Description

Remote Work: No

Overview:

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working to make everyday life better. United by curiosity and care, we develop dynamic solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

Being a part of Zebra Nation means being seen, heard, valued, and respected. Drawing from our diverse perspectives, we collaborate to deliver on our purpose. Here you are a part of a team pushing boundaries to redefine the work of tomorrow for organizations, their employees, and those they serve.

You have opportunities to learn and lead at a forward-thinking company, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes that you care about - locally and globally. We’ve only begun reimaging the future - for our people, our customers, and the world.

Let’s create tomorrow together.

Technical and solutions senior program manager responsible for leading agile cross-functional team of Systems and SW Engineers, Test Engineers, Operations, etc. from initial concept to deployment.
Meets complex program goals for product performance, quality goals, regulatory compliance requirements, cost, schedule and development budget. Also responsible for working with Product Management,
Marketing, and Experience Designers to define the product, solidify the business case, and author the product and experience specifications. Given our multitude of design and development partners,
participates with negotiations involving Business Development and Legal.

Responsibilities:

• Drive execution of solutions inclusive of concept definition, requirements validation, architecture
  specification, and governance compliance to our Application Lifecycle Management framework.
• Ability to translate customer problems into solution requirements.
• Team leadership for scaled Agile cross-functional innovation teams. Contribute to and promote the
  development of agile skillset and capabilities within Zebra. Execute multiple limited scope projects
  simultaneously or a large program with senior manager’s guidance utilizing modern project
  management methodologies to ensure maximum project effectiveness.
• Organize and lead scrum teams as an agile scrum master (SM) or a release train engineer (RTE)
• Leads system integration planning, release management, and planning for demonstrations, proof of
  concepts and pilots.
• Leads creating cross functional workstreams and driving execution for sales enablement,
  development and deployment.
• Independently building relationships and working across all relevant areas of the solution business
  including Sales, Services, IT, Finance, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Support.
• Works independently with business in defining proof of value and customer’s return on investment.
• Organizes and presents business, technical and program reviews/status to Senior Leadership using
  digital media, dashboards and JIRA agile project management tools.
• Independently execute to program plan and budgets for multiple, large projects. Recommend
  corrective actions and implement changes. Identify and mitigate risks; develop and implement risk
  mitigation plans. Owns ensuring alignment from key leaders of milestone achievement before moving
  the program forward.
• Motivate a project team to ensure solutions are reliable and of quality, in a highly collaborative
  fashion
• Demonstrates the ability to see cross-functional impacts of decisions and project plans and
  execution. Balances scope, schedule and budget considerations to adjust the project with minimal
  impact to the business. Understands the business objectives of the program and assumes personal
  accountability for success of the program against those objectives.
• Provides assistance with coordination of deliverables and project assets to assist the project
  team. Personally anticipates and addresses obstacles or issues that are moderate to significant in
  severity and escalates complex issues to management for assistance. Independently engages
  additional resources as needed to address obstacles or delays. Adjusts the plan per management
  guidelines as delays or obstacles are experienced.
• Demonstrates intermediate understanding of development processes and product launch scope
  and activities
• Very limited supervision by management is expected in this position for complex or novel
  problems.
• May coach or act as escalation point for level 1 or level 2 Program Managers
• Supports early stage go to market activities and transition to marketing
• Develop and protect intellectual property; be well versed with IP fundamentals.
• Explore and understand competitive landscape in both product and business terms

Qualifications:

• BS Electrical Engineering or Computer Science degree, or
  related technical BS degree, MS preferred
• 5-8 years Engineering/Program management and Scrum Master
  experience for products in fast paced environment
• Intermediate to advanced leadership and analytical skills
• Intermediate to advanced written and oral
  communication skills
• Solid critical thinking and questioning skills
• Experience leading medium cross-functional teams
• Self-motivated, results driven, manages risks, and thrives
  in an environment of uncertainty and continuous innovation.
• Experienced team builder, great at collaboration and
  managing resources; proven interpersonal skills
• Past responsibility for multiple significant delivered-tomarket solutions in asset intelligence (Location Services,
  Machine Learning, Machine Vision).
• Experience with software development best practices
  including Scaled Agile, TDD and Continuous Integration; a track
  record of applying these methodologies
• Experience with Cloud development and
  Software/Services development integration, as well as mobile
  application development for Android or iOS.
• Experience working independently and as part of a team
  to solve difficult technical, quality, cost, and schedule
  challenges; well versed in risk management practices

Travel Requirements (as a % of
time): 10%
Able to telework? Yes/no - if yes, %
of time and expectations while
teleworking Yes- 50%
Personal Protective Equipment
(PPE) Required (safety glasses,
steel-toed boots, gloves, etc.): No

U.S. Only - Frequency Definitions for Physical Activities, Environmental Conditions and
Physical Demands:
Never - 0%
Occasionally - 0-20 times per shift or up to 33% of the time
Frequently - 20-100 times per shift or 33-66% of the time
Constantly - Over 100 times per shift or 66-100% of the time

Physical Activities (all U.S. only jobs):
Enter in N, O, F or C as applicable
Enter in Frequency
(N)Never, (O)Occasionally,
(F)Frequently or
(C)Constantly
Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles and the like.
Working from heights such as roofs, ladders, or powered lifts. N
N
Moving self in different positions to accomplish tasks in various environments
including awkward or tight and confined spaces. N
Remaining in a stationary position, often standing or sitting for prolonged
periods. N
Stooping, kneeling, bending, crouching, reaching, pushing/pulling. N
Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one worksite to another. N
Adjusting or moving objects up to __ pounds in all directions. N
Communicating with others to exchange information. C
Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers. F - typing
Operating machinery and/or power tools. N
Operating motor vehicles, industrial vehicles, or heavy equipment. N
Assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned. N
Environmental Conditions (U.S. only):
Enter in N, O, F or C as applicable Enter in Frequency
U.S. Only - Frequency Definitions for Physical Activities, Environmental Conditions and
Physical Demands:
Never - 0%
Occasionally - 0-20 times per shift or up to 33% of the time
Frequently - 20-100 times per shift or 33-66% of the time
Constantly - Over 100 times per shift or 66-100% of the time
(N)Never, (O)Occasionally,
(F)Frequently or
(C)Constantly
Exposure to extreme temperatures (high or low). N
Outdoor elements such as precipitation and wind. N
Noisy environments. N
Other hazardous conditions such as vibration, uneven ground surfaces, or dust
& fumes. N
Small and/or enclosed spaces. N
No adverse environmental conditions expected. N
Physical Demands (U.S. only):
Check only one below Check only one below
Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.X
Light work that includes moving objects up to 20 pounds.
Medium work that includes moving objects up to 50 pounds.
Heavy work that includes moving objects up to 100 pounds or more (team lift)
Must be able to see color. N

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