Storable is looking for a Program Manager to help facilitate our software development process with a focus on tracking, aggregating, and communicating risks, dependencies, milestones, and roadmaps at the cross-product level. You will collaborate with cross-functional, highly skilled engineering teams in a fast-moving environment where everyone's common goal is to deliver outstanding outcomes while having fun. As a Program Manager at Storable, you must be passionate about communication, group dynamics, and coaching. You are not afraid to raise issues and drive change to remove impediments on behalf of teams. You should be comfortable working with more than one project in an open-ended environment where roles are flexible, everything is changing and communication is essential.What you'll do every day:
- Manage 3-5 projects from kick-off to completion with in-depth project plans developed by heavy collaboration with Product Managers and Engineering Managers
- Fostering strong partnership and collaboration with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to understand outcomes, team milestones, and delivery
- Own project dashboards that represent desired project outcomes, milestones, accomplishments, risks & mitigations, and KPIs.
- Facilitate cross-team coordination where more than one team and more than one product are required for the project's success
- Ensure teams are following Storable best practices through either facilitation or empowerment
- Raise urgent issues appropriately and drive them to closure in a timely manner
- Ensures transparency & effective reporting
- Enable execution across multiple teams and drive delivery
- Owns risk management & removing impediments from teams, escalating issues when necessary.
- Drive internal process improvements across multiple teams and functions
What you need to bring to the table:
- 5+ years of experience as a Program Manager (or equivalent)
- Exemplary verbal and written communication
- Ability to build strong foundations of partnerships and accountability
- Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams, demonstrated critical thinking skills and thought leadership
- Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders successfully without formal authority and lead cross-functional teams across geographies
- Proven ability to identify, analyze, and solve ambiguous problems independently with extreme attention to detail
- Strong understanding of Agile (Scrum and Kanban) and DevOps principles and practices
- Ability to identify problems and present solutions to functional leadership with little to no guidance