Lead Technical Program Manager

Notes to applicants:

• This position is eligible for full-time remote work in Texas, or North Carolina, or, in the alternative, to work in accordance with Dimensional’s office- first hybrid approach which involves working in the office on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays, and the choice to work in the office or remotely, depending on what is best for your work day, on Mondays and Fridays.

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• Here at Dimensional, we strive to be an inclusive workplace for all. Even if you do not match every qualification listed, if you are interested in who we are, what we do, and why we do it, we suggest and encourage you to apply.

• If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, such accommodation is available upon request.

Job Description:

About Dimensional: 

Dimensional was built around a set of ideas bigger than the firm itself. With a confidence in markets, deep connections to the academic community, and a focus on implementation, we go where the science leads, and continue to pursue new insights, both large and small, that can benefit our clients. 

The Technology Department at Dimensional leverages the rapidly evolving state of the art to engineer the platforms that power the innovative, research-driven financial and technical products to improve our client’s financial lives. 

The technical program/ delivery manager is the senior delivery lead for the portfolio of Dimensional’s Database Platform products. They will coordinate the delivery of multiple initiatives, along with agile development teams utilizing a combination of development methodologies. This technical program delivery manager will ensure that all initiatives are delivered with the appropriate levels of technological complexity, business requirement satisfaction and fall within agreed upon program timelines. They will work across various business lines, consumer groups and stakeholder types, database platform/ analytic/ reporting technologies.

You may be a fit for this role if you: 

• Are open-minded, curious, and resourceful. 
• Lead with vision and purpose to bring about transformational change. 
• Are passionate about/stay current with modern technologies/solutions. 
• Solve problems systematically and transparently. 
• Share ideas, solicit/integrate feedback, design and solve collaboratively. 
• Demonstrate engineering and security mindsets. 

What you might work on:

• Accountable for the delivery of all Database Platform technology roadmaps, ensuring proper SDLC frameworks and processes are implemented to support the organization. This role will drive new feature development through every stage of the agile software development lifecycle. Coordination of program level build schedules, environment downtime, defect resolution ownership, highlights deadlines to meet timelines.
• Define objectives with measurable results through data driven insights to ensure our customers, partners and internal teams are successful. Understand trade-offs between cost, schedule, customer benefit; and provide technical direction/guidance.
• Serve as a go-to expert within the Data Platform Technology space in the areas of functionality, integrations, interdependencies, and solution architecture for database platform technology. Collaborate and solution with engineering teams when technical challenges arise to ensure proper platform product delivery.
• Coach the entire program team in empowerment / self-organization and act as a servant leader for the engineering team.
• Collaborate with other teams to define SDLC best practices and create delivery frameworks to measure overall team success.
• Proactively manage stakeholder groups across various business pillars to establish interdependencies, identify risks and resource constraints, and eliminate significant roadblocks in a timely fashion. Accountable for resolving all roadblocks that would cause products not to release including risk management & removing impediments.
• Create reports and analysis based on business goals and forecasts to understand progress, gaps, risks, and mitigation plans for objectives and key results. Thi