Senior Project/Program Manager

Our world is transforming, and PTC is leading the way. Our software brings the physical and digital worlds together, enabling companies to improve operations, create better products, and empower people in all aspects of their business. 

Our people make all the difference in our success. Today, we are a global team of nearly 7,000 and our main objective is to create opportunities for our team members to explore, learn, and grow – all while seeing their ideas come to life and celebrating the differences that make us who we are and the work we do possible.  

Looking for a self motivated, results-oriented Senior project/program Manager to drive the release co-ordination activities from planning phase to the delivery and also support on-going maintenance release activities. The Senior project/program Manager will play an important role in working with the R&D leadership to define and optimize R&D processes, metrics, dashboards and tooling, and hence this job opportunity would be a good fit for the candidates with outstanding analytical abilities, detail oriented and passion for process improvement and excellent communication skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with PM, TPM, R&D & TS teams on delivering product releases to meet R&D goals
• Act as an effective Scrum Master and facilitate scrum processes with ease as required.
• Enable and drive efficient release process / governance
• Proactively identify, communicate, and manage risks
• Identify and manage dependencies, coordinate delivery across scrum teams
• Measure team's effectiveness using common metrics;
• Drive process adoption, analyze current processes, identify gaps, and improve processes.
• Coordinate release, backlog planning and prioritization between PM and R&D teams
• Lead all change management activities and ensure timely decisions on change requests
• Build best practices and lead analysis for continued improvements through RCAs and retrospectives.
• Organize and lead cross-functional teams to ensure program execution from ideation and planning to successful implementation
• Support R&D decision making through analytical reports and appropriate metrics; design and own R&D dashboards; establish status reporting for the cross-functional teams

Skills and knowledge most relevant to the job:

• Good understanding and working knowledge of agile software development methodologies like Scrum, SAFe.
• Proactive approach to identifying and solving problems
• Proven ability to Drive vs Coordinate to accomplish desired outcomes
• Excellent facilitator, able to drive collaboration across the teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience driving positive change via process improvement
• High level of organization and attention to detail

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree; Masters
• 4-7 years of experience in product development organizations, with minimum of 3 years in a program or project management role. 
• Experience in working with Software Engineering Teams
• Prior experience with agile development, Scrum; SAFE experience / training would be a plus

Life at PTC is about more than working with today’s most cutting-edge technologies to transform the physical world. It’s about showing up as you are and working alongside some of today’s most talented industry leaders to transform the world around you. 

If you share our passion for problem-solving through innovation, you’ll likely become just as passionate about the PTC experience as we are. Are you ready to explore your next career move with us?

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