Senior Program Manager Job in Englewood 80112, Colorado Us
The Test Program Manager (TPM) is responsible for ensuring the success of the software test effort on a project. The TPM coordinates the efforts of cross functional teams to ensure timely delivery of test according to plan.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Software Project Managers, Hardware Project Managers, IT, software development and others as necessary.
- Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support the test effort in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
- Develop project charters, schedules and associated communications documents for the test effort.
- Effectively communicate project expectations to test team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion. Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
- Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve test project goals.
- Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team.
- Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path.
- Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify risks, and devise contingency plans.
- Define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout project life cycle.
- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
- Build, develop, and grow business relationships vital to the success of the project.
- Conduct project post mortems in order to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.
- Develop best practices and tools for project execution and management.
- Promote and educate the organization on test needs and dependencies.
- The TPM also provides an independent voice for quality and test issues in the organization.
Skills and Qualifications
- Masters Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or other engineering discipline
- PMP certification.
- Minimum 6 years direct experience as a software project manager.
- Minimum 4 years experience in software development and software test.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Greenhopper and other Atlassian tools.
- Video content delivery experience.
- Project experience with J2EE, SOA, Client/Server environments.
- Experience with Agile lifecycle.
- Can work both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Reacts to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently.
- Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments.
- Ability to ask penetrating questions, identify unstated assumptions, and resolve personnel conflicts.
- Strong written and oral communication skills; strong interpersonal skills.
- Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies.
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
October 13, 2009
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