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Cloudera · 8 hours ago

Staff Program Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

5+ years exp

Cloudera is a company that empowers people to transform complex data into clear and actionable insights. The Staff Program Manager will coordinate product initiatives, manage timelines and dependencies, and ensure successful program execution across multiple teams to deliver high-quality products.

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Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

Responsibilities

Coordinate and drive triage activities for product pillar initiatives, with the relevant product cross-functional teams. Work alongside Product Managers to enforce business case data is being completed by appropriate stakeholders and the requesting party

Drive end-2-end delivery and execution for each accepted pillar initiative (a.k.a. Qualified Input) by managing timeline, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across multiple Engineering, Quality, UX, and Product Management teams. Regularly assess the critical path by reviewing and understanding product requirements, and subsequent engineering deliverables/activities, and remove unnecessary work

Regularly communicate the status of each pillar initiative to relevant stakeholders and internal teams to prevent communication silos. Immediately escalate to stakeholders and leadership when inputs are at risk of meeting committed deadlines, and work with the execution team to propose mitigation options

Drive end-to-end Engineering product releases through full-cycle program management, ensuring: Release timelines and milestones are aligned with the global release calendar (avoiding overlaps). Comprehensive release dashboards are maintained to capture the full backlog and accurately reflect development and quality status. All cross-functional teams follow established JIRA guidelines and maintain proper JIRA hygiene, ensuring accurate metadata for effective weekly reporting. Risks and cross-dependencies are proactively identified and managed. All security, legal, and compliance requirements related to each release are met and tracked through closure

Qualification

Technical Program ManagementSoftware Development Lifecycle (SDLC)Cross-Functional Team LeadershipSchedule Tracking ToolsCommunication SkillsAnalytical SkillsProactivenessInterpersonal SkillsOwnership

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience

5+ years of experience in a technical lead, systems engineer, or technical program management role with experience architecting and integrating software into complex systems and deploying solutions to the field

3+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams delivering products on schedule

Strong communication skills with the ability to disseminate (verbally and in writing) clear updates to different audiences, both technical and non-technical

Demonstrated ability to lead interdisciplinary discussions between product and R&D teams to define and drive scope and clarity of work, and reach optimum system level trades

Proficiency with at least one schedule tracking tool such as Asana, Excel, or JIRA/Confluence etc