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Senior Program Manager

Company: The MathWorks, Inc.
Location: Natick, MA
Posted on: May 2, 2017

Job Description:

Working under the direction of the Program Management Manager 1, will be

responsible for supporting the planning and execution of multiple web

application release programs; working with cross-functional teams across

the Development and IT organizations as they plan, track and execute

complex web application release programs while maintaining focus on

their strategic goals and objectives; performing program analysis,

managing risk, influencing necessary course corrections, creative

problem solving, and communicating program status and activities across

multiple levels of management; assessing and improving the processes

that comprise the software development lifecycle and mentoring/coaching

other members of the Program Management and Web Application Development

Teams; coordinating, supporting and executing various release programs

from initiation through completion; creating and publishing release

schedules and tracking release milestones; assessing risk and managing

contingency plans at the release program level; identifying and

resolving release program-level conflicts; working with senior

management to escalate release program issues in a timely manner;

identifying, collecting and monitoring metrics to measure release

program success; and continuously assessing and improving key aspects of

the release lifecycle to creatively address complex problems.

Education and Experience:

Master’s degree or higher (or foreign education equivalent) in

Engineering, Computer Science, or Business Administration and three (3)

years of experience in the job offered or three (3) years of experience

in web application release management.

OR

Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in Engineering,

Computer Science, or Business Administration and five (5) years of

experience in the job offered or five (5) years of experience in web

application release management.

Special Requirements:

• Demonstrated expertise performing web release management,

including developing web application release processes, evaluating

release tools, technologies and infrastructure including automated build

tools, application servers, virtual machine stacks, in-house data

centers and cloud based application deployment infrastructure.

• Demonstrated expertise managing and maintaining build and test

systems for web application development and qualification, using

Maven/TeamCity, and managing multiple test environments supporting

parallel development of multiple releases, using version control,

backfills and scheduled refreshes.

• Demonstrated expertise developing and reporting performance

metrics supporting project and program management, including developing

scripts for data extraction, creating and publishing scorecards using

Business Objects, performing retrospective analysis, identifying deltas,

and implementing countermeasures for continuous process improvements.

• Demonstrated expertise defining release strategies, including

conducting release scope and readiness meetings, performing deployment

review, dependency mapping, risk analysis, and coordinating application

and deployment team alignment.

[Expertise may be gained during Graduate program]

For the position listed above, interested candidates may search by job

code 17119 for specific job details and requirements and apply online on

the Careers Page at http://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs

Keywords: The MathWorks, Inc., Boston , Senior Program Manager, Engineering , Natick, MA, Massachusetts


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