Cloud Program Manager

Job Title: Cloud Program Manager

Work Location: Irving, TX

 Duration: Long Term

Job Description:

Must Have Skills (Most Important):

• Program management experience (Agile and/or Waterfall) with success leading large complex initiatives.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Security, Business or Project Management, Information Systems, or related fields of study.
• Drive and report to Senior Executives on program progression aspects including timelines, financials, risks, and outcomes
• Create/frame program outcome messaging including status reports, decks, sprint plans, and more.
• Partner with IT Portfolios to cross-functionally stakeholder manage and ensure delivery of committed outcomes
• Technology familiarity with Cloud concepts, Cloud providers including AWS, and various tools’ adoption in the cloud environment.
• Five or more years of relevant work experience.
• Demonstrated strong analytical skills with the ability to gather and organize data and develop recommendations.
• Ability to influence, grow and develop a team in continuous improvement to improve velocity and results.
• Experience with project management and collaboration tools including G Suite, Smartsheets, and Jira
• Interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills and working effectively with Managers and above.
• Strong Program management experience (using Agile Methodologies) with a proven track record of results by leading large complex initiatives in the software development environment.   Additional Technical Skills Required:
• Experience in working on and deployments involving CICD pipelines
• Experience in troubleshooting Cloud deployments, connectivity, identifying issues like networking and configuration issues

Desired Skills:

• Experience facilitating Cloud Modernization projects that leverage Orchestration & Automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and/or API-driven Web Development
• Three or more years performing Program and Project Management involving initiatives with significant cross-functional dependencies.
• Experience in managing internal SDLC teams, partners and vendors in delivering product development initiatives on time and on budget.
• Demonstration of strong technical skills for software development and integration.
• Experience and interest in current and future technologies.
• Ability to own issues/risk decisions and manage on an ongoing basis.
• Ability to identify opportunities to streamline processes and create efficiencies.
• Proven ability to package and sell ideas to all levels of management and across organizations.

Job Duties:

• The Cloud Engineering and Governance organization is searching for a motivated, positive self-starter Technical Project Management to lead and deliver on projects with high visibility within Client’s Global Technology Organization.
• You will drive cross-functional initiatives, develop action plans, establish milestones, and provide status updates.
• The position requires frequent interaction with Sr. Managers and Directors across the organizations.
• You will have the acumen to handle complex situations and multiple responsibilities. 
• Support Application Teams in cloud migration and cloud tools integration by assisting them resolve various technical challenges that might arise.
• Manage development projects leveraging a team of experienced Cloud Engineers and domain experts.
• Partner with stakeholder organizations to align on delivery dates and project status.
• Manage and mitigate risks to keep projects on track, including estimating time and prioritizing key results.
• Function as an escalation point for various project leads or developers in order to own and drive issues to resolution.
• Communicate key successes/wins and other significant project statuses during stand-ups, reviews, and retrospective calls.
• Capture and report key metrics related to projects and present them to senior management.
• Identify any stakeholder opportunities to streamline processes and create efficiencies.
• Support leadership with executive reporting.

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Thank you! Bharath RP, Ph: x 121