Job Description
Tailored Management is seeking a candidate to join the world's largest social media network who enables over a billion users to openly connect with friends and family, share content, and explore the world. You'll have the opportunity to work with great people, tackle big challenges, and make a real impact – while being your unique, authentic, self at work!
JOB TITLE: Technical Program Manager III
LOCATION: Menlo Park, CA
PAY RATE: $/hr. (W2 ONLY)
BENEFITS: Health insurance, 15 days PTO, accrued paid sick leave, free meals/snacks/beverages, access to onsite services & more!
Opportunity for extension or conversion based on performance and business needs
DUTIES:
- Handle all aspects of technical projects for the company. Responsible for initiating programs, following their progress, and serving as support providers in case issues arise.
- Coordinate efforts among workers and outside vendors.
- Develop effective schedules and suggest action items to complete to successfully complete the project.
- Track technical issues and implement solutions in a prompt manner.
- Communicate project status and suggest changes to use company resources more efficiently.
- Propose solutions to technical constraints using their technical expertise and experience.
- Provide expertise for escalated quality problems and anticipate bottlenecks in the development cycle.
- Identify technical impacts on the organization as they relate to business requirements.
- Define strategies, regularly participate in executive meetings to present their progress, and share project information with other professionals in their organization.
- Drive new products and features through the development process.
- Gather and create product requirements and specifications.
- Make sure project meets deadlines and is completed within budget. Review and test code to ensure it works properly.
SKILLS:
- Manage cross-functional infrastructure software engineering programs in a matrix organization covering a range of areas.
- Develop and manage end-to-end project plans and ensure on-time delivery.
- Provide hands-on program management during analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases.
- Perform risk management and change management on projects.
- Help set objectives and measurable metrics on roadmap for cross-functional programs working across various teams.
- Build dashboards to track and measure metrics as applicable.
- Drive consensus, alignment and communicate strategic program directions.
- Identify, document and track program dependencies required for successful execution.
- B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
- 7+ years of software engineering, systems engineering, hardware engineering, or technical product/program management experience.
- Experience delivering tech programs or products from inception to delivery.
- Knowledge of user needs, gathering requirements, and defining scope.
- Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams, demonstrated critical thinking, and thought leadership.
- Communication experience and experience working with technical management teams to develop.