Senior Software Program Manager
XWING
Senior Software Program Manager
- ID
- 2024-3203
- Category
- Software Program Management
- Type
- Regular Full-Time
Joby Overview
Overview
Joby Software Program Managers facilitate a focused, realistic, and managed delivery for cross-functional teams aligned with overall SW Program Goals.
Responsibilities
SW Program Managers embedded within the SW Teams:
- Partner with the specified team(s) to understand their goals, tasks, and deliverables to meet the overall program objectives while avoiding or mitigating remediation efforts due to “technical debt”.
- Manage the scrum process for multiple cross-functional software teams, including daily standup, story grooming, retrospectives, and sprint planning to craft the roadmap of work that supports Joby’s objectives within the established release cadence.
- Negotiate/influence others to facilitate communication, discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution.
- Help teams develop longer term goals and translate those goals into Epics and Stories. Facilitate Backlog grooming and use Jira/JAR in the established Joby Software Jira Configuration for day-to-day management of activities, risks, and issues.
- Use Confluence and other tools to document meetings, decisions, et al in a traceable fashion.
- Facilitate cross-team and/or cross-Joby projects and/or issue resolution as necessary to communicate risks, issues, plan, and status. Identify mitigation strategies and impact to staffing or schedule.
- Work with the suppliers and manage budget, cost, schedule and compliance process.
- Identify and track risks and issues with ongoing projects. Schedule and facilitate meetings, document, create tasks, track progress and marshal resources as needed to achieve resolution.
- Represent the teams in some planning/reporting forums.
- Train, support, and coach team members in good Agile/Scrum practices.
- Guide Joby Team Members in DO-178C best practices.
Required
- Project Management of Enterprise level cross functional Software Teams and Projects (e.g. Systems, Embedded, Life-safety critical software). Hands on / direct program management of software engineers to manage their schedules and deliverables.
- Bachelor’s in engineering or related fields and 8+ years of experience with SW development project scheduling and management.
- Prior experience with the Agile development process and knowledge of Scrum and Kanban methodology.
- Demonstrable experience in the simultaneous management of multiple engineering projects utilizing some of - facilitation, situational awareness, conflict resolution, continual improvement, empowerment, and increasing transparency.
- Strong communication skills, both oral and written, organizational skills and attention to details.
- Hands on experience / fundamental understanding of iterative and incremental development.
Desired
- Experience within a regulated environment, FAA, DOT, Mil-Spec.
- Experience with safety critical software development projects in Aviation or Automotive industry
- Proficiency with JIRA, Jira Advanced Roadmaps, and/or Polarian
- Proficiency with common workplace software: Word, spreadsheets, Confluence, Slack, etc
Compensation at Joby is a combination of base pay, bonus, and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs). The target base pay for this position is $131,700 - $201,900/yr. The compensation package offered will be determined by location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.
Joby also offers a comprehensive benefits package, including paid time off, healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan with a company match, an employee stock purchase plan (ESPP), short-term and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and more.
Please still apply if you don’t meet all items in the desired section! Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. We are dedicated to building a diverse and effective workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
EEO
Joby is an Equal Opportunity Employer.