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Block · 3 hours ago

Senior Software Engineering Program Manager

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$198K/yr - $297K/yr

10+ years exp

Block is a company built from many blocks, united by the purpose of economic empowerment. The Senior Software Engineering Program Manager will oversee the development and delivery of software projects, aligning cross-functional teams and managing project timelines to ensure successful deployment of software solutions.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Be the central hub bringing together different teams from Software, Hardware, Product, Design, Operations, Manufacturing, all to deliver groundbreaking new products

Lead the strategy and execution from concept to launch and oversee multiple parallel initiatives

Partner closely with cross functional teams to design, define, schedule, track, and help lead the work for exciting new products

Translate complex ambiguous problems into simple actionable solutions to unblock teams and support progress

Ensure the teams are on track, facilitate decision-making, resolve blockers, and surface challenges by gleaning early signals

Drive transparency and visibility by acting as the point of contact for programs, streamlining communications, and providing regular updates to cross functional partners and leadership to ensure information and knowledge is flowing freely

Balance urgency and priority while moving the needle on the programs

Manage expectations for all stakeholders from leaders to individual teams, possess strong problem solving and negotiation skills, and earn trust of partners and teams

Lead by inspiring, developing and challenging the status quo, modeling excellence

Find opportunities to apply AI and AI workflows to automate program management and engineering tasks

Qualification

Software developmentProgram managementEmbedded systemsAI workflowsProject managementProblem solvingNegotiation skillsCommunication skills

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical discipline; Master's degree preferred

10+ years of industry experience in software development or program management within a Hardware development environment

You have a strong engineering / technical background

Experience with embedded systems, knowledge of Android/AOSP, AI voice models, familiarity with software development and build tools, understanding of hardware-software interfaces and higher level application stack

Experience leading technically complex software projects for NPI

Experience with client server technologies and application development is great to have

Proficiency in core project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, resources, quality, and risk management

Thoughtfully sets a vision, adjusting where necessary, working through blockers, simplifying for self and others

Ability to travel to Contract Manufacturing vendor sites for build milestones

Preferred

Experience with client server technologies and application development is great to have

Banking and finance background is a bonus addition

Benefits

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Modern family planning

Company

Block

Glassdoor3.9

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.

Founded in 1990

Oakland, California, US

10001+ employees

https://block.xyz/

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