Technical Program & Project Management Specialist #1063324

FastTek Global; Dearborn (MI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and Dental

Vision

PTO

Long Term Disability

Life Insurance

401(k) with match

Job summary

FastTek Global is seeking an Infrastructure Product Manager in Dearborn, MI to own value streams, guide cross-functional platforms, and drive value delivery within the EPEO transformation. The role emphasizes leadership, proactive problem solving, and strong collaboration across enterprise teams.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience in product, portfolio, and program management within IT environments, plus familiarity with SAFe/Jira practices and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• Experience in Product/Portfolio/Program management across complex IT environments.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• End-to-end project lifecycle management including planning, execution, risk and issue resolution, and reporting.
• Collaborate with Platforms teams to prioritize features for PI Planning cycles.
• Facilitate communication with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.
• Drive mitigation of cross-team impediments and dependencies.
• Engage in demand planning and customer research; interface with external teams and tech leads.
• Own customer value aspects of the roadmap and align with portfolio vision.

Skills

Product Management

Portfolio Management

Program Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Jira

Microsoft 365

Job description

Dearborn, Michigan Technical Program & Project Management Specialist #1063324

The Central Delivery Office seeks an Infrastructure Product Manager to support the EPEO Platform Transformation and lead the delivery for EPEO OKRs. The Infrastructure Product Manager will: Own value streams and projects, supporting the EPEO Portfolio Operations by guiding platforms to success in large, cross-functional environments. Resolve impediments, manage risk, and assure value delivery. Be accountable across planning, customer value roadmap, PI Planning, reporting, and demand planning. We are seeking individuals with exceptional ambition and drive, who are motivated to excel and make a significant impact. In our dynamic environment, those with a proactive mindset and a relentless pursuit of excellence will not only thrive but stand out as leaders. We value team members who are eager to take initiative, push boundaries, and inspire others with their commitment to achieving extraordinary results.

Responsibilities

What you'll do

• End to end project lifecycle management which includes establishing / maintaining detailed timing plans, execution, tracking progress, issue / risk resolution, cross-functional dependency management, stakeholder management, and status reporting.
• Collaborate with Platforms teams to prioritize features for the next planning interval (PI) planning cycle.
• Facilitate communication and coordination with stakeholders and customers during feature definition and delivery.
• Drive mitigation of cross-team impediments.
• Engage in Demand Planning and Customer Research. Interface with external teams, manage requirement gathering, and collaborate with tech leads as needed.
• Own the Customer value aspects of the roadmap, aligning the roadmap with the portfolio vision.
• Facilitate PI Planning and report on status.
• Understand, visualize, and manage upstream/downstream dependencies. Drive delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics (quality, delivery rate, etc.) to identify areas of opportunity.
• Support the Service to Platform Transformation, which may include leadership training sessions and product coaching.

Qualifications

You’ll have...

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.

Skills Required

• Product Management, Portfolio Management, Program Management

Skills Preferred

• Agile Software Development

Experience Required

• Specialist Exp: 8 years in IT; 3 years in Program Mgmt., Expert in Proj Mgr 8+ years of progressive work-related experience with demonstrated proficiency in multiple disciplines/technologies/processes as a Release Train Engineer, Product Manager, Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or similar.
• 5+ years of project management experience managing large scale, complex IT projects (both software development and infrastructure implementations) from end to end.
• Efficient usage of Jira and Microsoft 365.
• Even better, you may have... Master's Degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field. PMP and/or SAFe certifications.
• Demonstrated effective verbal and written communication skills for the purpose of providing and explaining technical and project-related information to clients, vendors, senior management, and staff.
• Experience working with global teams in a technology environment.
• Experience as a Product Manager or Product Owner of Infrastructure Technology Products, including Network, Platform Engineering, Google Cloud, Monitoring, Container as a Service, or Security Products (SIEM, SOAR, IAM, XDR, etc.).
• Broad range of execution management and leadership skills required.
• Proven ability to balance concurrent assignments.
• Strong knowledge and experience in software development and IT infrastructure implementations in an Agile environment.

Education Required

• Bachelor's Degree

Additional Info

At FastTek Global, Our Purpose is Our People and Our Planet. We come to work each day and are reminded we are helping people find their success stories.Also, Doing the right thing is our mantra. We act responsibly, give back to the communities we serve and have a little fun along the way.

We have been doing this with pride, dedication and plain, old-fashionedhard work for 24 years!

FastTek Global is financially strong, privately held company that is 100% consultant and client focused.

We've differentiated ourselves by being fast, flexible, creative and honest. Throw out everything you've heard, seen, or felt about every other IT Consulting company. We do unique things and we do them for Fortune 10, Fortune 500, and technology start-up companies.

Our benefits are second to none and thanks to our flexible benefit options you can choose the benefits you need or want, options include:

• Medical and Dental (FastTek pays majority of the medical program)
• Vision
• Personal Time Off (PTO) Program
• Long Term Disability (100% paid)
• Life Insurance (100% paid)
• 401(k) with immediate vesting and 3% (of salary) dollar-for-dollar match

Plus, we have a lucrative employee referral program and an employee recognition culture.

FastTek Global was named one of the Top Work Places in Michigan by the Detroit Free Press in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023!

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