Sr Technical Program Manager I
Company | Palo Alto Networks |
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Location | Santa Clara, CA, USA |
Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
Type | Full-Time |
Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
Experience Level | Senior |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a technical discipline or equivalent military experience required
- 6+ years working experience with 3+ years management experience building and leading a technical program management team
- Experience in Cloud Delivered Security Services and Strata Cloud Manager
- Deep understanding of SaaS software development lifecycle, processes and best practices
- Knowledge of Agile process and tools and experience delivering product in Agile environment
- Experience working with engineering teams on defining requirements, writing detailed functional and test specifications, coordinating efforts to scope, schedule and deploy new features sets
- Executive presentation skills and demonstrated experience in running program meetings
- Comfortable hosting senior level leaders (SVP/VP) and providing status/program updates
- Hands on experience with JIRA, Confluence and Smartsheet
- Strong prioritization skills and the ability to handle multiple job duties in a fast-paced environment
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to communicate appropriately at all levels of the organization, written and verbal
Responsibilities
- Work with key stakeholders in product management, engineering and cross functional teams to deliver technological solutions in sync with launch timelines
- Communicate regularly with senior management on status, risks and change control
- Responsible for driving a wide range of development & infrastructure work-streams as part of any given technical initiative
- Able to work closely with Technical Architects/Technical leaders and understand deep technical topics
- Identify dependencies and technical risks that affect the various teams represented
- Schedule, manage sprints, create milestones, and report status
- Coordinate schedules and help the teams execute against their schedules
Preferred Qualifications
- Agile and Scrum Certification is a plus, e.g. PMI, CSM, CSC, SAFe, etc.
- Agile Coach experience preferred