Tech Program Manager

To meet the needs of the Church, we seek to build teams that represent the diverse perspectives, broad life experiences and backgrounds of our global Church membership. With that in mind, we encourage all qualified applicants to apply.

The Technical Program Manager 2 is a specialist level professional role that is responsible for the success of assigned programs/projects. This position works with product managers, development managers, and other key stakeholders, as well as architects and software and infrastructure engineering resources. This position ensures that the solution meets quality expectations in terms of timeline, cost, architecture, and performance. The incumbent coordinates the activities of inter-division/departmental teams to successfully complete the development of extremely complex business technology solutions.

These solutions consist of very large and elaborate sets of variables that require a high degree of technical competency and superb leadership skills. Programs/Projects managed are difficult, and often are unprecedented in the industry and many have global impact to the organization’s operations. This position acts as a member of the team leadership and provides direction to and coordinating the efforts of engineering and project administration resources.

This person interacts closely with key stakeholders to gather system requirements, establish budgets and timelines, and communicate project status.

This individual works with divine guidance to provide or support technology that furthers the mission of the Church and reflects the eternal impact of the gospel.

We value early, mid and late-career candidates and encourage all applicants with the posted skills and abilities to apply.

Provide leadership during solution development and deployment

Ensure the requirements of the program/project from inception to delivery are identified and followed

Assist program leaders in validating project/program scope, schedule, resource plans and statements of work

Define the tasks and priorities within a program/project

Working with functional managers, identifies project managers and engineering team members

Champion development processes to complete solutions according to commitments and approved standards

Participate with development team leadership in oversight, prioritization and delivery of work products including iteration and release planning

Lead project reviews to assess schedule, solution architecture and process adherence.

Provide continuous assessment of project risks with mitigation approaches and dependency management

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent professional experience
• Six years of technical program or project management experience. This experience should be in areas pertinent to the organization’s IT directions – i.e. java development, network engineering, infrastructure development, etc. including three years is a management or leadership role with responsibilities for project management
• Relevant hands-on experience as a software developer, network engineer, systems engineer or security analyst
• Track record of executing complex projects – particularly enterprise-level applications
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation communication skills
• Demonstrated ability to build collaborative relationships
• Ability to negotiate and positively influence people at all levels of the organization
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to think critically and decompose complex problems into coherent technology strategy and solutions. Strong, broad technical background required
• Solid understanding of architectural and system concepts
• Project planning, organizing, communication, team motivating and delegating skills.
• Goal-oriented, action-focused, pragmatic and self-disciplined
• This job operates in a professional office environment
• To successfully perform the essential functions of the job there may be physical requirements which need to be met such as sitting for long periods of time and using computer monitors/equipment

Preferred:

• Recognized project management certification

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