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Sr Program Manager
1 year ago
Summary
As Technical Program Manager you will be accountable for the delivery of game changing programs. As a key part of the newly created RMG (real money gaming) business, you’ll take part in the definition of the business and PMO processes, as part of a growing team that has an opportunity to redefine the way Aristocrat has historically delivered on its vision.
This role requires the ability to communicate with executives as well as drilling down to the day-to-day activities of the delivery teams by leading scrum activities. Technical Program Manager leads a cross-functional team of diverse stakeholders responsible for end-to-end ownership of product development through commercialization in a new and complex environment, and ensuring all teams are aligned in the successful delivery of the program - on-time and within scope from “concept through final launch”
Duties include leveraging operational excellence in leading the planning, scheduling, and successful execution of product development driving the cadence. Activities will range from requirements consolidation, backlog hygiene management and managing schedules and risks registers as well as communicating status to project teams.
The program includes technology software and game content development – as well as compliance and quality oversight throughout the full life cycle of the product. You also will use stage gates, risk and opportunity management, regular cadence of meetings, reviews, reporting, program metrics, counter measures and overallWhat you'll do
- Visible functional leader of large-scale, cross-functional new product development programs (and/or leadership “hub” for multiple, smaller affiliated projects) from concept, through development and verification/validation testing, into launch and into stainability
- Contribute to the design of the RMG business and associated PMO processes – ground up
- Manage programs / projects utilizing adopted project methodologies – by tracking project milestones, dependencies, and the entire delivery process
- Lead program from ideation to approval through governance
- Build stakeholder engagement to understand, interpret, and disseminate project requirements, and reassess the selected approach for best fit
- Create and maintain project artifacts using Smartsheet, Confluence, and JIRA
- Drive operational excellence to improve performance, maximize value, & increase efficiencies
- Act as pseudo-scrum master to ensure effectiveness of the development teams.
- Monitor and control development progress through sprint burn downs.
- Proactively track progress on technical issues and prioritize the resolution through maintenance of the hygiene of JIRA tickets.
- Interact with product management team to ensure requirements are clearly defined – ensure these are broken down in user cases for development.
- Lead refinement of requirements with product management and delivery team.
- Be responsible for ensuring the requirements are aligned with regulatory compliance.
- Communicate project status including milestones, challenges & opportunities to stakeholders from development engineers to C-Suite
- Maintain program artifacts to transparent communication at all times
- Oversight of the individual program delivery and fit and finish against key performance indicators
- Provide subject matter expertise and guidance across the business on effective execution of project plans, management of expectations, and conflict management leading to resolution.
What we're looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Project/Program Management
- Project/Program Management certification (e.g., PMP, Prince, Agile, etc.) would be beneficial (but not mandatory), or relevant industry and work experience
- Successfully managed a skunk works project development from inception to approval
- 10+ years of experience
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