Technical Program Manager
About The Position
About Gartner IT: Join a world-class team of skilled engineers who build creative digital solutions to support our colleagues and clients. We make a broad organizational impact by delivering cutting-edge technology solutions that power Gartner. Gartner IT values its culture of nonstop innovation, an outcome-driven approach to success, and the notion that great ideas can come from anyone on the team. HR Technology is the trusted technology partner to Gartner’s HR organization. We enable Gartner’s talent strategy through innovation, consistent technical delivery, and operational excellence. We’re focused on creating exceptional user experiences in Workday and other third-party HR products, custom built technology, and people analytics. About the role: Our HR Technology team is looking for a Technical Program Manager who can effectively lead product delivery in an Agile environment. The ideal candidate will possess a mix of delivery leadership, technical and functional fluency and effective communication and collaboration skills. Technical program managers are asked to be the glue for the team – they are problem solvers, consensus builders, and when required, fixers. We are looking for someone who can promote Agile principles while understanding how to build effective plans to deliver an enterprise business outcome.
Requirements
- 5+ years progressive technology experience, preferably in HR technology, including being responsible for end-to-end program delivery and executive reporting.
- 2+ years of experience working with Agile Software Development Methodology and hands-on JIRA experience.
- Ability to develop and deliver compelling executive-level presentations.
- Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and provide actionable insights for decision-making and leverage data to improve operations
- Ability to use standard business applications (Microsoft O365, Jira, Confluence, Power BI) to obtain/process data and develop reports
- Demonstrated ability to lead projects and teams in a fast-paced environment
- Graduate/Post graduate in BE/Btech, ME/MTech or MCA is preferred.
- Excellent communication and prioritization skills.
- Able to work independently or within a team proactively in a fast-paced AGILE-SCRUM environment.
- Owns success – Takes responsibility for successful delivery of the solutions.
- Strong desire to improve upon their skills in software development, frameworks, and technologies
Nice To Haves
- Preferred experience with HR business processes, Workday & other HR applications
Responsibilities
- Lead teams to accomplish a common outcome articulated with scope and measurable business impact.
- Promote agile principles.
- Orchestrate iterative planning and sprint execution in Jira.
- Facilitate daily stand-ups across distributed teams, and drive sprint reviews and retrospectives to ensure consistent, incremental delivery of value.
- Build effective plans.
- Partner across functional groups to identify resource, task, and project interdependencies to ensure seamless execution.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate risks and issues before they escalate.
- Guide teams toward achieving clearly defined outcomes, with measurable scope and business impact.
- Set clear expectations and track progress against objectives.
- Align & negotiate diverse interests and trade-offs to build consensus and buy-in that moves teams forward.
- Apply a working understanding of technical components and overall systems design in an enterprise environment.
- Demonstrate curiosity and build domain knowledge to sharpen the team’s business context.
- Partner with HR to ensure engineering teams have the requirements they need to deliver effective solutions.
- Engage stakeholders with clear, concise, and audience-appropriate communication.
- Tailor messages to ensure understanding and alignment.
- Establish and monitor project health metrics using available tools.
- Quickly analyze issues, identify root causes, create action plans, assess impact, and implement effective resolutions.
Benefits
- Competitive Compensation Package
- Ongoing mentorship and apprenticeship; Leadership courses, development programs, technical courses, certification opportunities and more!
- 20+ PTO days plus holidays and floating holidays in your first year
- Extensive Medical, Dental and Vision plans
- Hybrid environment with flexibility, remote work
- Parental leave
- Gartner Gives Charity Match
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Health and wellness related allowance programs
- 401K with corporate match, immediate vesting
- Collaborative, team-oriented culture that embraces diversity
- Professional development and unlimited growth opportunities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
