Director of Technical Program Management (Hybrid)

Walgreens Co.; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 241,000; Full time

Job summary

Walgreens, a leading healthcare retailer, seeks a Director of Technical Project Management to provide strategic leadership and delivery oversight for the Pharmacy Technology portfolio within the Value Realization & Delivery organization.

You will drive alignment across a large portfolio of initiatives, including approximately 100 projects and hundreds of epics, in collaboration with Pharmacy Product and Engineering leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or physics and at least 6 years of experience in technical program management and/or engineering management.
• Knowledge of technical subjects and technologies relevant to the program, including methods and tools for capture and management of product requirements and functional specifications; methods and tools for software project planning and development; methods and tools for software and system testing and validation.
• Experience managing competing priorities across complex programs.
• Knowledge of the software development lifecycle and experience adjusting and applying this knowledge in a dynamic environment using agile methodologies.
• Experience building credibility and rapport with senior executives and technical and non-technical teams.
• At least 5 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 5 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross- functional team leadership
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)

Responsibilities

• Formulates a comprehensive technical program management plan that aligns with the overall business objectives, budgetary considerations, and product requirements.
• Leads alignment on technical program scope and works to gain alignment with teams on vision, business goals, and program structure.
• Establish project milestones, roadmaps, and schedules for technical teams using Agile and technical skills.
• Anticipates, captures, and manages cross-product dependencies across the program teams.
• Works closely with business partners and technical teams to develop technical programs and plans and to ensure that plans are aligned with evolving businessneeds and product requirements.
• Establishes and tracks project plans for an overall program, including schedules, budgets, and resourcingfor the technical teams.
• Tracksandadjustsplans, schedules,andoutcomes based on evolvingprogramscopeandrequirementsaswellastechnicalandprogramissuesthatariseatre
• Establishes a risk management plan for each project. Anticipates, captures, and manages program risks, and works with the organization to develop mitigations for the most critical risks.
• Regularly communicates critical risks, probability of occurrence, and risk mitigations to the business unit leadership and other key stakeholders.
• Provides timely notification of any critical risks that manifest, and supports mitigation plans to address related issues.
• Interfaces and coordinates with program stakeholders within the business unit and business unit senior management to define program objectives, provide status updates, and prepare for release and deployment.
• Applies engineering and business process expertise to plan complex programs and resolve issues.
• Leads meetings with key stakeholders for the program to align on and make key decisions, remove obstacles, and address key program issues.
• Serves as a key technical lead to ensure that business goals and product requirements are balanced with technical feasibility and available technical resources and budget.
• Regularly communicates program milestones, schedules, and critical risks to the technical team and to the broader organization.
• Initiates and manages workgroup alignment meetings to address program changes, tactical issues, critical risks, technical challenges, etc.
• Creates a collaborative environment that fosters creativity, innovation, and learning.
• Implements policies and defines approach to technical program achievement. Analyzes long-term impact of new or anticipated strategies and decisions.
• Manages budgets, operational plans, and performance requirements for a specified area of responsibility.
• Responsible for meeting budgetary goals and objectives.
• Leads team and facilitates communication between staff, management, vendors, and other technology resources within and outside of the organization. Shares highly complex information related to areas of expertise. Interacts with senior management to keep abreast of objectives. Interacts with direct reports and peers in management, customer organizations, and vendors to interpret information and improve cross- functional processes and programs. Builds and enhances key internal and external contacts.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or physics

Tools

Software project planning tools

Software development lifecycle

Job description

Walgreens, a leading healthcare retailer, seeks a Director of Technical Project Management to provide strategic leadership and delivery oversight for the Pharmacy Technology portfolio within the Value Realization & Delivery organization.

You will drive alignment across a large portfolio of initiatives, including approximately 100 projects and hundreds of epics, in collaboration with Pharmacy Product and Engineering leadership.