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Original Job Post

PayPal · 2 days ago

Engineering Program Manager

Illinois, United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$84K/yr - $205K/yr

6+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Drive the coordinated management of large, complex programs over a finite period of time in order to achieve specific business goals. Ensure the timely delivery of business value and the efficient use of organizational resources.

Partner with Business and Technology leadership to establish a solid understanding of the vision, purpose and expected business benefits of a program. Ensure measurable KPIs are defined and aligned to company goals and objectives.

Manage the program-level decomposition of work across multiple delivery teams. Work across organizational boundaries to define program interdependencies and release plans.

Partner closely with Product Owners, Product Development teams to execute and deliver programs aligning to product vision and program goals, objectives and timelines. Make sure appropriate domain resources are engaged. Helps define creative solutions to address resourcing challenges.

Drive resolution of program-level issues leveraging scrum-of-scrums as needed. Facilitate executive-level escalations and program-level change management.

Monitor health of program. Track program-level status, risks, issues and dependencies. Proactively address delivery team impediments. Resolve program-level roadblocks to enable successful program execution.

Manage program-level communications ensuring stakeholders are informed of roadmap changes, release plans and delivery status. Lead program-level reviews with delivery teams, stakeholders and executive management as required.

Drive the integration and adoption of agile delivery practices across delivery teams. Facilitate program retrospectives to identify improvement opportunities. Evangelize and integrate desired changes in order to enable continuous improvement.

Qualification

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Program ManagementAgile Lifecycle ManagementRelationship BuildingTechnical AcumenProject ManagementSoftware Development MethodologiesScrumSoftware ImplementationProblem-SolvingCollaborationCommunicationExperience in multiple geographiesImposter syndromeStakeholder engagement

Required

Minimum of 6 years in a program manager role

Experience organizing multiple teams delivering on software/product development initiatives. Agile lifecycle management experience preferred.

A track record of managing complex development programs to deliver technical solutions and achieve business results, positively impacting the customer experience.

Experience developing effective, matrixed, cross-organization relationships, collaboration and communication across business and technology stakeholders. Experience collaborating with teams and stakeholders across multiple geographies preferred.

A strong technical acumen and strong voice for the customer across the program delivery lifecycle.

Good knowledge of project management process, project management software tools, templates and management techniques.

Experience with different software development methodologies including the agile development methodology such as Scrum.

Success in developing program/project level artifacts to support a major software implementation program with concurrent releases.

Preferred

Experience collaborating with teams and stakeholders across multiple geographies preferred.

Agile lifecycle management experience preferred.

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don't hesitate to apply.

Benefits

Flexible work environment

Employee shares options

Health and life insurance

Company

PayPal

Glassdoor

3.8

PayPal is a financial service company that provides online payment solutions to its users worldwide.

Founded in 1998

San Jose, California, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.paypal.com/home

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