Technical Program Manager IV

Technical Program Manager IV

BC forward is currently seeking an initiative to take Technical Program Manager IV for Onsite Burlingame, CA Location.

Position Title: Technical Program Manager IV

Location: Onsite - Burlingame, CA

Anticipated Start Date: 10/8/2024

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BC forward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 12+ Months Contract (Possibility of getting extension)

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $90 to Max $100/HR W2

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Summary:

At Reality Labs, our goal is to explore, innovate and design novel interfaces and hardware subsystems for the next generation of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality experiences. We are looking for a skilled and motivated Technical Program Manager to join our team, who will be supporting system health initiatives for multiple Wearable products.

We are specifically looking for a candidate with experience with consumer device product development and who can work across a team of hardware and software engineers and product managers to help the team deliver high quality Wearables products on time. .

As a Technical Program Manager on the System Health team, you'll ensure the overall product delivered is efficient, long-lasting, secure, and stable, accelerating the impact of experienced teams delivering groundbreaking innovations. You'll have the chance to work with many teams (e.g. product development, infrastructure, automation, research, production engineering, data science, data engineering) across Reality Labs

The right candidate will possess a strong technical program management, consumer product development experience background, and will have demonstrated experience leading complex initiatives across multiple product, software and hardware teams. The candidate we seek should have a strong background in managing consumer electronics projects to achieve system KPIs, preferably with experience in Power or Performance related domain, and a solid track record of working cross-functionally with multi-disciplinary teams. The candidate needs to be able to and drive large bodies of work independently through collaboration with other stakeholders such as System/Product architects, Software Technical Leads, Software and Hardware Managers and Validation domain experts.

Responsibilities:

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• As the TPM in the System health team, you will be responsible for Power and Performance (PnP) areas for new devices
  
• Crafting PnP plans to support the Wearables org strategy.
  
• Collaboratively planning a roadmap of PnP features rollout with cross-functional partners.
  
• Building detailed execution plans and holding yourself and the team accountable to deliverables.
  
• Reporting on technical program status in various forums to peers and product leadership.
  
• Planning around risks and developing mitigations appropriately.
  
• Supporting the wider org with data processing skills and deriving insights on status and gaps to move the business forward.
  
• Building strong relationships with other groups within engineering and/or across the company and leveraging these relationships as a force-multiplier to meet goals.
  
• Articulating the technology, requirements, goals, and milestones of your program.
  
• Driving multiple engineering programs and product initiatives.
  
• Working with engineering teams to define and revise the long-term strategy, roadmaps, and end-to-end plans for device system health programs.
  

Minimum Qualifications

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• 6+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager managing software or consumer device programs from inception to production
  
• Experience delivering technical programs or products from inception to delivery
  
• B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience
  
• Communication and interpersonal experience, including relationship building and collaboration within a cross-functional team.
  
• Knowledge of software development and product development processes and best practices.
  
• Experience in processing and analyzing large sets of data using a MS-Excel / G-Sheet. Scripting experience in SQL and Python programming is a Major plus.
  
• Experience leading cross-functional teams (software and hardware engineers, peer TPMs and product managers).
  
• Experience in managing multiple programs concurrently.
  
• Experience in communicating program status, risks and planned mitigations to technical experts and leadership.
  

Preferred Qualifications

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• Experience building systems and processes for observing and improving battery, power and thermals for a HW/SW system
  
• Experience building systems and processes for observing and improving user-facing quality for a HW/SW system
  

Top 3 HARD Skills:

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• Exemplary written and verbal communication skills. Able to distill complex processes and information sets into informative and actionable communications.
  
• Partnerships: Able to engage with a wide range of disciplines to align on clear direction and responsibilities
  
• Leadership: Able to work autonomously, engaging partners to identify priorities and self-direct work towards the organizations goals
  

Years Experience: Ideally 10

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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