Manager Technical Program Management
Zebra Technologies
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
Responsibilities:
- Functional leadership of program management teams with possible direct supervision of level 1, 2 and senior PM’s. Independently drives team growth and development plans and supports individual’s execution of development activities such as training, mentorships, and guiding growth opportunities for high potentials.
- Team leadership for scaled Agile cross-functional innovation teams. Contribute to and promote the development of agile skillset and capabilities within Zebra. Execute multiple limited scope projects simultaneously or a large program with senior manager’s guidance utilizing modern project management methodologies to ensure maximum project effectiveness.
- Organize and lead scrum teams as release train engineer (RTE)
- Drive execution of solutions inclusive of concept definition, requirements validation, architecture
- Leads system integration planning, release management, and planning for demonstrations, proof of concepts and pilots.
- Leads creating cross functional workstreams and driving execution for sales enablement,
- Organizes and presents business, technical and program reviews/status to Senior Leadership using digital media, dashboards and JIRA agile project management tools.
- Independently execute to program plan and budgets for multiple, large projects. Recommend
mitigation plans. Owns ensuring alignment from key leaders of milestone achievement before moving the program forward. * May lead multiple limited to moderate scope projects simultaneously, or manage a larger program directly. Programs may be moderate to complex in nature or one large program with cross-functional teams in numerous locations and time zones
- Recognized as an "expert" in the business function and processes in which the program is
additional resources as needed to address obstacles or delays. Adjusts the plan per management guidelines as delays or obstacles are experienced. * Demonstrates advanced understanding of development processes and product launch scope andactivities * No supervision by management is expected in this position for complex or novel problems.
- May coach or act as escalation point for Senior Program Managers or grades below
- Supports early stage go to market activities and transition to marketing
- Develop and protect intellectual property; be well versed with IP fundamentals.
- Explore and understand competitive landscape in both product and business terms
- Define strategic initiatives to align the business to agile product development. Work closely with
- Develop and protect intellectual property; be well versed with IP fundamentals.
- Explore and understand competitive landscape in both product and business terms.
- BS Electrical Engineering or Computer Science degree, or
/supervisor. * Strong strategic leadership and analytical skills
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Solid critical thinking and questioning skills
- Experience leading large cross-functional teams
- Self-motivated, results driven, manages risks, and thrives
to drive definition and creation of solutions from skeleton use
cases * Experienced team builder, great at collaboration andmanaging resources; proven interpersonal skills . * Experience with software development best practicesincluding Scaled Agile, TDD and Continuous Integration; a track
record of applying these methodologies * Experience with Cloud development andSoftware/Services development integration, as well as mobile
application development for Android or iOS. * Experience working independently and as part of a teamto solve difficult technical, quality, cost, and scheduleTravel Requirements (as a % of
time): 10-25%
Able to telework? Yes/no – if yes, %
of time and expectations while
teleworking Yes- 50%
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