Program Manager
Quality isn’t just a goal. It’s the whole point.
Our customers are under a lot of pressure to deliver great software. But to compress lifecycles, add features, and compete in a world where ‘every company is now a software company’ is hard. And one mistake can mean their reputation, even future. That’s why it’s our mission to help. At any part of their software development lifecycle (SDLC), we provide the tools and discipline to focus on quality while streamlining their processes. So our customers can create and deploy software that works as designed – especially when it’s needed most. And we’re looking for people to join us.
The Program Manager will directly report to SVP of engineering and responsible for overseeing the achievement of larger organizational goals. He/She will lead the overall program with strong attention to strategy, implementation, and communication. They will play important role in developing a budget and operating plan for the program.
Responsibilities
- Provide program structure and operational management and governance for product groups
- Chair program meetings and coordinate communication around team deliverables and metrics (Cogs, cloud cost, Process metrics, Hiring, vendor management, budget v/s actual etc.)
- Work with key cross functional stakeholders to support program prioritization and demand
- Analyze and recommend solutions for improvements, efficiency, and optimization.
Skills needed
- Taking ownership
- Solving problems
- Collaboration across functions, teams, and senior leaders
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Proficient working with Excel and power point
- Concurrently program manage multiple product groups
- Ability to identify and implement re-engineering opportunities to deliver smarter and efficient business, objectives, and outcomes
- Proactively identify and communicate business risks
Qualifications
- Comp Sci or related discipline preferred
- 1+ years experience in program or product management
- Working knowledge of JIRA, Excel
- Experience working directly with agile software engineering teams preferred
- Working across global teams
About SmartBear
At SmartBear, we focus on your one priority that never changes: quality. We know delivering quality software over and over is complicated. So our tools are built to streamline your process while seamlessly working with the products you use – and will use. Whether it’s TestComplete, Swagger, Cucumber, ReadyAPI, Zephyr, or one of our other tools, we span from test automation, API lifecycle, collaboration, performance testing, test management, and more. Whichever you need, they’re easy to try, easy to buy, and easy to integrate. We’re used by 15 million developers, testers, and operations engineers at 24,000+ organizations – including world-renowned innovators like Adobe, JetBlue, FedEx, and Microsoft. Wherever you’re going, we’ll help you get there. Learn more at smartbear.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.
SmartBear is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ancestry, mental or physical disability, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, medical condition, sex, sex stereotyping, pregnancy (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), or any other legally protected status.
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