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Sr. Director, Technical Program Management

United States, United StatesRemotefull_timeVerifiedPosted 30 May 2023

About the role

About the Role

HashiCorp is looking for an experienced Senior Director of Technical Program Management who is excited to drive operational excellence through several cross-functional processes that will impact hundreds of team members across multiple organizations at HashiCorp. This Senior Director needs to be an extremely influential leader and a change agent, as they will take on significant strategic and functional responsibility.

As the Senior Director, you will lead and provide direction to several teams of Technical Program Managers (TPM) aligned with our product lines. You’ll be coaching several team leaders, ensuring they’re equipped to build and optimize their teams. You will be expected to partner closely with the R&D leadership team of VPs and SVPs, as well as other functional leaders across the company, to understand their needs and priorities. You’ll be responsible for driving effective adoption of strategic process improvements across multiple teams while also working to enhance the operations of those teams.

Excellent systems thinking, collaboration & communication, and team-building skills are required to collaborate effectively with organizational leaders in other functions and lead the team. In addition, you’ll be expected to excel in driving delivery & execution efforts of engineering, product, and design teams across the R&D organization. Much of this will involve the new Product Life Cycle (PLC) process, which has tie-ins to other critical initiatives such as pricing & packaging, interlock with field teams, and more.

In this role you can expect to take on these responsibilities:

Take a big picture view of the organization, with a solid understanding of priorities across teams and the ability to effectively drive cross-team collaboration
Drive consistency and optimization of processes that span all product lines to enable easier partnerships and more effective delivery to downstream teams
Work with internal stakeholders to assess their needs, understand their roadmaps, and plan how to provide the maximum leverage for them
Operationalize critical processes and phase gates to ensure that teams are focusing their efforts on critical work that has a positive impact on the business
Create a culture of continuous learning, with an emphasis on creative thinking and reflective observation, leading by example to ensure the team is aware of areas of strength and improvement
Focus on building & optimizing teams by assessing talent, identifying performers at various levels and providing the relevant growth opportunities or constructive feedback

You could be successful in this role if you have these attributes:

10+ years of experience building and managing highly effective product operations / technical program management teams.
Track record of operating at large scale and complex R&D organizations.
Proven ability to solve large complicated problems creatively and effectively.
Excellent verbal & written communication skills, empathy for the needs of all stakeholders, and a track record of delivering projects.
An appreciation for engineering, product, and design practices, with the ability to advocate for project owners as needed.
Experience in high growth technical organizations that are working cross-functionally to deliver enterprise software.
Strong bias for action and an intrinsic ability to deal with ambiguity.
Ability to display a solid growth mindset, seek out feedback, and encourage continuous improvement across the team.

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