Principal Project Program Manager

Infinera; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 133,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

Infinera seeks a Principal Project/Program Manager to oversee complex projects in hardware and software development. This hybrid role in Ottawa requires strong leadership, communication, and project management skills, with a focus on collaboration across various cross-functional teams. Candidates should have significant experience in global technology initiatives and project management methodologies.

Benefits

Paid leave

Health coverage

Registered Retirement Saving Program (RRSP)

Life and disability insurance

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in project management.
• Experience leading large global technology initiatives.
• Certification in project/program management such as PMP is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Organize, plan, direct, and coordinate day-to-day activities of a multi-discipline program.
• Create and track schedules for hardware and software initiatives.
• Lead meetings with project teams to discuss strategies and progress.

Skills

Project Management

Leadership

Communication

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Job description

Pay Range (Annual):

$133,000.00 - $247,000.00

At Infinera, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. Your actual base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. This role may be eligible for equity grants, discretionary bonuses, or commission payments. The amount of these incentives is based on the terms of the Company’s incentive plans, the Company’s financial performance, and/or individual employee job performance.

Infinera also offers paid leave, health coverage, Registered Retirement Saving Program (RRSP), life and disability insurance to all eligible employees .

Principal Project/Program Manager

About the Job

As a Principal Project Manager, within the Project Management Office, you will play a crucial role in driving the successful execution of complex projects that span both hardware and software development. Your role will involve strategic planning, team leadership, tracking, reporting, and communication across Nokia's Subsystem organization, delivering programs related to the development of coherent optical modules and associated technology. You will lead and demonstrate the standard Program Management methodology across all cross-functional teams, ensuring efficiency, scalability, and consistency. Interaction with multiple stakeholders and the executive leadership team throughout the program lifecycle will be essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Organize, plan, direct, and coordinate day-to-day activities of running a multi-discipline program.
• Work with PLM and project stakeholders to ensure program scope definition meets business objectives.
• Create and track well-structured schedules and milestones for hardware and software initiatives, in collaboration with various cross-functional teams, to deliver products from concept through to mass production.
• Lead meetings with project teams to discuss strategies and progress.
• Proactively engage with cross-functional stakeholders to identify interdependencies, resolve issues, and champion revenue-producing initiatives.
• Direct the communication of status, issues, and risk management/mitigation to all stakeholders, including executive management, on a timely basis.
• Champion Nokia's Product Life-Cycle Process and drive the project milestone/gate reviews.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of relevant experience.
• Experience leading large global technology initiatives, with a proven track record managing complex projects in both hardware and software domains and taking a product to market.
• Experience in the telecommunications/optical industry is a huge plus.
• Familiarity with both waterfall and agile project management methodologies.
• Competence in the use of Jira tool suite for project tracking.
• Comfortable navigating tough situations, balancing priorities, and managing constraints while running sophisticated, fast-paced programs.
• Self-starter with the ability to successfully navigate situations with a varying degree of ambiguity with a bias for action.
• Confidence to provide dissenting views when appropriate, ability to lead, interact with, focus, negotiate, resolve conflict, and drive consensus among individuals from a variety of cultures and disciplines.
• Highly adept at influencing upward and downward without direct reporting relationship.
• High attention to detail; excellent interpersonal skills, both verbal and written; ability to present at all levels.
• Experience leading a diverse group of individuals with different experience and skillsets.
• Certification in project/program management such as PMP is a plus.

Location

This position will be a hybrid role based in the Ottawa location, with an expectation to be onsite an average of 3 days per week.

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“This position requires direct or indirect access to certain confidential information, hardware, software, technology, or technical information (referred to here as “Export-Controlled Information”) controlled under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All personnel in this position must be eligible to or be able to obtain authorization from the appropriate agency to access applicable Export-Controlled Information. The U.S. Department of Commerce currently requires a foreign person with a most recent citizenship or permanent residency of Sudan, Ukraine, or a country currently designated in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2 (Supplement No. 1 to Part 740, Title 15) to have an export control license to access our Export-Controlled Information, unless they meet certain exemptions provided under U.S. export control laws and regulations. The list of applicable countries in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2 may be updated by the U.S. government from time to time. The current processing time for an export control license is approximately 4 to 6 months.

Your employment or engagement with Infinera shall be contingent on verifying your eligibility or requirement for obtaining a necessary license and/or authorization from the appropriate agency. You will be required to provide certain information for export control compliance assessment purposes, and your information will be reviewed by Infinera's hiring and export control teams to ensure compliance with the U.S. export control laws and regulations. Infinera will collect necessary documents (such as proof of citizenship etc.) to assess license/authorization requirements if you are offered and accept the position.”

Infinera is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Infinera complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.