Technical Program Manager

Description

AliveCor , the creator of the smartphone ECG, seeks a Program Manager to join an early stage start-up that is changing the face of mobile health. As the Program Manager supporting the mobile and web-based development processes you will work across a variety of projects, helping to coordinate and prioritize the mobile and web-based development processes across our multiple user segments and geographies. We require this position to be hands-on, to participate in tasks such as managing and guiding the activities of functional and technical team members as needed, resolving project issues as they arise, reviewing deliverables for quality control and managing project documentation.

Role And Responsibilities

• Own and lead the entire program lifecycle from inception to delivery for our mobile and web-based software projects.
• Help to define and then track and manage the project milestones, resources, and budget.
• Work with dev teams to analyse product requirements and drive proposing technical solutions.
• Work with dev teams to define, review & add valuable feedback for technical designs & solutions.
• Able to prioritise issues and work with team members to resolve and escalate issues when consensus cannot be established.
• Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders.
• Analyse and manage project risks.
• Track issues and project status and maintain up-to-date project plans.
• Schedule and facilitate a variety of project meetings, including status and review meetings for team members and project sponsors.
• Effectively communicate with cross functional stakeholders on project status, schedule baselines, schedule issues, project risks and major decisions.
• Maintain intense focus on delivering to all committed milestones and holds the project team accountable by holding weekly project status reviews.
• Build capability within the project team to accomplish the project goals and deliver the product to market on time.
• Must be flexible and creative in thinking to execute to a timeline when plans do not go as expected.
  
  

• An experienced professional with minimum 7 years of experience, who can understand our business and technical needs and establish project direction, scope, timing and staffing that will enable us to deliver successful products.
• Previous technical program management or engineering management roles for technology-based projects and should be familiar with all aspects of these types of projects including various project management and systems development methodologies.
• B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science or a related field.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in technical program management or engineering management, preferably with medical device and hardware/technology products as well as consumer health products.
• Minimum 4 years of software design and development experience with web-based or mobile software with any front end or backend technologies
• Fair experience in the formal project management process, methods and tools; PM certifications are a plus.
• Ability to articulate and document objectives, progress and issues effectively to technical and nontechnical audiences.
• Ability to understand business requirements, as well as technical solutions.
• Have a solid understanding or willingness to learn FDA, ISO13485 quality system requirements for product and software development.
• Experience with agile development.
• Must have a strong flair to make decisions for the projects in general and in conflicting situations.
• Must have excellent planning and organization skills.
• Must have strong demonstrated teamwork skills.
• Ability to manage resources across different internal and cross-organizational groups to get things done.
• Exquisite attention to detail.
  
  

• Hybrid working model
• Flexible and generous vacation policy
• Maternity / Paternity Leave/ Adoption/ Commissioning leave
• Generous Medical Benefits Above market family floater medical insurance coverage including both parents or in law parents
• Metro connectivity from office
• A supportive, collaborative group of people who understand that success depends on the team