Technical Program Manager, Senior

Zebra Technologies•Holtsville, NY

1d•$108,960 - $163,440•Hybrid

About The Position

Technical and solutions senior program manager responsible for leading agile cross-functional team of Systems, Hardware and Software Engineers, Test Engineers, Operations, etc. from initial concept to deployment. Meets complex program goals for product performance, quality goals, regulatory compliance requirements, cost, schedule and development budget. Also responsible for working with Product Management, Marketing, and Experience Designers to define the product, solidify the business case, and author the product and experience specifications. Given our multitude of design and development partners, participates with negotiations involving Business Development and Legal. Role is required to be onsite in Holtsville, NY office (Hybrid- Minimum of 3 days in the office per week).

Requirements

Minimum Education: BS Electrical Engineering or Computer Science degree, or related technical BS degree, MS preferred
Minimum Work Experience: 5+ years of experience
Experience in Engineering/Program management or Scrum Master experience for products in fast paced environment

Nice To Haves

Intermediate to advanced leadership and analytical skills
Intermediate to advanced written and oral communication skills
Solid critical thinking and questioning skills
Experience leading cross-functional teams
Self-motivated, results driven, manages risks, and thrives in an environment of uncertainty and continuous innovation.
Experienced team builder, great at collaboration and managing resources; proven interpersonal skills
Past responsibility for multiple significant delivered-to-market solutions in asset intelligence (Location Services, RFID, Machine Learning, Machine Vision).
Experience with software development best practices including Scaled Agile, TDD and Continuous Integration; a track record of applying these methodologies
Experience with Cloud development and Software/Services development integration, as well as mobile application development for Android or iOS.
Experience working independently and as part of a team to solve difficult technical, quality, cost, and schedule challenges; well versed in risk management practices

Responsibilities

Drive execution of solutions inclusive of concept definition, requirements validation, architecture specification, and governance compliance to our Product Development Lifecycle Management framework.
Ability to translate customer problems into solution requirements.
Team leadership for Agile cross-functional, globally distributed, innovation teams.
Contribute to and promote the product development process capabilities within Zebra.
Execute multiple projects simultaneously or a large program with a senior manager’s guidance, utilizing modern project management methodologies to ensure maximum project effectiveness.
Align cross-functional development activities, including electrical, mechanical, regulatory and manufacturing engineering.
Collaborate with Agile product owners (PO), scrum master (SM) or a release train engineer (RTE)
Leads system creation, integration planning, release management, and planning for demonstrations, proof of concepts and pilots.
Leads creating cross-functional workstreams and driving execution for sales enablement, development and deployment.
Independently building relationships and working across all relevant areas of the solution business including Sales, Services, IT, Finance, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Support.
Works independently with the business in defining proof of value and customer’s return on investment.
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 corrective actions and implement changes.
Identify and mitigate risks; develop and implement risk mitigation plans.
Owns ensuring alignment from key leaders of milestone achievement before moving the program forward.
Motivate a project team to ensure solutions are reliable and of quality, in a collaborative fashion.
Demonstrates the ability to see cross-functional impacts of decisions and project plans and execution.
Balances scope, schedule and budget considerations to adjust the project with minimal impact to the business.
Understands the business objectives of the program and assumes personal accountability for success of the program against those objectives.
Provides assistance with coordination of deliverables and project assets to assist the project team.
Personally anticipates and addresses obstacles or issues that are moderate to significant in severity and escalates complex issues to management for assistance.
Independently engages additional resources as needed to address obstacles or delays.
Adjusts the plan per management guidelines as delays or obstacles are experienced.
Demonstrates intermediate understanding of development processes and product launch scope and activities.
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.