Senior Program Manager
Company: The MathWorks, Inc.
Location: Natick, MA
Posted on: August 8, 2017
Job Description:
Working under the direction of the Program Manager - Senior Team
Lead 3, will be responsible for the planning and execution of multiple
projects or programs for web applications and services that enrich our
customer experience with our products; partnering with extended
software development teams to help them plan, track and execute complex,
cross organizational programs while maintaining focus on building the
right things at the highest levels of quality; performing program
analysis, managing risk, identifying and influencing necessary course
corrections, creatively solving problems, and communicating program status
and activities across multiple levels of management; continuously
assessing and improving the processes that comprise the software
development lifecycle; and mentoring/coaching other members of the
Program Management and Product Development Teams. Education and Experience: Master’s degree or higher (or foreign education equivalent)
in Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Applications, or
Business Administration and three (3) years of experience in the job
offered or three (3) years of experience in program or project management
of information technology development initiatives. OR Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in
Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Applications, or Business
Administration and five (5) years of experience in the job offered or five (5)
years of experience in program or project management of information
technology development initiatives. Special Requirements: • Demonstrated expertise managing large software development
and IT portfolios, programs and projects, including performing
portfolio analysis, defining transformational solutions, their roadmaps
and implementing them, managing and driving change across multiple
business areas and organizations, executing projects in waterfall, agile,
scrum and data driven software development methodologies, identifying
and managing risks and mitigation strategies, performing effort
estimation using function points, defining and implementing knowledge
management tools and strategies, and delivering status updates to
senior management. • Demonstrated expertise in development, maintenance and
support of enterprise web applications and services in a distributed
environment including writing complex SQL queries, identifying and fixing
OWASP security vulnerabilities, and using analytical tools including
Cognos, Google Analytics and Tableau. • Demonstrated expertise deploying support processes,
quality strategies and lean initiatives including mentoring teams in
Kanban, Hoshin Kanri, Value stream mapping and root cause analysis
lean techniques, defining and implementing support and incident
management tools and processes using CMMi and ITIL processes and defining
quality processes and implementing quality tools. • Demonstrated expertise in client and vendor management
including defining and responding to Request for Proposals, writing
business cases and articulating business value, vendor and supplier
negotiations and relationship management. [Expertise may be gained during Graduate program.] For the position listed above, interested candidates may search
by job code 17385 for specific job details and requirements and apply
online on the Careers Page at http://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs
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