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IT Program Manager - Embedded Systems

ALLEN-75013, TX, US
09/22/2018

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Required Skills

PMP

Company

Infinity Consulting Solutions, Inc

Experience

3 to 10 Year(s)

Job Description

IT PROGRAM MANAGER - EMBEDDED SYSTEMS

Allen/Richardson, TX

Base + Profit Sharing

We are hiring for a Senior IT Program Manager with Embedded Systems experience! This is a highly visible role across the organization and the Program Manager will be responsible for driving predictable execution on projects.

The IT Program Manager will work across embedded software engineers, software test engineers and other product owners to manage the overall Agile development.

Additionally, this position will coordinate with hardware development, cloud/server based Windows application development, marketing, operations, etc to create and maintain a cadence on all projects.

We are looking for someone who is a self-starter to network and engage quickly with key stakeholders, drive improvements and communicate effectively.

We are looking for someone with a strong understanding of system level product engineering and knowledge of modern software development processes.

Success will be measured and determined by overall ability to establish and meet stakeholder expectations.

What You’ll Do:

Agile Management: Own and drive the agile practice (Scrumban) in the embedded software development team.

Work with engineering leaders to plan, organize, and improve execution.

Maintain both physical and JIRA Kanban boards. Organize and run the standup meetings.
Identify, escalate, and resolve blockers and unplanned work assignments. Manage a minimum of 5 concurrent agile projects. Maintain Confluence pages and JIRA databases to reflect the latest status and workload on the projects. Ensure there is clearly prioritized
project backlog, tracking, and control of WIP.

Program Management: Plan and organize periodic cross functional program management meetings to establish project cadence.

Ensure cross functional stake holders expectations and decisions are well coordinated.

Stake Holders: product management for release content management, customer support for tracking field issues, marketing for beta testing, operations for qualifying and coordinating firmware releases.

Communicate periodically and effectively program status, dashboards, and risk registers.

Drive JIRA tickets curation meetings for managing workload backlogs and planning for future releases.

Engineering/Operations Review: Team up with engineering leadership team to conduct quarterly engineering operations reviews by managing agenda, presentation templates, tracking action item registry, and maintaining Confluence pages associated with the embedded software organization.

Process Improvements: Work with peers to continuously improve agile methods and program management process

Skills/Experience You’ll Need:

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Science, Mathematics or similar field

PMP and Scrum Master certifications are preferred

10+ years of Program Management experience with products involving design of hardware and associated software.

3+ years of experience as a Scrum Master for embedded software development.

Must have foundational experience with systems companies in hardware, firmware, and software development processes

Must have engineering operations management, budget forecasting, and expense tracking experience in the last 5 years

Must have process and quality improvement experiences in the last 5 years.

Must be very proficient in verbal, written, and presentation communication skills.

Require candidates with competencies in Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA, and Confluence.

Preferred candidates with understanding application of Test Driven Software Development methods