Technical Program Manager

Contract position

Minimum Requirements: • Bachelor's or Graduate's Degree in engineering, or computer science or equivalent experience. • 10 yrs experience in Program and Project Management incl Governance • Experience in Operational Technology and or mining industry • Experienced in working with dispersed global teams • 8 yrs experience managing technical teams (infrastructure, software and architecture) • Able to collaborate and lead where necessary. • A critical thinker and problem solver. • Sound business acumen and ability to prioritize tasks as appropriate.

Responsibilities: • Be the liaison between the product management and software development teams. • Drive project execution from scoping through delivery. • Partner with key team members to ensure visibility and alignment. • Partner as a technical liaison between customers and engineering teams. • Assist with recruiting, the hiring process, and growing the team. • Communicate schedules, dependencies, issues, and risks across teams and to stakeholders. • Support the development of strategic plans, goals, and objectives. • Socialize ideas, make recommendations, develop plans, and gather consensus to move forward. • Produce weekly status reports and attending weekly status meetings. • Assess risks and identify solutions to timely, efficient achievement of program goals. • Lead program scoping with architecture, engineering, and senior leaders. • Keep senior executives and business teams updated on project timelines and results. • Align the audience to organizational goals and outcomes, creates engagement and empower teams. • Maintain a quarterly view of defined, prioritized, and scoped work. • Creatively develop plans to mitigate any issues that affect the project deliverables. • Support internal governing bodies including steering committees, investment review boards, and ad hoc or standing work groups. • Lead and coordinate design/implementation efforts with internal teams and external partners.