program management, working collaboratively with engineering and cross-functional teams.
Experience managing complex projects, including development of tools and processes, with internal stakeholders and external consultants and vendors.
Experience with communication and stakeholder management across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Experience with problem solving and providing business insights and recommendations from data sets.
Experience with project management tools, e.g., Asana, Jira, Smartsheet, gSheets/ Excel, and Tableau.
Experience with thinking analytically and executing methodically while adapting to changing priorities.
Preferred Qualifications:
Knowledge of consumer hardware development lifecycles.
Experience with change management, training, and documentation best practices.
Experience with metrics reporting and dashboard management.
Lean Six Sigma Training, PMP, Scrum Master, or similar certification.
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Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a retirement plan (401k or local country equivalent) program. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
EEO Employer: Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law. If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation in using our website for a search or application, please contact our Employee Services Department at or .
Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico.
Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.
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