Program Manager

Program Manager (SDLC, Lean, Scrum)

Hybrid Rate: $60 Contract: 8 Months on C2C Location: Sunnyvale, CA (initially remote)

Job Description:

Have you previously hired for this role? Yes. If so, where have candidates historically fallen short? Lack of engagement and ownership

What is the makeup of the team? 20+ TPMs

Do they need to be in a certain location/hub or remote? Near Seattle, Sunnyvale, Bentonville, or Hoboken. Remote and come into the office as needed.

Will be working on one of the pillars within WMT+

Description:

7+ years of related experience in project/program management

Proven ability to drive results, especially in a matrixed or influence based environment

Experience and deep understanding of software development methodologies and principles (including SDLC, Lean, Scrum, Kanban, Agile Principles, and Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe))

Can work well under pressure manage tight deadlines and situations where conflicting priorities arise

Ability to manage of competing priorities and schedules to get your project across the finish line

Adaptability to changes and uncertainty

Keen perception to identifying early indications of risks and issues and ability to effectively manage and resolve them

Excellent organization and planning skills using with effective visuals that quickly gets teams aligned

Implement process to measure and improve efficiency of engineering teams serving as an Agile coach and mentor

Identify improvement opportunities to better operationalize across the board

Ability to build rapport and drive influence with partners, stakeholders, senior + executive leadership

Strong relationship building skills, coupled with high business acumen

Strong written, visual, and verbal communication skills

Highly accurate and detail-oriented

Visionary with ability to bring your vision to life

Passionate about continuous improvement and growth

Logical and data-based decision making thought process with a balance of intuition

Sets high-quality standards and outcomes excellent analysis and critical reasoning skills with a strong focus on execution

Possess a strong technical foundation to facilitate technical team discussions

You are a team player, with the courage to drive change through disruption while maintaining a respect for the team

You have the ability to simplify strategy into simple actions

You empower and inspire your colleagues and team mates to take action and embrace the mindset that, “Everything can be made better”

You are curious, and are not afraid to dig deep and look in places that others ignore

Continuously strive to implement improvements

What you’ll do:

Take initiative and ownership and hit the ground running to drive multiple cross-functional programs, end-to-end

Facilitate project kickoffs, technical design discussions, planning, prioritization

Partner with product, engineering, design, program and stakeholders to manage dependencies, define schedules, and drive alignment

Manage blockers, risks and issues, scope and priorities changes, dependencies within the programs to ensure timely delivery

Lead program review updates and share status to provide clarity and transparency on the health of the program to different levels in the org and partners

Continuously identify and implement improvement opportunities drive efficiencies across the org

Foster a collaborative working environment for teams

Effectively navigate uncertainty and change with composure and poise

Proactively identify, deconstruct and solve complex problems quickly, simply and succinctly

Effectively handle change and risk, collaborate with colleagues to ensure the right decisions are made at the right time, appropriate communication occurs, and plans are intelligently adjusted to reflect vital fluctuations in goals and requirements

Coach teams to increase their efficiency and productivity through refinement of their Agile processes