Principal Program Manager
- Job: 36571-BHIL
- Team: Program Management
- Location: US-MA-Natick
- Salary Range: $130,800 - $209,300
Job Summary
As a Principal Program Manager at MathWorks, you will enable cross-functional teams to drive programs and develop high-quality software. In this role, you will work on strategic initiatives to deliver online/cloud solutions and world-class documentation impacting millions of customers who access and use our products, as well as improvements to how we work across Development. You will partner with the Engineering Managers, cross-functional leadership, and Program Management to plan, prioritize, and execute these initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Facilitate planning process to create roadmaps and release plans aligning with strategic objectives and priorities.
- Work with cross-functional teams to identify dependencies. Facilitate communications with dependent/impacted teams to negotiate and establish agreement of responsibilities and plans.
- Identify issues and risks; ensure mitigation plans are defined and track them to resolution or escalate as needed.
- Champion our continuous improvement core value. Facilitate problem-solving to identify root causes of challenging issues within Development and ensure countermeasures address the problem effectively.
- Design, pilot, and roll out new processes, best practices, standards, and KPIs as needed to improve team and Development-wide efficiency and effectiveness while avoiding unnecessary duplication of/variation from standard processes
- Mentor teams and other PMs on team agile development practices, identify opportunities for team improvement, and execute a visible plan for their achievement.
- Co-author and drive execution of change management and pilot plans. Gather, analyze, and incorporate feedback.
- Monitor KPIs to identify issues in team quality or delivery rate - raise awareness; define, communicate, and track the plan to address those issues
- Manage complex cross area programs, driving definition of and reporting on key milestones.
- Lead improvements in Development-wide program management practices.
Minimum Qualifications
- A bachelor's degree and 10 years of professional work experience (or equivalent experience) is required.
Additional Qualifications
- Technical degree in Engineering, Math, or Science
- Experience in program management of commercial SaaS or Online Products development
- Ability to understand technology; able to participate and contribute to technical conversations
- Ability to influence others even when you do not have direct authority over them
- Experience with Agile software development practices
- Experience with JIRA and Confluence
Why MathWorks?
It's the chance to collaborate with bright, passionate people. It's the opportunity to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and learning in engineering and science. And it’s a commitment to doing the right thing—for each individual, our customers, and the local community. We cultivate an enjoyable, participatory, and rational environment that champions individual growth, encourages initiative, values collaboration, shares success, and rewards excellence.
MathWorks develops MATLAB and Simulink, the leading technical computing software used by engineers and scientists. The company employs more than 6,500 people in 16 countries, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. MathWorks is privately held and has been profitable every year since its founding in 1984.
YOU + MathWorks = Unlimited Possibilities
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