Job Description

Location: 645 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, CA, USA

Schedule: Hybrid - 3 days onsite, 2 days remote (local candidates only)

Top Skills:

Program Management, Planning and Agile Methodology

Education and Years of Experience :

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field or equivalent experience.

• 10-12 years in project/program management role managing software development projects

• PMP certification a plus

Job Summary:

We are looking for a highly motivated and self-driven individual with a strong background in program management with expertise in Agile methodologies to lead and deliver complex projects across global teams. The ideal candidate will be responsible for driving large-scale software projects and building long-term scalable solutions while adopting Agile principles to optimize the development process and enhance collaboration within cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

• This role requires strong collaboration with Product, Engineering, Architecture, Privacy, Security and Senior leadership to execute, track and deliver high-impact strategic programs in the Samsung Ads space.
• Build, grow and maintain a sustainable, scaled Agile delivery model
• Work with the team to collaborate and develop end-to-end program plans, influence teams to deliver against them, and keep the org and leadership informed on progress.
• Drive engagement with internal partners, work to decompose requirements into plans with measurable milestones.
• Establish and maintain Agile ways of working governance model
• Coach leaders, teams and scrum masters in Agile practices and mindsets like program incremental planning, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives etc.
• Groom the team on iterative and program incremental approach to delivering software projects that focus on continuous releases incorporating customer feedback
• Produce program reports for stakeholders, identify and mitigate program risks early
• Conduct scrum of scrums and steering committee meetings to bring alignment.
• Provide uniform stakeholder experience through consistent communication, program status transparency, resource requirements, priorities, risks, and issues.

Required Skills and Experiences

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years in project/program management role managing software development with a minimum of 4 years of experience mentoring/coaching Agile practitioners.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and expertise in Agile concepts including Scrum, Kanban, Scaled Agile Framework.
• Experience in facilitating organizational, mindset and cultural change for large scale Agile Transformations.
• Direct experience working with technology and tools used to support Agile practices - hands on experience with JIRA, GitHub and Confluence.
• Demonstrated experience in planning, scheduling, managing software from ideation to release with global cross functional teams
• Engaging facilitator and presenter, capable of conducting workshops with large teams
• Exceptional skills in leadership, time management, facilitation, and organization
• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills, attention to detail with an ability to multitask.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Experience in managing AdTech related programs is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the digital advertising, Mobile, and/or Smart TV space a plus.

• Demonstrated experience in shipping consumer and/or enterprise solutions.

• PMP and SAFe certification a plus.

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