Senior Program Manager

Job Summary

MathWorks has a hybrid work model that enables staff members to split their time between office and home. The hybrid model provides the advantage of having both in-person time with colleagues and flexible at-home life optimizations. Learn More:

As a Senior Program Manager at MathWorks, you will work on cross-functional teams and programs to develop high-quality software that accelerates the pace of engineering and science. MATLAB is a programming and numeric computing platform used by millions of engineers and scientists to analyze data, develop algorithms, and create models. In this role, you will be part of the cross-functional leadership group that will charter projects and programs to achieve strategic objectives. You will partner with the Engineering Managers and define processes and strategies to enable the cross-functional teams to plan, prioritize, and execute those projects efficiently and effectively.

MathWorks nurtures growth, appreciates inclusivity, encourages initiative, values teamwork, shares success, and rewards excellence.

Responsibilities

Facilitate planning process to create SMART multi-release plans that aligns with strategic objectives

Identify dependencies and facilitate communications with dependent/impacted teams to negotiate and establish agreement of responsibilities and plans

Identify issues and risks, define a mitigation plan, and track them to resolution or escalate appropriately

Champion our core value of continuous improvement. Facilitate problem-solving to identify root causes of issues and ensure countermeasures address the problem effectively. Lead process improvement activities that eliminate significant sources of waste

Design, pilot, and roll out new processes, best practices, standards, and KPI's as needed to improve team efficiency and effectiveness while avoiding unnecessary duplication of/variation from standard processes

Evaluate team agile development practices, identify opportunities for improvement, and execute a visible plan for their achievement

Co-author and execute change management and pilot plans. Gather, analyze, and incorporate feedback

Monitor KPIs to identify issues in team quality or delivery rate - raise awareness; define, communicate, and track the plan to address those issues

Minimum Qualifications

A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.

Additional Qualifications

Technical degree in Engineering, Math, or Science

Experience in developing commercial software products

Ability to understand software technology; able to participate and contribute to technical conversations

Ability to influence others even when you do not have direct authority over them

Experience with Agile, Scrum, and Kanban software development methodologies

Experience with JIRA and Confluence

Experience with MATLAB Products is preferred, but not required