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Cisco Engineering Program Manager - Devops in Bangalore, India
WHO ARE WE:
Engineering Program Management group is a team responsible for driving programs across Routing, Optical, Data centre and Mobility product groups in India. The Distributed Systems Engineering teams in India are driving some of the key next generation products and is responsible for significant product portfolio for Cisco. You will work with the team that is driving the evolution and expansion into new technology areas and market segments
WHAT YOU'LL DO:
A program manager acts as a coordinator between multiple projects at a business or organization to be sure they're benefiting each other and aligning with overall business goals. They are different from project managers because they do not directly supervise individual projects.
We are looking for a project manager to be responsible for coordinating programs and activities for our organization. You will be tasked with developing programs to support the organization's strategic direction, as well as crafting and managing long term goals. You will also be managing head count, driving product quality targets, hosting program review meetings etc.
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH:
Closely work with cross functional teams like Engineering, Product marketing, Documentation and other multi-functional teams.
You bring a strong collaborative approach to work to get the best out of yourself and the team that you work with
You will be interacting and working closely with some of the finest talent pool in the industry where you will find that work is both fun and ambitious.
WHO YOU ARE:
You demonstrate a strong program management skills.
Excellent communication skills, drive program/release deliverables on time, handle risk are important to success in this role.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Organizing programs and activities in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization.
Developing new programs to support the strategic direction of the organization.
Crafting and managing long-term goals.
Developing a budget and operating plan for the program.
Developing an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement.
Implementing and managing changes and interventions to ensure project goals are achieved.
Meeting with stakeholders to make communication easy and transparent regarding project issues and decisions on services.
Producing accurate and timely reporting of program status throughout its life cycle.
Analysing program risks.
Drive release time lines
Drive quality across products/leaders
Working on strategy with the marketing team.
REQUIREMENTS
Engineering Bachelor's degree or Master's degree with 10+ years proven experience with 5+ years in program management
Proven experience in program management methodologies water fall/agile/hybrid
Experience in ALM tools like Jira, Confluence
Experience and good knowledge on CI/CD
Proven stakeholder leadership skills.
Ability to drive multiple engineering programs
DESIRABLE (NOT REQUIRED):
Experience in Python/PHP is an added advantage
Share point, confluence
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