Senior Program Manager (emirati Nationals Only)
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Job Description
Digital14 is looking for a Senior Secure Phone Program Manager based in the UAE to lead the Secure Phone Product Development initiatives, working closely with key stakeholders across the organization to deliver on-time and a high quality secure phone and communications products. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated prior experience in project managing phone and/or software development projects. We are looking for someone who is flexible and can respond quickly, energetically, and enthusiastically to challenges. The successful candidate will interact with engineering teams, operations, IT, legal, marketing, finance, procurement and other resources inside and outside Digital14. The Program Manager will help set delivery strategy, execute on schedule and manage program deliverables with internal teams through appropriate communication, methodical documentation and escalation.
Essential Functions
Essential Functions
- Manage full software and hardware development life cycle from design, development, testing, release planning to release review and go-to-market.
- Manage the global software development and release process, develop and implement metrics, standards and best practices.
- The Program Manager must have a strong technical background with the ability to appropriately prioritize and drive issues to closure/resolution keeping the big picture in sight at all times
- Must be a fearless organizer and ready to work with highly skilled engineering teams in order to identify and resolve potential risks to the schedule and quality of the product.
- Collaborate across the organization to manage dependencies.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks and remove impediments.
- Communicate project status, deployment milestones/timelines, schedules, risks, expectations, timelines/milestones, team velocity and other key project metrics to multiple audiences (executive management, project team, clients, key stakeholders, etc.)
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, electrical engineering, related field or equivalent experience.
- PMP Certification
- 10+ years of experience managing projects across the full software development life cycle (SDLC), hardware development cycle. Must have previous software engineering experience in phone industry (i.e. Samsung, Motorola, LG, HTC, etc), coupled with project or program management experience in phone software or security industry.
- Must have previous experience in coding (applications or phone operating system)
- Solid understanding of the secure software development life cycle. Experience with mixed development methodologies (e.g. Waterfall, SCRUM, Agile, Hybrid).
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills (verbal/written), collaboration, and interpersonal skills are essential.
- Strong leadership skills and ability to influence with a prevailing positive approach. Able to build strong partnerships across the organization to deliver the best outcomes.
- Demonstrated ability to learn and leverage technical knowledge to effectively guide programs and teams.
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, Jenkins, MS Project preferred
- PMP or Prince II and/or Scrum/ Agile certification preferred
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Job Detail
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Job IdJD1410438
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IndustryNot mentioned
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Total Positions1
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Job Type:Full Time
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Salary:Not mentioned
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Employment StatusPermanent
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Job LocationAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
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EducationNot mentioned