Senior Engineering Program Manager

1 month ago


Chicago, United States PayPal Full time

We are currently seeking Senior Program Manager with relevant experience in Platform Program management, product launch management, change management and organizational dynamics.

As Program Managers, you will:

  • Organize and lead planning activities resulting in the creation of a release/program roadmap. Ensure all teams align with enterprise planning expectations.
  • Define launch strategy for new product capabilities including geographic scope and rollouts, detailed timing, ramp and analytics plan.
  • Proactively manage across stakeholder groups to establish interdependencies, identify risks and resource constraints, and eliminate significant roadblocks in a timely fashion.
  • Exercise smart decision-making and effectively collaborate with other leaders and stakeholders to address key issues and roadblocks aggressively and in a timely fashion.
  • Design and manage pilots and beta testing.
  • Create and manage clear Gating Criteria with business partners for Go/No-go decisions.
  • Ensure regular, active communication with adjacent programs and external stakeholders, including international regions.
  • Identify program impediments and addresses including proper escalation to individuals/groups as needed.
  • Lead the Go-to-Market meetings with Sales, Product Marketing, Commercial teams and with external partners.
  • Lead program retrospectives and commitment to improvement on a regular cadence
  • Advocate and manage program implementation according to PayPal’s product lifecycle management.
  • Maintain awareness of the cross product/program synergies and actively communicate opportunities to simplify or better align work across teams.
  • Lead effective project/program governance and stakeholder management, ensuring adequate understanding of timelines, resource needs, risks, contentions, and dependencies.
  • Assess the current methodology, identify/rationalize gaps vs. best practices, and continuously improve the process to support our aggressive deployment schedule.

Requirements:  

  • 7-8 years  of program management experience
  • Portfolio management experience
  • Experience rganizing and leading planning activities resulting in the creation of a release/program roadmap.
  • Ability to define launch strategy for new product capabilities including geographic scope and rollouts, detailed timing, ramp and analytics plan.
  • Experience in proactively managing across stakeholder groups
  • Ability to lead effective project/program governance and stakeholder management, ensuring adequate understanding of timelines, resource needs, risks, contentions, and dependencies.

Preferred Skills:

  • Payments is a plus 
  • Jira is a plus


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