Engineering Program Manager

Engineering Program Manager

India Wind River/Aptiv location

Wind River

In a world increasingly driven by software innovation, Wind River is pioneering the technologies to accelerate the digital transformations of our customers with a new generation of Mission Critical AI Systems, with the most exacting standards for safety, security, performance, and reliability. Success will be determined by our ability to innovate with velocity and deliver at the solutions level.

Wind River’s impact spans critical infrastructure domains such as telecommunications, including 5G; industrial (automation, sustainable energy, robotics, mining), connected healthcare and medical devices, automotive (connected and self-driving vehicles), and aerospace & defense. We were recognized by VDC Research in July 2020 as #1 in Edge Compute OS Platforms, overtaking Microsoft as the overall commercial leader. Wind River regularly wins industry recognitions for excellence in IoT security, cloud and edge computing, as well as 8 consecutive years as a “Top Workplace”. If you’re passionate about amplifying your impact on the world, in a caring, respectful culture with a growth mindset, come join us and help lead the way into the future of the intelligent edge!

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

As an Engineering Program Manager (EPM), you will have the opportunity to work with Wind River’s Engineering and Product Management teams on a broad range of products, and initiatives that will directly impact our company’s velocity, agility, and market penetration. This role plays a pivotal role in building consensus, structuring the content and schedule, executing on releases, and implementing positive change.

Who You Will Work With
 

• The successful candidate will work with nearly all groups within Wind River as products and related initiatives are shepherded from inception to delivery. This includes supporting existing in-flight programs and driving new initiatives.
• This position will report to the Director of Engineering Program Management.

Responsibilities
 

• Plan, coordinate, and lead release planning and execution activities with multi-disciplinary, geographically distributed teams with focus on driving compliance with the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL).
• Ensure that all stakeholders are well informed of the objective, scope, and timelines of the planned deliverables.
• Drive schedule and content commitments between Engineering and Product Management that includes developing new features and enhancements with continuous attention to security.
• Hands-on experience and knowledge in Team Capacity Planning and delivering programs within budgeted cost.
• Identify and resolve impediments, risks, dependencies, and scope changes.
• Experience in driving toward established quality goals.
• Hands-on experience in data driven program management with thorough knowledge of program management metrics. Knowledge of Agile metrics and Earned Value Management will be valued.
• Maintain engagement with business teams, product owners, security teams, and technical leads to ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Create an environment allowing mutual influence, collaboration, and self-organization.

ABOUT YOU

Core Competencies & Demonstrated Success
 

• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills
• You have demonstrated success working within a matrix organizational structure
• Demonstrated experience of driving large programs

Qualifications
 

• 6+ years total engineering experience, at least 3+ years of program management experience, in a RTOS, SAAS or embedded environment.
• Strong understanding of phase/gate and agile development methodologies and tools
• Must be a self-starter, collaborative and strong team, player

It will be great if you also have:

• Software Engineering experience with the full development lifecycle and processes, agile and scrum project management tools (e.g., Jira and Confluence)
• Experience managing complex, multi-product requirements intake and backlog refinement processes.
• Technology development experience in the Automotive, Telecom or Industrial markets
• Professional certification(s) in project management such as PMI-ACP, SAFe-SPC, SAFe-RTE