Technical Program Manager

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Job Summary

In this role you will be an effective servant leader and coach responsible for managing an Agile Release Train (ART) in its mission to deliver value and achieve program objectives.

This role is responsible for coaching ensuring collaboration and flow guardianship for an Agile Release Train (ART) of 6-10 scrum teams (100 people). This role will prepare stakeholders for PI Planning lead the PI Planning Workshop organize and enable cross-team syncs surface risks and impediments early and enable a culture of relentless improvement so that customer value flows every iteration.

The role requires strong leadership precise communication and technical expertise to navigate challenges coordinate cross-functional teams and drive innovation.

The role is responsible for defining the overall approach and process design driving overall quality transparency and ensuring the on-time delivery of complex software solutions.

Responsibilities

PI Cadence & Events: Plan and lead the PI Planning Workshop PO/PM Syncs Scrum of Scrums System Demos and Inspect & Adapt Retrospectives. Review and keep transparent the ART Kanban board and dashboards.

Flow & Metrics: Track Outcomes Flow (lead time throughput WIP predictability). Remove systemic blockers manage dependencies & risks create and maintain transparent dashboards and metric reporting.

Coaching & Culture: Mentor Scrum Masters POs and teams on SAFe Lean Agile principles while driving continuous iterative improvement. Foster psychological safety and data-driven decision making.

Risk & Impediment Management: Lead teams through effective risk identification in PI Planning. Manage maintain and review the ART risk board during the PI. Partner with Architects on compliance/security gates.

Continuous Improvement: Lead ART retros and PI Inspect & Adapt processes. Create and enable a culture of continuous and transparent feedback. Drive action and results from feedback.

Responsible for driving execution and delivery of a software feature solution or product. Serves as the bridge between cross-functional teams including Product Management Design and R&D.

Leads the planning and execution of multiple complex projects or programs in support of the continuing evolution of the organizations software products.

Partners with cross-functional software development teams to help them prioritize plan track and execute complex cross-organizational programs.

Performs program analysis manages risk identifies and influences necessary course corrections and communicates program status and activities across multiple levels of management.

Continuously assesses and improves the processes that comprise the software development lifecycle while coaching other members of the team to do the same.

Manages risks and resolves issues that affect release scope schedule and quality of highly visible complex programs.

Education & Experience Recommended

Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science Information Technology Business Management or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.

Typically has 7-10 years of work experience preferably in program/project management scrum master professional technology organization or a related field.

Preferred Certifications

SAFe RTE certification

Knowledge & Skills

Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) principles and practices.

Proven experience facilitating large-scale agile events.

Strong project and program management skills.

Excellent communication interpersonal and presentation skills.

Ability to effectively present to and communicate with executive leadership

Advanced JIRA experience including metrics dashboards and road maps.

Comprehensive experience in managing development of commercial software products using agile development practices.

Expertise in managing cross-organizational software development projects from initiation through delivery.

Hands-on experience with developing and reporting on metrics for engineering development.

Analytical and problem-solving experience with large-scale software systems.

Change Management processes

Continuous Improvement processes and leading adoption

Kanban Principles

Scrum software development framework

Cross-Org Skills

Effective Communication

Results Orientation

Learning Agility

Digital Fluency

Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope

Acts as an organizational leader and champion of program management principles.

Directly influences the delivery of customer value.

Takes responsibility for overall delivery quality and schedule commitments.

Impact of decisions can often alter program timelines by multiple quarters.

Programs are typically cross-functional and involve multiple related software engineering teams as well as product teams.

Complexity

Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.

Compensation and Benefits

The typical base pay range for this role is $145000 to $160000 per year. Pay within this range will be based on the review of experience skills and internal equity.

As a full time employee of HP Canada you will be eligible to participate in the companys group benefit programs including medical dental life insurance and disability coverage subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans. During your employment term you will receive 15 paid vacation days per year prorated based on your start date. Detailed information regarding benefitswill be provided upon hire and is subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

Disclaimer
This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties skills responsibilities knowledge etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

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