Manager, Software Engineering

YOUR IMPACT

Provide supervision, direction and leadership to project managers and project teams on medium to large scale global projects with internal and direct customer impact.

Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget and within agreed upon quality standards.

Work closely with cross-functional teams within Open Text and partner with key stakeholders. Align technology solutions with business strategies. Contribute and drive improvement of R&D processes and functions.

Define goals, objectives and measurements for the teams, track performance and show continued increase in value. Must be confident, highly motivated and passionate about delivery and customer satisfaction.

Must have strong organization, communication and planning skills. Must have a technical background.

Must have extensive experience managing projects with Agile Scrum and Waterfall methodologies.

What The Role Offers

• Provide direction and leadership to a staff of direct reports, foster employee development and employee engagement
• Deliver assigned projects to time, budget and agreed quality standards
• Lead teams to ensure project delivery success
• Build and maintain strong client relationships, internal and external
• Ensure appropriate and timely reporting against each project
• Manage communication cross-functionally and escalate promptly as issues arise
• Facilitate regular Steering Committee meetings and present to senior level management
• Provide resource forecasting and optimize usage of resources
• Refine and improve the in-house methodology and delivery processes
• Take responsibility for ensuring customer satisfaction during project delivery
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure plans & resources are coordinated, and project deliverables are well defined, scoped and achieved
• Ensure project management documentation is maintained including but not limited to project plans, issues, risks, action items, scorecards and project SharePoint sites

What You Need To Succeed

• Bachelors degree in computer science or related discipline
• 10+ years of project management experience
• 5+ years managing direct reports.