Summary:

Manages the development and implementation process of a company’s products and services. Coordinates departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products. Monitors the project from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget/spending. Organizes cross-functional activities, ensuring completion of the project i.e. product on schedule and within budget constraints.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Job Description:  Viavi Solutions has been pioneering solutions to enhance communication technologies for almost 100 years. We help our customers around the world optimize and maintain many of the world’s largest and most complex networks. Behind all the data that moves around the globe, are Viavi employees that see the big picture and who can untangle the complexities of global networks.

Our employees are also at the forefront of Network security and performance – we develop and deliver solutions that provide security to the world’s most sensitive institutions including Financial and Government infrastructures.

As a highly Technical Program Manager, you are part of a 15 member PMO team, with responsibility of executing high impact / innovative Development Programs from Program Initiation through General Availability.  The 15 member PMO team leads programs for >1k R&D staff.  This position is part of the Security Solutions Business.

Key responsibilities:

• Stage Gate Management and Oversight of Technical Programs (This includes HW and SW)
• Stage gate checklists updated and deliverables executed by the cross functional team managers/leads.
• Ensure the cross-functional team managers/leads provide all necessary management reporting and Stage Gate reviews for the Program
• Overall Budget Management for the Programs. This requires interaction with the other program managers, Engineering leads and finance.
• Accountability for overall business success of assigned New Product Development Programs (Schedule execution, Content, Quality and Financials)
• Work with Functional Managers to ensure resources are available and assigned to the Team
• Ensure each of the PMs and Leads develop and maintain an integrated program plan and schedule with Cross Functional Core Team
• Lead the PMs/Core Team in managing and tracking program progress, including making tradeoff decisions to achieve Program objectives within a set of constraints defined by Senior Functional Management
• Drive fast resolution of barriers and issues with the Core Teams by elevating to appropriate level of Management for fast decision making
• Proactive Risk Management through risk identification and development of risk mitigation plans with the Core Team
• Provide all necessary management reporting and reviews for the Program
• Recommend to Senior Functional Management the continued investment or closure of the Program based on projected business results

Qualifications:

This influential role requires a BS/MS degree in either EE, Physics, or Comp Sci and 10+ years hands-on experience in a high tech HW and SW environment for Network Test and Security

The successful candidate will have:

• 10+ years hands-on experience developing/testing hardware and software for Network Test and Security products
• Excellent leadership, communications and influencing skills operating at the Senior Management Level
• Leadership experience within a global matrix management organization
• Experience managing or operating within X-functional, multi-discipline teams
• Deep understanding of Product Development Lifecycle from Concept through to Launch/Shipment
• Proven Track record of delivering results
• Strong business acumen; Understanding of key Financial metrics & levers
• Budget Forecasting and Tracking experience to ensure Financial targets are achieved.
• A proactive approach to risk management and continuous process improvement
• Can operate in both an Agile and Waterfall based development environments.
• Position is in Bucharest, Romania

Key Skills:

• Proficient with Agile project tracking tools such in the Atlassian Tool Chain(Jira, Confluence)
• MS Project or equivalent tool knowledge; Demonstrated Critical Path tracking.
• MS Office proficient
• Demonstrated root cause analysis / process improvement methodologies

Preferred Skills:

• Knowledge of AI tools for Program Management Efficiency
• CI/CD and DevOps knowledge.  Familiarity with Bitbucket, Jenkins, & Artifactory
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Product Lifecycle Management tool such as Oracle’s Agile PLM
• CCMI or Six Sigma background

Pre-Requisites / Skills / Experience Requirements: