Senior Technical Program Manager

Allergan Data Labs is on a mission to transform the Allergan Aesthetics beauty business at AbbVie, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Our iconic brands include BOTOX® Cosmetic, CoolSculpting®, JUVÉDERM® and more. The medical aesthetics business is ripe for rapid growth and disruption, and we are looking to add to our high performing team to do just that. 

Our team has successfully launched a new and innovative technology platform, Allē, which serves millions of consumers, tens of thousands of aesthetics providers and thousands of colleagues throughout the US. Since its launch in November 2020, Allē has delivered curated promotions, personalized experiences and had millions of consumers use it as part of their beauty journey. 

We’re looking to add to our team as we prepare to launch a new array of game-changing technologies on our successfully adopted platform. If you’re interested in working within a startup-oriented environment, while having the backing of a very large company, please read on.

As the Senior Technical Program Manager, you will report to the Director of Technical Program Manager, as well as continuously collaborate with key stakeholders across the business to solve the most important technical problems.

You Will

• Collaborate with Data Engineers, Data Scientists, Data Analysts and Software Engineers to plan, maintain, and prioritize engineering and data insights work via respective JIRA boards

• Execute the Scrum Master role, when needed, including running daily/weekly scrum ceremonies for both Data Engineering and Data Science teams

• Facilitate technical discussions/decisions for the program and be a key interface across Data Engineering, Data Science and ML Engineering ensuring interdependent work progresses in lockstep

• Own and Drive the ultimate delivery responsibility and accountability for the successful implementation of data projects, including integrations with other systems, collaborative design work and dashboards, build of data models and algorithms

• Liaise with internal teams and outside vendors for technical specification documentation

• Create and maintain technical artifacts (roadmaps, project plans, capacity planning, technical workflows, etc)

• Manage technical release planning in collaboration with engineering and business owners/stakeholders

• Develop a status and reporting structure that is consistent with agile principles that also gives insight into progress toward the business outcomes

• Work with key stakeholders to define and gather requirements

• Ensure all project and implementation deliverables are completed on time, to specification and of high quality

• Build trust based partnerships, and communicate progress across organizational boundaries and levels from individual contributors to senior executives

Required Experience & Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Technical Project Management for complex initiatives, especially data systems and products.

• Solid understanding of Agile, Scrum and Kanban development methodologies.

• Experience with Agile project/product management tools like Jira and Confluence.

• Good understanding of machine learning, data analytics, rule-based systems, and data architecture.

• Experience building solutions based on data, hypotheses, and MVPs by defining and aligning on clear requirements, working with a cross-disciplinary team of data engineers, BI engineers, data scientists, and data analysts.

• Experience managing partners and vendors that are critical to project delivery

• Organizational and coordination skills along with multi-tasking capabilities to get things done in a fast-paced environment

• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work with many different personality types

• Ability to identify risks to timelines, escalate as necessary and propose mitigation strategies

• Highly attentive to driving maximum efficiency from a team, with the ability to eliminate cruft while preaching simplicity

• Experience with DevOps or with using DevOps lifecycle management tools like GitHub or GitLab is a plus

• Ability to interpret ERDs and SQL skills are a plus

Our Core Values 

• Be Humble: You’re smart yet always interested in learning from others. 

• Work Transparently: You always deal in an honest, direct and transparent way. 

• Take Ownership