Director of Program Management

Director of Program Management

Requirements

• 8+ years experience in program management
• 4+ years experience in running software development programs
• 3+ years experience in managing a team of program managers
• Experience developing strategies, goals, and presenting program status to on-the-ground teams to partners and leadership
• Expertise in multiple software development practices and knowledge of Jira, Google Workspace, and other project management tools
• Recognize and surface trade-offs between longer-term strategy and shorter-term execution
• Technical background with understanding of software development, IT infrastructure, and system architecture

Responsibilities

• Work with your partners to guide multiple types of software development projects from creation through completion.
• Identify issues between competing interests to create understanding on priority, scope and realistic timelines.
• Experienced and thoughtful leadership in managing a team of dedicated program managers, guiding their professional development, and contributing to the betterment of the function as a whole.
• Guide the teams and important partners to navigate challenges on the road to delivery.
• Influence teams through servant-leadership.
• Ensure shared understanding of initiative goals and success criteria across the entirety of teams/partners involved in the program.
• Track and communicate initiative status, risks, and emergent issues.
• Organize complicated information so that it is accessible to varying partners and can be kept current with minimal overhead.
• Seek out, track and escalate impediments to the teams’ throughput and barriers to program completion.
• Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.