Job Description
Apex Systems is looking for a Technical Program Manager 3 with a background in Research and project management and for one of the worlds largest social marketing companies in the world! If you are interested in applying please send your resume to cmclark@apexsystems.comWe're developing the future of augmented and virtual reality. As a Program Manager, your job will be figuring out what we need to do to build it and deliver it. You'll be a critical member of a multi-disciplinary team contributing to our efforts to gain a scientific understanding of audio and the ways audio can be integrated with haptics, human and machine perception, input, optics, and display technology - ultimately translating audio technologies into compelling AR and VR experiences for our users.
Responsibilities
Work with research, applied research, and engineering teams to define and deliver high quality prototypes demonstrating key experiences for future products. * Provide program scope, communication strategies, team roles and responsibilities, milestone definition and tracking, and risk mitigation plans - all custom tailored to fit the team and program. *
Ensure that the information the team needs is complete, current, accurate, and accessible. * Provide key stakeholders with full visibility of the program progress and potential roadblocks. * Proactively identify technical, legal, procedural, logistical, and communication issues and drive creative solutions to fix them and manage risk. * Coordinate communication between internal and external teams and partners.
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Engineering, Science, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience. *
5+ years of program management experience or equivalent in Research, Applied Research, or Advanced Development delivering end-user facing technologies or services. *
5+ years Research, SW engineering, or HW engineering professional experience. * Deep curiosity about technologies and ways they can be used to deliver amazing experiences. *
Proven track record using leadership and facilitation skills to drive collaboration by delivering optimized program scope definitions, communications strategies, milestone definition and tracking tools, decision making tools, and risk mitigation plans. * Vendor and partner relationship management experience including setting up effective contracts and communication channels.
Preferred Qualifications
Graduate degree in Engineering, Science, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering * Audio technology experience for consumer products, e.g. BT headsets, mobile phone, DSP algorithms, audio machine learning * Experience in shipping AR/VR or other consumer product or services. * Experience working with a cross-disciplinary team of researchers, software engineers and hardware engineers. -----------
Summary
The main function of a Technical Program Manager is to provide successful definition, implementation and delivery of complex programs that require cross-functional collaboration and interdependencies across a group of projects and/or related activities.
Job Responsibilities
Deliver programs within the constraints of scope, quality, time and budget and under circumstances involving multiple moderate-probability, moderate-impact risk factors. * Program-level strategic planning, interaction with executive level management, complex issue resolution, excellent communications and team building skills. *
Manage a group or groups of internal exempt and matrixed employees and contractors that serve on the project(s) to deliver systems and systems enhancements that meet specified requirements. * Oversight of project scope definition and management, requirements gathering and documentation, time estimating, project schedule development and tracking, project budget management, project status reporting, issue and risk management, contingency planning, customer interaction, and communications across multiple organizational levels.
Skills
Project estimating, project scheduling & tracking, customer interaction and management, implementation planning in large organizations * Proven people management and team building skills * Demonstrated ability to be flexible/ adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities *
Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization * Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions * Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment * Experience with software development lifecycle
Education/Experience
Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required. MBA or other related advanced degree preferred. * PMP or PMI certification
EEO Employer
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