Staff Technical Program Manager, Software

ALSO • Palo Alto, CA

8d • $180,000 - $240,000 • Onsite

About The Position

In this role, you will be a member of ALSO's Technical Program Management team, responsible for driving all firmware/embedded software developments internally and external. You will partner with product, hardware and software engineering, and other cross-functional teams to drive software development in hardware products as well as integrate them into Also’s backend systems. This role will require deep collaboration from an end-to-end software perspective, and aligning it to ALSO's hardware product roadmap.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering field
• 7+ years of experience in program management, engineering or similar cross-functional role
• Track record of launching consumer electronics, IoT devices, vehicles, and/or other similar hardware/software devices from concept to production.
• Experience managing embedded device hardware/software releases and integration into back-end software systems.
• Proficiency with bug/task tracking software tools, especially Jira.
• Ability to adapt processes to the team composition and be time-efficient with planning and status reporting.
• Demonstrated proficiency in working with cross-functional hardware & software teams - ability to see forest from trees
• Highly collaborative mindset and strong communication skills
• Ability to distill multivariable problems to clear decisions and actions to move forward.

Nice To Haves

• Bonus points if you’ve built plans and workflows in a new organization on 1st generation products.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex, multi-disciplinary software projects from start to finish, managing multiple critical software workstreams from embedded software development, controls, and connectivity.
• Work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company.
• Work with a team of software and hardware engineers on multiple high-visibility consumer-facing products.
• Drive the planning and implementation of program and features with the cross-functional teams to hit roadmap goals, tracking progress, analyzing risks, resolve execution issues and communicating status.
• Develop and manage program schedules, technical issues, release management and resource needs with engineering and cross-functional teams.
• Manage communication of progress/status with stakeholders and leadership in various locations and time zones, own and nurture relationships between cross-functional teams.
• Implement process improvements to streamline product development and continuously manage risks.

Benefits

• Robust health coverage — excellent health, dental, and vision insurance covered up to 100% by ALSO, with FSA & HSA options
• One Medical membership and dedicated insurance advocates
• Rich fertility and family-building benefits with Progyny
• Flexible time off
• 401(k) match

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior