Senior Program Manager

MathWorks; Telangana; Hybrid; INR 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

MathWorks is seeking a Senior Program Manager to join the MATLAB/Simulink program management team. This hands-on role coordinates across engineering, quality, UX, and documentation to plan and deliver complex software programs in a hybrid work environment.

You will analyze programs, manage risk, drive course corrections, and report status to multiple management levels while improving development processes and mentoring teammates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 6+ years of experience or Master's with 3+ years, or PhD, or equivalent.
• Experience managing complex technical projects interfacing with software engineering and testing teams.
• Expertise in cross-organizational management of software development programs from initiation through delivery.

Responsibilities

• Perform program analysis, manage risk, and influence course corrections.
• Communicate program status across multiple levels of management.
• Improve software development lifecycle processes and mentor team members.
• Coordinate with Development, Marketing, Sales, and Support as a primary liaison.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional leadership

Software development lifecycle

Metrics reporting

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree in engineering

PhD

Tools

Software development tools

Job description

Job Summary

MathWorks has a hybrid work model that enables staff members to split their time between office and home. The hybrid model provides the advantage of having both in-person time with colleagues and flexible at-home life optimizations. Learn More: https://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/resources/applying-and-interviewing.html#onboarding.

Would you like to join an industry leading Program Management team that is constantly solving new and challenging problems? Do you want to work with commercial software products that make the world a better place? If you answered yes to these questions, we want to speak with you.

MathWorks is the leading developer of technical computing software (MATLAB and Simulink). Engineers and scientists worldwide rely on its products to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and development. Here at MathWorks, it is all about longevity, stability, career growth, learning new technologies, rational workplace, and truly enjoying your work.

The Senior Program Manager is a member of the MATLAB, Simulink, or IAT (infrastructure, architecture and tools) software development program management team and supports the planning and execution of multiple projects or programs. Program Management is an integration and coordination role working with members of Development including Engineering, Quality Engineering, User Experience, and Documentation to facilitate the effective development and delivery of products. Program Management is an important primary liaison between the program team and the larger MathWorks community (e.g. marketing, sales, operations, and tech support). This is a hands-on individual contributor position.

MathWorks nurtures growth, appreciates inclusivity, encourages initiative, values teamwork, shares success, and rewards excellence.

Responsibilities

Specific activities include performing program analysis, managing risk, influencing necessary course corrections, creative problem solving, and communicating program status and activities across multiple levels of management. This role additionally involves continuously assessing and improving the processes that comprise the software development lifecycle and mentoring/coaching other members of the Program Management and Product Development Teams.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.

Additional Qualifications

• Masters’ degree in engineering, technical or related field
• Experience managing complex technical projects interfacing with software engineering and testing teams
• Expertise in providing cross-organizational management of software development programs from initiation through delivery
• Experience implementing change in a large organization
• Ability to appropriately balance strategic goals with tactical implementation
• Hands-on experience with developing and reporting on metrics for engineering development, test development and execution, bugs, issues, risks, and other aspects of Project and Program Management
• Ability to influence without authority
• Demonstrated experience with process improvements
• Experience in the commercial software product industry
• Experience building tools to make software development processes easier
• Experience with Internationalization concepts and technical implementations
• Experience with MathWorks Products (MATLAB, Simulink)
• Exposure to embedded product development life cycle