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What does a Program Manager do?
As Program Manager, you will lead and motivate one or more cell teams within the Art & Rendering product area with a focus to ensure good Agile development practices and achieve our goals. You will improve the development process, including project and capacity planning, progress tracking, risk- and change management, team-wide collaboration and communication.
This is a role in Art & Rendering team, and you will report to the Director of Program Management.
Responsibilities
- Work with product owners, tech leads and engineering managers to plan and deliver projects
- Determine the resource requirements to meet project goals and establish success criteria
- Evaluate and resolve dependencies
- Complete projects using Agile development in a distributed development environment
- Manage development tasks, and communicate progress against committed deliverables
- Estimate the impact of change requests on plans, budget, and resources
- Manage support and other interruptions to planned work
- Risk management
Responsibilities: Team and Process Management
- Promote the Agile development process in teams
- Dotted-line manage the development team (in partnership with Engineering Manager)
- Monitor team health, workload and recognize extra effort
- Guide departmental planning (i.e. initiative planning, sprint/iteration, release planning, roadmap)
- Create and help implement process improvements across groups and advocate for the team
Preferred Experience
- 5+ years of project/program management experience in a tech company
- Experience with software type projects
- Experience in multiple project management methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall
- Scrum Master or Agile Coach experience
- Experience with distributed development across multiple locations
- Bachelor's degree
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We look forward to receiving your application!
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