Technical Program Manager

Technical Program Manager

You will work within the Engineering organization - working closely with Engineering leadership to drive various teams to deliver releases, features, and services to market. You will define and deliver on KPIs for the organization, as well as driving strategic operational programs. Bringing a level of expertise with software development, product, business analytics and reporting is a requirement. You have a background in Technical Program Management in a SaaS and agile environment.

In this role, you will be reporting directly to Director, Strategic Operations in Engineering.

Responsibilities:

• Be responsible for the success of key Software releases at Nutanix. Be the credible and trusted leader to deliver these SW releases to customers on plan and with high quality
• Drive the planning and execution of releases from concept to GA. Lead a delivery team of Product Managers, Engineering, QE and other functional teams to deliver throughout all the release phases.
• Build and run, with the team, the release master plan (schedule, dependencies, risks, etc.). Use your technical background and product knowledge to dedicatedly identify risks, issues and drive their resolution.
• Be the authority on release life cycle processes and champion standard methodologies, metrics and high-quality standards with your delivery team.
• Independently and accurately report on the state of your release to executive partners and be the trusted speaker on the state of release in key checkpoint reviews.
• Take your release initiatives live after driving legal compliance and launch activities.
• Maintain consistently high standards of communication, productivity and teamwork.
• Work with the engineering team to identify and remove cross product roadblocks early in planning phase itself.
• Make constant assessment of feature pipeline, work done and work quality to support decision-making on release delivery schedule

Requirements:

• Degree in Computer Science, Business, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience running software engineering and project/program development management.
• Practical experience in Agile methodologies.
• Practical experience program-managing Software-As-a-Service products and cloud-based services. Proven knowledge in cloud technologies and DevOps practices.
• Experienced in software development and project/program management fundamentals (software development process and quality processes, such as scoping, costs, schedules, initiatives, change and risk management, and mitigation).
• Excellent oral/written communication, interpersonal, and analytical skills. Excellent organizational, prioritization, and multitasking skills.
• Extraordinary skills influencing, teaming, and delivering solutions in a highly complex and nebulous environment.
• Ability to work on multiple projects concurrently in as constantly evolving environment and inspire change across Nutanix engineering groups.
• Strong software engineering technical background with a real passion for delivering high performance, quality software.
• Ability to synthesize strategic solutions to interdependent and broad problems

We’re an equal opportunity employer

Nutanix is an Equal Employment Opportunity and (in the U.S.) an Affirmative Action employer. Qualified applicants are considered for employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other category protected by applicable law. We hire and promote individuals solely on the basis of qualifications for the job to be filled.

We strive to foster an inclusive working environment that enables all our Nutants to be themselves and to do great work in a safe and welcoming environment, free of unlawful discrimination, intimidation, or harassment.

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