Technical Program Manager

Contract position

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Graduate's Degree in engineering, or computer science or equivalent experience.
• 10 yrs experience in Program and Project Management incl Governance
• Experience in Operational Technology and or mining industry
• Experienced in working with dispersed global teams
• 8 yrs experience managing technical teams (infrastructure, software and architecture)
• Able to collaborate and lead where necessary.
• A critical thinker and problem solver.
• Sound business acumen and ability to prioritize tasks as appropriate.

Responsibilities:

• Be the liaison between the product management and software development teams.
• Drive project execution from scoping through delivery.
• Partner with key team members to ensure visibility and alignment.
• Partner as a technical liaison between customers and engineering teams.
• Assist with recruiting, the hiring process, and growing the team.
• Communicate schedules, dependencies, issues, and risks across teams and to stakeholders.
• Support the development of strategic plans, goals, and objectives.
• Socialize ideas, make recommendations, develop plans, and gather consensus to move forward.
• Produce weekly status reports and attending weekly status meetings.
• Assess risks and identify solutions to timely, efficient achievement of program goals.
• Lead program scoping with architecture, engineering, and senior leaders.
• Keep senior executives and business teams updated on project timelines and results.
• Align the audience to organizational goals and outcomes, creates engagement and empower teams.
• Maintain a quarterly view of defined, prioritized, and scoped work.
• Creatively develop plans to mitigate any issues that affect the project deliverables.
• Support internal governing bodies including steering committees, investment review boards, and ad hoc or standing work groups.
• Lead and coordinate design/implementation efforts with internal teams and external partners.