Program Manager / Delivery Lead

Capgemini; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 132,467,000 - 206,968,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Tundra Technical Solutions is seeking a Program Manager / Delivery Lead for an on-site, Irvine, CA contract to oversee a large Android platform modernization and IFE-related migration program. This role focuses on program execution, governance, and cross-functional coordination rather than hands-on coding.

You will coordinate with customer stakeholders, architects, verification, DevOps and release teams to ensure schedule, quality, and delivery commitments are met.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.
• 12+ years of software engineering, embedded systems, or technology program management experience.
• Minimum 5+ years managing large-scale software development programs.
• Experience leading complex platform migration or modernization programs.
• Strong project and program management experience involving globally distributed teams.
• Proven experience managing multi-stream deliveries involving development, integration, testing, and release teams.
• Demonstrated success driving execution in schedule-sensitive environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Own overall program execution for Android platform and application migration activities.
• Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering platform bring-up, middleware migration, application migration, integration, verification, compliance testing, and release readiness activities.
• Define milestones, delivery phases, checkpoints, dependencies, entry criteria, and exit criteria.
• Establish governance processes for tracking scope, schedule, risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
• Coordinate work across distributed onsite and offshore engineering teams.
• Ensure alignment between technical execution plans and customer program objectives.
• Support program onboarding, resource ramp-up, and capacity planning activities.
• Monitor project health and drive corrective actions where schedule or technical risks emerge.
• Coordinate delivery activities across multiple engineering domains including Middleware, Platform Services, Crew Applications, Maintenance Applications, Build & Release Engineering, Test Automation, System Integration.

Skills

Program management

Delivery governance

Schedule management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Android platform development

Executive communication

Global/distributed teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IT

Tools

CI/CD

Release management

Job description

Program Manager / Delivery Lead (Contract)

Irvine, CA, United States (On-site)

Contract (1 year 18 days)

Published 1 day ago

resource management

delivery management

Problem - Solving Skills

program management

project management

release management

We are seeking an experienced Program Manager / Delivery Lead to lead the end-to-end execution and coordination of a large-scale Android platform modernization and application migration program for a next-generation In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) platform. The program involves Android operating system migration, hardware platform bring-up, middleware modernization, passenger, crew and maintenance application porting, integration, verification, Android compatibility qualification, release readiness, and customer acceptance support.

The Program Manager will serve as the primary delivery coordination lead responsible for planning, execution governance, schedule management, dependency tracking, risk mitigation, issue resolution, stakeholder communication, and alignment across multiple engineering workstreams. The role will work closely with customer stakeholders, architects, engineering leads, verification teams, DevOps teams, and release management teams to ensure successful delivery of program objectives while maintaining schedule, quality, and reporting commitments.

This role is primarily focused on program execution, delivery governance, and cross-functional coordination, rather than hands-on software development.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Planning & Execution:

Own overall program execution for Android platform and application migration activities.

Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering platform bring-up, middleware migration, application migration, integration, verification, compliance testing, and release readiness activities.

Define milestones, delivery phases, checkpoints, dependencies, entry criteria, and exit criteria.

Establish governance processes for tracking scope, schedule, risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.

Coordinate work across distributed onsite and offshore engineering teams.

Ensure alignment between technical execution plans and customer program objectives.

Support program onboarding, resource ramp-up, and capacity planning activities.

Monitor project health and drive corrective actions where schedule or technical risks emerge.

Delivery Coordination:

Coordinate delivery activities across multiple engineering domains including:

Middleware & Platform Services

Crew Applications

Maintenance Applications

Build & Release Engineering

Test Automation

System Integration

Android Compatibility & Compliance:

Facilitate cross-functional planning sessions and execution reviews.

Ensure technical teams are synchronized regarding deliverables, interfaces, integration points, and release schedules.

Manage dependency tracking across platform, middleware, application, and test teams.

Ensure timely closure of action items affecting project milestones.

Schedule Management:

Create and maintain detailed project schedules and integrated master plans.

Track progress against committed milestones and delivery objectives.

Manage sprint, release, and milestone-level schedules.

Conduct schedule variance analysis and develop recovery plans when required.

Identify critical path items and escalation triggers.

Monitor resource allocation and project throughput against planned timelines.

Drive milestone readiness assessments before major releases or integration events.

Maintain program-level risk and issue registers.

Proactively identify technical, schedule, resource, infrastructure, and dependency risks.

Facilitate risk mitigation planning and execution.

Coordinate root-cause analysis for major delivery challenges.

Escalate issues requiring leadership intervention.

Track mitigation actions through closure.

Remove execution impediments impacting engineering productivity and delivery commitments.

Coordinate resolution of environment, infrastructure, access, integration, and test setup issues.

Stakeholder Communication & Status Reporting

Act as primary delivery interface for customer and leadership stakeholders.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

12+ years of software engineering, embedded systems, or technology program management experience.

Minimum 5+ years managing large-scale software development programs.

Experience leading complex platform migration or modernization programs.

Strong project and program management experience involving globally distributed teams.

Proven experience managing multi-stream deliveries involving development, integration, testing, and release teams.

Demonstrated success driving execution in schedule-sensitive environments.

Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Experience with risk management, dependency management, and escalation management.

Excellent organizational, leadership, negotiation, and facilitation skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience with Android platform development programs.

Experience with AOSP, BSP, embedded Linux, or Android-based product development.

Experience in:

In-Flight Entertainment (IFE)

Aerospace systems

Automotive Infotainment

Consumer Electronics

Connected Products

Experience managing Android migration programs.

Familiarity with CTS, VTS, release qualification, and platform certification activities.

Experience managing offshore-onsite delivery models.

Knowledge of CI/CD and software release management processes.

Android based infotainment development program experience

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $46.23/hour - $72.23/hour. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

• medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.