Engineering Program Manager

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Knowledge & Skills:

Exhibits a high degree of autonomy, is determined, and should be a go-getter with the ability to multitask and stay on top of a lot of things simultaneously

Excellent verbal, presentation, and written communication skills.

Have a good understanding of Gen AI tech stack.

Leads by example. Sets high standards & communicates expectations of high achievement to others.

Establishes credibility with peers and senior managers and is a driving force for change across the organization.

Ability to tie team objectives back to the broader organizational objectives and goals.

Should have good knowledge of a software product development lifecycle.

Knowledge of agile development techniques and project management tools.

Strong conflict resolution and negotiation skills.

Ability to communicate in a geographically distributed environment with diverse collaborators and to operate in ambiguous situations while bringing clarity.

Some Key Responsibilities:

Coordinate all aspects of the business for development and release of technologies, products, features & functions in Firefly organization.

Build the project schedule, including putting together the framework and identifying dependencies—negotiating with 3rd parties/internal teams.

Understand and assess critical paths and dependencies for delivering and shipping products / services and facilitate discussions between product/client teams, product management and engineering.

Effectively negotiate, persuade and motivate extended project teams & senior management across BUs, provide justifiable proposals and recommendations, and clearly outline courses of action to follow.

Assess future challenges on projects and initiatives and mobilize immediate and extended team members to take action, proactively addressing issues.

Initiate, develop and effectively completes plans for change (new process, tool, etc) across multiple teams.

Identify, track, monitor and communicate project-related issues, scope changes, variances and contingencies arising during project implementation.

Implement process improvements, including identifying the problem areas and process improvements – some cross-product or cross-BU focus.

Bring up and resolve issues in a timely manner, including problems that impact multiple projects. Propose workable solutions to complex problems while considering the needs of all groups that are impacted.

Manage multiple competing projects or tasks independently, effectively balancing work between critical short term issues with longer term strategic goals.

Leverage data to drive key decisions and changes in the team.

Leverage automation wherever possible for the recurring tasks.

Evaluate existing processes and procedures. Make recommendations and drives process improvement and adoption of best practices (processes, tools, etc) to improve team efficiency and effectiveness.

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