At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead and manage complex tech programs, ensuring successful delivery and collaboration across teams.
- Company: Join Anaplan, a dynamic tech company with a diverse and innovative culture.
- Benefits: Enjoy a hybrid work model, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Great career advancement opportunities in a fast-paced, supportive team.
- Why this job: Make an impact by driving innovation and adopting Agile practices in a collaborative environment.
- Qualifications: Experience in project management and technology programs; certifications are a plus.
The predicted salary is between 75000 - 85000 £ per year.
We seek a highly skilled Program Manager to join our diverse Program Delivery team within the GPTO (Product & Technology) organisation. This role is Full-Time and Hybrid, based in our London office for 2-3 days a week.
Responsibilities
- Overseeing the planning, execution, and delivery of complex, cross-functional technology programs that deliver value to our customers.
- Partnering with our Engineering and Product teams to plan and deliver software and infrastructure releases.
- Managing program status, coordinating across multiple teams, tracking risks and dependencies, and ensuring the successful delivery of program objectives.
- Leading program kickoff meetings, defining roles, and establishing ceremonies for initiatives.
- Developing and maintaining advanced roadmap plans, including status and dependency tracking.
- Coordinating with teams, Engineering Leads, Product Owners, architects and other stakeholders.
- Facilitating scoping exercises and commitment/objective tracking.
- Overseeing planning activities, such as quarterly planning and release planning.
- Managing program documentation, meeting notes, decisions, action items, and change control.
- Providing insight by helping teams define and track metrics that align with program and business outcomes.
- Tracking progress towards project milestones and providing early identification of headwinds.
- Ensuring clear project visibility for multiple audiences, including senior management and key stakeholders, through concise reporting that highlights progress against milestones.
- Conducting regular leadership and executive status meetings.
- Ensuring completion of closing activities, including checklists and retrospectives.
- Driving innovation and adoption of Agile practices.
Qualifications
- Project management certifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe) are advantageous.
- Proven experience managing complex technology programs involving multiple teams.
- Ability to facilitate meetings and drive accountability across teams.
- Experience with risk management, release planning, and program documentation.
- Ability to manage ambiguity, drive alignment, and resolve conflicts.
- Proven experience managing programs in a software product development environment, with a deep understanding of the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) from concept to customer release.
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience working with infrastructure teams and infrastructure programs would be advantageous, but is not essential.
- Experience with Agile methodologies and ceremonies.
- Proficiency in status and dependency tracking in Jira & Confluence.
We think you need these skills to ace Program Manager in Manchester
Program Management
Project Management Certifications (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe)
Complex Technology Program Management
Risk Management
Release Planning
Program Documentation
Agile Methodologies
