Program Manager
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Consumer Goods
Company Stage
Later Stage VC
Total Funding
$318.1M
Founded
2010
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
Growth & Insights
Headcount
6 month growth
↑ 4%1 year growth
↑ 1%2 year growth
↓ -2%Locations
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Agile
Data Analysis
Management
Communications
CategoriesNew
Product
Requirements
- 5+ years of relevant work experience in Project Management. Experience with business operations and information systems is a big plus (e.g., managed projects for ERP's, WMS's, CRM systems, data warehouses and data lakes, analytics platforms, etc)
- Experience building digital products and working with cross-functional teams
- Excellent organizational skills (e.g., maintains concise written artifacts, drives alignment, keeps stakeholders aware of status on a regular basis, etc.)
- Strong risk management skills; seeks to proactively identify potential problems before they become blockers, diffuses tension, etc
- Ability to motivate teams and resolve conflicts
- Tendency to apply a positive frame to situations and explore novel solutions beyond “business as usual”
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities
- Experience with Agile software development practices is a big plus
- Experience improving verbal and written communication patterns across a project team, (e.g., knowing how to determine which tools to use, when to lean on synchronous versus asynchronous communication)
- Comfortable translating business requirements into technical specifications
- Adept at driving alignment, handling disagreements, and building relationships and influence across multiple business units. Comfortable with influencing without authority
Responsibilities
- Manage programs, requiring coordination across numerous technical teams, product, and non-technical business stakeholders
- Map out multiple milestones and iterations, including dependencies and releases
- Deliver projects to their intended business objectives, anticipating and accounting for challenges or obstacles (subject matter expert) and proactively working to mitigate risks and remove blockers
- Drive strategic decision making, ensuring that the resources required to implement the action will be available, and scheduling work required to achieve an end result
- Advocate for prioritization, deprioritization, scoping, and de-scoping based on alignment with team and organizational goals
- Proactively solve day-to-day problems and exercise good judgment, including the determination of when and how to escalate issues
- Contribute to a strong Project Management Organization, instill best practices, make process improvements, and mentor team members
- See beyond deliverables to the impact on the system and promote long term system and process health
- Contribute to a culture of psychological safety with self-awareness and active listening skills. Encourage openness and ongoing discussion of how we can improve our business processes