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Program Manager II
| Company | The New York Times |
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| Location | New York, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $123000 – $161000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- 5+ years experience in program management
- 3+ years experience in running digital/software development programs
- Experience demonstrating strategies, goals, and program status to on-the-ground teams, all partners and senior leadership
- Experience with software development practices and knowledge of Jira, Google Workspace, and other project management tools
Responsibilities
- Work with your partners to guide multiple types of software development programs from creation through completion. Identify issues between competing interests to create understanding on priority, scope and realistic timelines.
- 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. Communicate and guide a free flow of information with and among partners on all matters.
- 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.
- Communicate complex technical information to non-technical audiences and tailor messaging for multiple partners.
- Seek out, track and escalate impediments to the teams’ throughput and barriers to program completion.
Preferred Qualifications
- Technical background with understanding of software development, IT infrastructure, and system architecture
- Familiarity with the benefits and intricacies of centralized platform capabilities
