PTC India is Looking for Senior Project/Program Manager Full Time

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Job Title: Senior Project/Program Manager, R&D
Location: Pune, India
Overview:
R&D PMO team is seeking a driven, results-oriented Senior Project/Program Manager to drive the release execution and support the definition and successful execution of strategic R&D programs, on time and to the satisfaction of the stakeholders. This role will manage releases for products and will also be involved in R&D-wide programs, as well as lead cross-segment teams in planning, development, automation and implementation of strategic initiatives. The Senior Project/Program Manager will play an important role in working with the R&D leadership to define and optimize R&D processes, metrics, dashboards and tooling, and hence this job opportunity would be a good fit for the candidates with outstanding analytical abilities, detail oriented and passion for process improvement and excellent communication skills.
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with PM, Engineering & QA teams on delivering projects and releases to meet R&D strategic goals
• Plan, schedule, and control the build, test, and deployment of releases
• Enable and drive efficient release process / governance
• Proactively identify, communicate, and manage risks
• Identify and manage dependencies, coordinate delivery across scrum teams
• Measure release cadence and effectiveness using common metrics own release dashboards
• Drive process adoption, analyze current processes, identify gaps, and improve processes.
• Coordinate release, backlog planning and prioritization between PM and R&D teams
• Plan and lead periodic release status review meetings with senior management
• Lead all change management activities and ensure timely decisions on change requests
• Project manage functional working teams to implement actionable plans with strategic, technical, and tactical milestones
• Build best practices and lead analysis for continued improvements through RCAs and retrospectives.
• Drive execution of assigned strategic initiatives through all required phases towards successful delivery
• Organize and lead cross-functional teams to ensure program execution from ideation and planning to successful implementation
• Define and use tools and business systems required to support existing process and best practices
• Support R&D decision making through analytical reports and appropriate metrics design and own R&D dashboards establish status reporting for the cross-functional teams
• Collaborate with other Program and Release managers to define and improve organizational standards for programs, releases, processes and best practices

SKILLS:

• Good understanding and working knowledge of agile software development methodologies like Scrum, SAFe.
• Comfort in managing multiple projects with multiple business partners in a fast-paced and dynamic team environment
• Self-starter who can earn trust and can influence and motivate without authority
• Ability to work independently, as well as mentor and support more junior colleagues as needed
• Proactive in identifying and solving problems, looks beyond the obvious and can find the root of the problem
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills
• Is effective in different presentation settings especially with large groups
• Proven ability to Drive vs Coordinate to accomplish desired outcomes
• Strong business acumen and high comfort level dealing with ambiguity
• Ability to build and cultivate strong cross-functional relationships
• Excellent facilitator, able to drive collaboration across the teams
• High level of organization and attention to detail
• Data savvy Able to interpret data and use the knowledge for introducing optimization at different levels
• Fluent with MS PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Project management tools (Jira/Confluence, Qlik, Smartsheet, MS Project)
• Experience driving positive change via process improvement
• Keen interest in learning new methodologies and willingness to be coached and mentored for senior level engagements

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree Masters and/or PMP preferred
• 4-7 years of experience in product development organizations, with minimum of 3 years in a program or project management role.
• Experience in working with Software Engineering Teams
• Prior experience with agile development, Scrum SAFE experience / training would be a plus
• PMI training / PMP certification would be a plus.

WHY PTC
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If you share our passion for problem-solving through innovation, you’ll likely become just as passionate about the PTC experience as we are. Are you ready to explore your next career move with us