Technical Program Manager

Associate Principal Engineering Technical Program Manager

Working Model: Hybrid

Location: Dallas, TX

Must haves:

• Manage large program
• Safe background, ADEO dashboard experience (Not Jira),
• Very strong at PI planning

One of the key remits of the Delivery Team is to provide delivery governance and execution oversight through Technical Program Managers (TPMs) and Scrum Masters for the key digital transformation programs with our client.

The TPM role is a hands-on delivery role along with people management responsibility for all Scrum Masters on the program.

Accountabilities:

• Drive end-to-end technical program management across multiple, cross-functional programs from initial conception, through design and development, to delivery of tested, usable prototypes
• Work across cross-functional partners (engineering, business, and design) to identify scope, constraints, dependencies, risks, and timelines across programs
• Lead team of Scrum Masters supporting complex transformation programs by coaching them on Client-specific tools, frameworks, and processes related to DevSecOps Delivery
• Proactively identify technical, procedural, legal, logistical, and communications challenges and partner with leads to drive creative solutions to resolve issues and mitigate risks
• Coordinate communications across internal and external teams, including upwards communication to team leadership
• Frequent communication with program leadership to shape and deliver on the product roadmap, and requires to nimbly switch between strategic and tactical initiatives to achieve technical and business goals
• Experience with Agile, object-oriented modeling, web services, middleware, database, and data mining systems

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of work experience, or 3 5 years of experience as a Delivery Lead / Technical Program Manager, either in CPG delivery teams or with a Top-Tier consulting firm
• Highly quantitative, with great judgment, able to connect dots across workstreams, identify critical program dependencies, and strong track record of delivery
• Pragmatic and iterative approach to building software, including the ability to simplify and get things done
• Demonstrated track record of building and delivering software and working effectively with external and internal teams
• Deep understanding of infrastructure, dataset dependencies for local requirements for feature/application deployments, integration testing requirements before deployment
• Exceptional business relationship skills including the ability to discover true requirements, recommend alternative technical and business approaches, and lead engineering efforts to meet aggressive timelines with optimal solutions
• Good understanding of SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) models and a track record of shipping software efficiently
• Recognizes the difference between building software and shipping software
• Strong track record of project delivery for large, cross-functional projects
• Experience in leading high-performing teams
• Deep hands-on technical expertise
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills