Program Manager

Description:

Responsible for scoping and defining the technical design, driving execution, and delivery of a software feature, solution, or product.
Serves as the bridge between cross-functional teams including marketing, Design, and R&D.
Refines the requirements and distributes work into logical customer valued deliverables, and opportunistically identifies synergies with HP's existing systems.
Responsible for defining the overall approach and architecture and is accountable for defining the overall quality plan for that feature, solution, or product, and ensuring the on-time delivery, escalating, as necessary.
Responsibilities:

Leads portions of the planning and execution of multiple complex projects or programs in support of the continuing evolution of the organization's 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 and mentors, 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.
Knowledge & Skills:

Comprehensive experience in developing 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 experiences with large-scale systems.
Experience with a controlled software release process involving a product lifecycle management tool.
Scope & Impact:

Acts as leaders within the program management practice.
Directly influences the nature of the work delivered.
Takes responsibility for code and overall delivery quality.
Impact of decisions can often alter program timelines by multiple quarters.
Programs are typically cross-functional and involve multiple related software engineering teams.
Complexity:

Moderate to highEducation & Experience:
Typically 7-10 years of relevant experience.