Position: Technical Program Manager
Company: SQUAD
Category: Project Manager
Experience required: 3y
English level: upper

Responsibilities and Duties

— Manage project schedules for multiple product lines and drive key deliverables with cross-functional teams to make sure teams are communicating clearly and key calendar dates are being met
— Collaborate with business, product management, engineering, and other teams to define and own projects and features (note: TPM doesn’t perform direct engineering and development management and has no direct reports)
— Proactively solve day-to-day challenges and exercises sound judgments
— Define, document and present projects and features from the high-level perspective
— Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope
— Effectively communicate relevant project information to management
— Work with product management to agree on production schedules
— Route work between all responsible people in all stages of development
— Convey project changes and updates to appropriate team members
— Prepare regular status reports and distributes internally and externally if necessary
— Hold regular status meetings within TPM organization
— Ensure documents and digital assets are completed, updated, and stored appropriately
— Resolve and/or escalate issues promptly
— Manage both internal and external approvals
— Monitor scope creep and re-scopes projects if necessary

Qualifications and Skills

— Teamwork — knowing how to listen, share, cooperate and learn together as a team
— Positive attitude — important for difficult times incurred throughout the process
— Ability to articulate expectations — define deliverables and expectations to the team and management
— Manage by example — TPMs must be straightforward and knowledgeable in all dealings
— Be direct, do not overpromise and under deliver
— Practical experience (may be outdated) with embedded development
— Understanding of technologies and trends in embedded (depending on expertise area)
— Advanced skills in using project support/monitoring tools such as JIRA and Confluence

Management skills

— 5+ years of Project Management experience
— BS in Computer Science or related Engineering field
— Manage complex cross-functional teams deliverables
— Proven ability to deliver in a changing environment
— Experience building and maintaining Scrum process
— Strong interpersonal, analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills with an ability to motivate teams and deliver results
— Ability to grow, scale, and sustain high performing groups and leaders
— Excellent presentation skills
— Advanced level of written and spoken English

We offer multiple benefits that include

— Competitive salary and perks
— PE accounting and support
— WFH and remote working mode possibility. Partial furniture compensation
— Social package, including medical insurance available from day one and a wellbeing benefit for sport and art activities, mental and physical health, available after trial period
— 21 paid vacation days per year, paid public holidays according to the Ukrainian legislation
— Educational possibilities like corporate courses, knowledge hubs, and free English classes. Semiannual performance review
— Free meals, fruits, and snacks when working in the office.