Senior Program Manager

HP•Houston, TX

11d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading teams/projects to solve common and complex business issues, by leveraging developed subject matter knowledge. The role manages and leads cross-functional program teams, delivers professional reports, develops schedules, budgets and resource plans, and tracks progress against the establishes plans, while leading less-experienced staff members. The role also identifies risks and creates mitigation plans, and reports the same to executive management.

Requirements

Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically has 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in engineering development and implementation, project planning tools and software packages, people management, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.
Agile Methodology
Automation
Change Management
Computer Science
Continuous Improvement Process
JIRA
Kanban Principles
Lean Manufacturing
Milestones (Project Management)
New Product Development
Process Improvement
Product Management
Project Engineering
Project Management
Project Planning
Project Schedules
Risk Management
Scrum (Software Development)
Software Development
Sprint Planning
Effective Communication
Results Orientation
Learning Agility
Digital Fluency
Customer Centricity

Nice To Haves

Responsibilities

Manages and leads a program involving one or more functions and project teams to drive the engineering development and implementation process for a subsystem or component of a product or service offering.
Leads moderate to high complexity projects, delivering professionally written reports, and supports the realization of operational and strategic plans.
Understands the technical concepts, architecture, systems, development methods, and disciplines associated with the defined program, and utilizes knowledge to accelerate project completion.
Leads the deployment, launch, and continuous improvement of new technologies & process automation developed within the company's worldwide engineering team.
Develops schedules, critical deliverables, budget, resource allocation plan, logistics, and other support requirements for assigned program in collaboration with both the company & contract manufacturing teams.
Coordinates activities of supporting project teams and internal and external development partners; tracks progress against established plan and makes decisions to alter or update schedule and resource allocation to meet product requirements and development schedule.
Communicates program progress, escalations, and issue analysis to product stakeholders; collaborates with management and internal manufacturing and development partners to implement changes to product, process, or program plan to resolve escalated issues, produce solutions, and ensure adherence to budgets and established product roadmaps and schedules.
Leads bug tracking resolution and reporting of program risks, status, and options for resolution to executive management.
Solves difficult and complex problems with a fresh perspective, demonstrating good judgment in selecting creative solutions and managing projects independently.
Leads and provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members.

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Long term/short term disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Life insurance
Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
11 paid holidays
Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave