Technical Program Manager

Ascendion; Vancouver, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; 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

Short-term disability

Paid time off

Paid vacation time

Holidays

Job summary

Ascendion is seeking an NPI program manager to coordinate on-time delivery for upcoming print NPIs within our software organization.

You refine requirements, define overall approach and quality plans, and ensure on-time delivery, escalating as needed. Strong agile experience and cross-functional collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in developing commercial software products using agile development practices.
• Proven ability to manage cross-organizational software development projects.
• Hands-on experience with engineering metrics and reporting.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills for large-scale systems.
• Experience with controlled software release processes and PLM tools.

Responsibilities

• Supports planning and execution of multiple projects or programs for evolving software products.
• Performs program analysis, manages risk, identifies and influences necessary course corrections, and communicates status across management levels.
• Continuously improves processes that comprise the software development lifecycle.
• Manages risks and resolves issues affecting release, scope, schedule, and quality; defines and tracks metrics and drives cross-functional delivery.

Skills

Agile development

Cross-functional leadership

Engineering metrics

Analytical thinking

Release process

Education

Bachelor's degree

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

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]/[$50 - 55 per hour]. Factors which may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Benefits

• medical insurance
• dental insurance
• vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• longterm disability insurance
• shortterm disability insurance
• 5 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
• 1015 days of paid vacation time
• 6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year
• Ascendion Learning Management System

Ascendion is a full-service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees.

Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.