Technical PM

JOB DESCRIPTION

Skill:  Technical Program manager

Key responsibility:

Responsibilities
Release Management Expertise Lead and manage the end to end release lifecycle for our software products, including meticulous planning, cross functional coordination, proactive risk management, transparent communication, comprehensive tracking and reporting of release progress, and ensuring formal sign off at key milestones.
Internal Tools Support and Enhancement Leverage your technical acumen ideally including JavaScript, Google Apps Script to support, maintain, and contribute to the enhancement of internally developed tools and dashboards used for program and release management.
PMO Practice Implementation and Enforcement: Drive the adoption and consistent application of PMO methodologies, standards, and best practices across Product and Engineering teams. This includes defining processes, creating templates, providing training, and ensuring adherence.
Exceptional Proficiency in Google Sheets and Jira for Program Management: Demonstrate a very strong working knowledge of Google Sheets, utilizing advanced formulas, data manipulation, pivot tables, charting, and ideally Google Apps Script for automation and custom solutions. Possess a deep understanding of Jira for issue tracking, project planning, and the ability to effectively integrate Google Sheets with Jira data for insightful reporting and analysis.
Cross Functional Collaboration Effectively collaborate and communicate with Product Management, Engineering, QA Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment on program goals, timelines, and dependencies.
Risk and Issue Management: Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate program risks and issues, escalating as necessary and driving timely resolution.
Reporting and Communication Develop and maintain clear and concise program status reports, dashboards, and presentations for various audiences, including senior leadership.
AI Awareness and Insights: Bring a strong understanding of how Artificial Intelligence is shaping the software development landscape and proactively identify opportunities to leverage AI driven tools and methodologies within program management.
Continuous Improvement: Identify areas for process improvement within release management and PMO practices and drive initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
Proven experience with about 5+years as a Technical Program Manager and overall 10+ years in a software development environment.
Solid understanding of software development lifecycles Agile, Waterfall, etc
Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships across teams.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills, with a data driven approach.
Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and manage multiple concurrent projects.
Hands on coding skills in JavaScript, Google Apps Script, or other relevant scripting languages.

About Virtusa

Teamwork, quality of life, professional and personal development: values that Virtusa is proud to embody. When you join us, you join a team of 21,000 people globally that cares about your growth — one that seeks to provide you with exciting projects, opportunities and work with state of the art technologies throughout your career with us.

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