Gestionnaire, Programme technique sénior / Senior Technical Product Manager

Unity Technologies; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Montreal is seeking a Technical Program Manager to enhance collaboration across global teams. You will define project scopes and drive improvements within the organization. Candidates should have over 5 years in technical program management with strong software lifecycle understanding. This role offers the opportunity to impact game development processes significantly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in technical program management, preferably in a tech environment.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC) and engineering processes.
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with engineering teams to define project scope and deliverables.
• Execute and monitor projects, developing and maintaining project plans.
• Drive improvements and changes in processes.

Skills

Technical program management

Software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Excellent communication skills

Project management tools (e.g. Jira)

Tools

Jira

Job description

The opportunity

Help us make 3D interactive content accessible everywhere! As a Technical Program Manager in Unity's engine organization, you'll partner with product and engineering leaders to expand our powerful creator experience across various teams.

In this role you will strategically align technology with business objectives, bringing updates and new functionality to the Editor and game developers worldwide. If you're passionate about empowering diverse global teams, balancing processes with people, and leading with trust & empathy in an ever-evolving tech landscape, you'll thrive here.

As a Technical Program Manager, you have a strong passion for both people and processes, and are always striving to find the right balance. You thrive in a growing environment and can adapt to an ever-evolving technical landscape. We value someone who can bring out the best in people by empowering and trusting them to shine. Bringing diverse teams closer together across multiple time zones, cultures, and backgrounds is what we are all about. We hope you feel the same way!

What you\'ll be doing

• Collaborating with engineering teams and internal stakeholders to define project scope, deliverables, and timelines. Drive alignment of project output, technical and operational objectives.
• Executing and monitoring of projects, ensuring clarity at all stages, developing and maintaining project plans, milestones, and capacity plans to ensure successful delivery. Establish clear tracking mechanisms for project progress and deliverables. Provide regular status updates and reports to stakeholders, highlighting achievements, risks, and next steps.
• Communicating with teams and stakeholders utilizing soft leadership skills. Help to break down silos, resolve ambiguity and ensure clear communications for all parties, proactively managing risk and dependencies.
• Drive for improvements and change - you are not satisfied with the status quo and strive to improve our processes and the way we work, from individual contributors to stakeholders and executives.

What we\'re looking for

• 5+ years of experience in technical program management, project management, or a related role, preferably within a technology or engineering-focused organization.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC) and engineering processes.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interface with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proven ability to manage multiple complex projects simultaneously, balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
• Experience creating and managing capacity plans, project schedules, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Results-oriented, organized, and methodical. Comfortable dealing with ambiguity
• Demonstrate a proactive, curious mentality; be willing to ask questions, and dig for your own answers as well
• Comfortable with distilling available data from projects and user data to guide decisions and results.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as Jira

You might also have

• Experience navigating large tech corporations, ensuring alignment and approvals from senior executives
• Familiarity with the games industry at large, game development, game engines or related fields.
• Certification in project management practices (e.g. PMP, Agile, Scrum).

Additional information

• Relocation support is not available for this position.
• Work visa/immigration sponsorship is not available for this position

Life at Unity

We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support employees\' well-being and work-life balance. You can read more about them on our career page.

Unity [NYSE: U] is the leading platform to create and grow games and interactive experiences. Creators, ranging from game developers to artists, architects, automotive designers, infrastructure experts, filmmakers, and more, use Unity to bring their imaginations to life across multiple platforms, from mobile, PC, and console, to spatial computing.

As of the third quarter of 2024, more than 70% of the top 1,000 mobile games were made with Unity, and in 2024, Made with Unity applications had an average of 3.7 billion downloads per month. For more information, please visit Unity.

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This position requires English proficiency for professional communication with global colleagues and partners.

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