New Product Introduction Program Manager

Ascendion; Vancouver (WA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 114,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

Long-term disability insurance

Short-term disability insurance

Personal days accrued each year

12-15 days paid vacation

6-8 weeks paid parental leave

9 paid holidays and 2 floating days

Ascendion Learning Management System

Tuition Reimbursement Program

Job summary

Ascendion is seeking an NPI program manager within our software organization to coordinate on-time delivery of software and solutions for upcoming print NPIs. You will bridge cross-functional teams—marketing, design, and R&D—and define requirements, architecture, and a quality plan to ensure timely delivery.

Bachelor's degree and 4–6 years of experience required; experience with agile, metrics, and release processes preferred.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing commercial software products using agile development practices.
• Expertise in managing cross-organizational software development projects from initiation through delivery.
• Hands-on experience with developing and reporting on metrics for engineering development.
• Analytical and problem-solving experiences with large-scale systems.
• Experience with a controlled software release process involving a product lifecycle management tool.

Responsibilities

• Supports the planning and execution of multiple projects or programs in support of the continuing evolution of the organization's software products.
• Performs program analysis, manages risk, identifies and influences necessary course corrections, and communicates program status and activities across multiple levels of management.
• Continuously assesses and improves the processes that comprise the software development lifecycle.
• Manages risks and resolves issues that affect release, scope, schedule, and quality. Defines and tracks key metrics and performance indicators and drives cross-functional execution of program deliverables.

Skills

Agile development practices

Cross-organizational project

Engineering metrics

Analytical problem-solving

Release process & PLM tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in relevant area

4–6 years of relevant experience

Job description

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Description

This role is specifically as an NPI (New Product Introduction) program manager in our software organization, coordinating the on-time delivery of software and solutions for upcoming print NPIs.

Details on responsibilities and desired experience are below

Responsible for scoping and defining the technical design, driving execution, and delivery of a software feature, solution, or product.

Serves as the bridge between cross-functional teams including marketing, Design, and R&D.

Refines the requirements and distributes work into logical customer valued deliverables, and opportunistically identifies synergies with HP's existing systems. Responsible for defining the overall approach and architecture and is accountable for defining the overall quality plan for that feature, solution, or product, and ensuring the on-time delivery, escalating, as necessary.

Responsibilities

• Supports the planning and execution of multiple projects or programs in support of the continuing evolution of the organization's software products.
• Performs program analysis, manages risk, identifies and influences necessary course corrections, and communicates program status and activities across multiple levels of management.
• Continuously assesses and improves the processes that comprise the software development lifecycle.
• Manages risks and resolves issues that affect release, scope, schedule, and quality. Defines and tracks key metrics and performance indicators and drives cross-functional execution of program deliverables.

Knowledge & Skills

• Experience in developing commercial software products using agile development practices.
• Expertise in managing cross-organizational software development projects from initiation through delivery.
• Hands-on experience with developing and reporting on metrics for engineering development.
• Analytical and problem-solving experiences with large-scale systems.
• Experience with a controlled software release process involving a product lifecycle management tool.

Scope & Impact

Decisions and actions typically impact multiple departments and may have downstream repercussions lasting multiple weeks.

Performs day-to-day tasks with no supervision, requires only general instructions on new assignments.

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in relevant area or demonstrated competence.

Typically, 4-6 years of relevant experience.

Salary and Other Compensation

The annual [salary/hourly rate] for this position is between [$104,000- $114,400 annually]. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

• [medical insurance]
• [dental insurance]
• [vision insurance]
• [401(k) retirement plan]
• [long-term disability insurance]
• [short-term disability insurance]
• [personal days accrued each calendar year. The Paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertains to the City/ State]
• [12-15 days of paid vacation time]
• [6-8 weeks of paid parental leave after a year of service]
• [9 paid holidays and 2 floating holidays per calendar year]
• [Ascendion Learning Management System]
• [Tuition Reimbursement Program]

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