Technical Program Manager (E-Commerce, OMS)
Location: Seattle WA or Vancouver, BC
Duration: 6 to 12+ Months Rate: DOE
Required experience in OMS (Order Management System), IBM Sterling and Blue Yonder
Responsibilities:
- Manage Ecomm software development project activities for multiple projects across all project phases, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, control and closure.
- Work collaboratively with development team, lead architect and the management to determine technical direction and approach to system design and implementation, including both brand products and supporting systems.
- Create, manage and track project vehicles, including, but not limited to: project schedules, detailed project plans, project scope statements, cost estimates, resource plans, risk and issues logs, status reports for upper management.
- Tailor project management, development and support processes to meet the needs of individual (new and/or ongoing) projects.
- Manage the day-to-day activities of projects and staff; communicate with project teams as necessary to ensure project deliverables are on schedule and within cost parameters.
- Communicate and collaborate with internal and external customers as needed in regards to project deliverables including managing expectations, presenting and interfacing with sponsors.
- Make decisions and communicate trade-offs and risks; drive key decisions across projects.
- Make recommendations to management about schedules, prioritization and resource allocation with input from team members.
- Provide ongoing project plan/status reporting for use by account managers, clients and management.
- Provide input into strategic planning and asset creation processes.
- Manage resource planning and organizational capacity planning.
- Coach and train project team members on software development processes and best practices.
- Contribute to the design and coding of products.
- Contribute to program level activities including M&A activities.
- Demonstrable experience of engagement with engineering teams - configuration management, deployment tools, and continuous integration to execute infrastructure projects.
- Flexibility to engage with team in non-regular hours.
- Maturity to navigate and work with senior engineering folks and still get things done.