Senior Software Technical Program Manager

We are looking for a passionate Technical Program Manager for SPAN’s Software Engineering organization to drive software releases across our Cloud, Mobile, and Device Software engineering teams. The Software Engineering organization is responsible for developing all of the software of the SPAN platform, including the mobile experiences on iOS and Android, web applications, backend APIs, data pipeline, and firmware code that runs on SPAN hardware devices. In this role, you will also work closely with our product managers and designers to specify and prioritize new features and ongoing development work, as well as with our hardware team to manage software releases alongside upcoming hardware products. You will develop and own program schedules from program kick off to final release, partnering effectively with multiple technology teams, and managing deliverables for critical milestones. This will involve allocating work, highlighting resource needs, finding efficiency improvements, and communicating timeline changes across the organization including executive staff.

In this role, you will:

• Define and drive product development and release schedules to meet the company’s business goals across mobile, cloud, and firmware components of our platform

• Collaborate and communicate with cross-functional teams across software, hardware, product, design, QA, and business

• Anticipate risks throughout the development of products and services, develop mitigation plans, and keep organization updated on release dates

• Work with product management to negotiate schedule/cost/feature tradeoffs as well as prioritize development efforts

• Monitor and report on project status in pursuit of releasing new products and features on time and with high quality

• Assist in the prioritization of bug fixes and elimination of technical debt throughout continued product development

About You 

Required Qualifications

We are seeking a technical program manager who has:

• 5+ years of experience in technical project management of cloud services, mobile, and/or embedded device software development

• Experience tracking dates and requirements in a complex environment involving multiple products, platforms, and technologies

• Experience working with software engineering teams on highly technical projects, and a track record of shipping releases on time

• High level of comfort with ambiguity and fast-paced environments

• JIRA, Confluence, Atlassian experience

• Experience using Smartsheet or similar project management tool

• Ability to step outside their comfort zone and wear a multitude of hats as they help throughout the organization

• Ability to influence and align efforts of disparate groups to achieve a common goal

Bonus Qualifications

We would love to hire someone who has:

• Prior experience in smart home, IoT, or renewable energy (solar and battery energy storage)

• Prior experience partnering with hardware teams to coordinate software schedules and manage software projects alongside associated hardware product development

• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions and recommendations

• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal

• BS Engineering or Computer Science degree or equivalent
  

The U.S. base salary range for this position is $126,000 - 172,000 plus benefits, equity and variable compensation for Sales-related roles. This range represents SPAN’s good faith estimate of competitively-priced salary for the role based on national, real-time industry data from companies of a similar growth stage. This range reflects minimum and maximum new hire salaries for the role across US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by location and individual factors including relevant skills, experience and education or training. This range correlates to the relative level of the candidate we believe we need for the role and may require an adjustment for candidates of a different level. 
Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for the location this role is based during the hiring process.   

Life at SPAN

SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. 

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