Technical program manager

About our client:Our Client operates in the Electronics Industry, with its headquarters rooted strongly in the United States. It has its branches spread to 5 offices, providing employment to more than 9,000 people all over the world. They fall in the Fortune 500 Companies. Their core business is designing, manufacturing and marketing of products for end-to-end transmissions.Responsibilities:Manage New Product Introduction (NPI) programs and projects for products in the Industrial Networking Solutions business unit.This includes creating, maintaining program plan with cross functional dependencies.Execute and track program deliverables, milestones, action items, technical dependencies, risks, and mitigation plans.Craft project status reporting and deliver executive briefings to update senior leaders and stakeholders.Understand product use case and communicate technically with local and remote engineering teams.Develop and drive common processes that support and improve the Product Development Lifecycle (PDL); work within the local development organization to create improved processes and tools to support the PDL.Work with other company s development organizations to harmonize different PDL processes and tools.Develop strong working relationships with cross functional teams to best understand and deliver on business goals and priorities.Adhere to metrics and governance for company s processes and initial new metrics and governance models for improved operation and delivery.Requirements: 3 - 5 years of experience as Program Manager in software, hardware, embedded, security, networking, cloud technologies or products.Must have a successful track record of on time delivery of programs.Strong understanding of software / hardware development processes.Formal Certification: PMP, Scrum Master, SAFe, etc., in a Project Management Discipline Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.Experience working with project planning tools (Excel, MS Project, Gantt charts,Jira, Wrike, Confluence, Google Docs, PowerPoint)Well versed in Agile Project Management processes. Able to deal well with rapid changes and manage through long projectsMust feel comfortable navigating uncertain/ambiguous situations.Ability to manage remote teamsProject executionHighly sought-after skills: Strong verbal and written communications skills are a must, as well as the ability to work effectively across global internal and external organizations and remote teamsKnowledge of foundation infrastructure requirements such as Networking, Security, Storage, and Hardware Optimization.Ability to understand complex business requirements and transform them to projects and programs Strong track-record in managing complex cross-functional projectsProficient in tools required to manage complex projects (i.e., Gantt charts)Strong references that highlight your ability to build strong working relationships with senior leaders and engineers across functions, departments, and time zonesAn ability to keep the big picture in focus and to provide clear, well-structured, and concise communications tailored to each appropriate audienceEducation: Bachelors or higher degree in a related technical field (Electrical, Electronics Engineering/Computer Science) or equivalent experience in hardware and/or software engineering.