Staff Technical Program Manager

The Release Management team within R&D Operations and Central Services coordinates most of the product releases delivered by VMware’s product development teams.

We lead these releases, and work with across multiple teams, from inception all the way to delivery.

We also champion quality, SDLC methodologies and release process compliance throughout these teams as well.

We leverage our process and SDLC expertise, including in Agile, to enable faster release cadences for SaaS and On Premise products while maintaining a high level of quality.

Our group is seeking an experienced TPM to own one or multiple products and drive related releases.

Job Role and Responsibility Coordinates the success of one or multiple VMware products across geographies.

Be the credible and trusted leader of a program team consisting of Product Management, Engineering, and other cross-functional group representatives.

Facilitates the development and execution of the program plan.

Shepard features through the development process while ensuring quality and compliance is maintained.

Use your technical background and product knowledge to proactively identify risks, issues and drive their resolution.

Be the authority on software development life cycle processes and champion engineering and process best practices, continuous improvements, metrics, and high quality standards within your team.

Independently and accurately report on the state of your program to executive and other stakeholders.

Communicate on the state of the program in key checkpoint reviews.

Take your release deliverables live after driving compliance and launch activities.

Review and provide input to engineering initiatives and software solutions.

Assist with defining architecture and product functionality.

Required Skills Bachelors degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical work experience 8 years of previous program management experience leading very large and strategic software development programs for enterprise software and SaaS solutions Exceptional skills influencing, teaming, and delivering solutions in a highly complex and nebulous environment Experienced in software development and project/program management fundamentals Excellent oral/written communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills Outstanding organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills Adaptability to change, comfortable in fast paced environment Preferred Skills Practical experience in Agile and SAFe methodologies including running SaaS projects Experience with the Atlassian tool suite (Jira Core, Confluence, Jira Service Desk, etc.) Familiarity with virtualization technologies and the Enterprise data center market.