Senior Manager Technical Program Management

Overview:

At Zebra, we are a community of innovators who come together to create new ways of working. United by curiosity and a culture of caring, we develop smart solutions that anticipate our customer’s and partner’s needs and solve their challenges.

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

 

You’ll have opportunities to learn and lead in a forward-thinking environment, defining your path to a fulfilling career while channeling your skills toward causes you care about—locally and globally.

Come make an impact every day at Zebra.

What We're Looking For:

Zebra's Wearable Solutions business unit focuses on developing compact, small form factored wearables products and advanced AI solutions that runs on these devices to enable enterprise customers run their operations with increased productivity.

Our technical and solutions program management team is responsible for leading a cross-functional team of Systems, Hardware, Firmware and SW Engineers, Test Engineers, Supply chain Operations, etc. from initial concept to deployment.

We are seeking a Senior Manager of Technical Program Manager (sw/hw) with proven functional leadership ability to develop a team of program managers operating across all levels of the organization. S/he will drive strategic initiatives and solutions development in realizing our company's vision.
Additionally, the ideal candidate will meet complex program goals for product performance, quality goals, regulatory compliance requirements, cost, schedule and development budget.

You will partner with Product Management, Marketing, and our 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.

This role is a minimum of 3-days per week on-site in Zebra's Mississauga, Ontario, Canada office, 2 days remote.

This posting is for an existing vacancy at Zebra Technologies.

• Provides functional leadership of program management teams with possible direct supervision of senior PM’s and managers.
• Independently drives team growth and development plans and supports individual’s execution of development activities such as training, mentorships, and guiding growth opportunities for high potentials.
• Provides team leadership for scaled Agile cross-functional innovation teams. Contributes to and promotes the development of agile skillset and capabilities within Zebra. Drives execution of solutions inclusive of concept definition, requirements validation, architecture specification, and governance compliance to our Application Lifecycle Management framework.
• 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.
• Establishes standards of performance across programs that are typically complex in nature with cross-functional teams in numerous locations and time zones. Drives continuous improvement initiatives to improve quality, increase efficiency and accelerate time to market.
• Works independently with business in defining proof of value and customer’s return on investment.
• 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 builds relationships and working across all relevant areas of the solution business including Sales, Services, IT, Finance, Marketing, Product, Engineering, and Support.
• Organizes and presents business, technical and program reviews/status to Senior Leadership using digital media, dashboards and JIRA agile project management tools.
• Recognized as an "expert" in the business function and processes in which the program is operating
• Motivates teams to ensure solutions are reliable and of quality, in a highly collaborative fashion
• Independently coordinates 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 advanced understanding of development processes and product launch scope and activities
• Demonstrates strength in hiring, recruiting, managing, developing, coaching, and retaining individuals and teams.
• Explores and understands competitive landscape in both product and business terms. Defines strategic initiatives to align the business to agile product development.
• Work closely with Portfolio Management to ensure strategic goals align and are represented in the innovation feature roadmap. Lead development of business plans, strategies and approaches to take advantage of business opportunities.
• Leads strategic partnerships with technology companies (including startups) that are developing adjacent new cutting-edge solution elements.
• Partners with Zebra Ventures to identify entities that are added-value to your business and solutions.
• Develops and protects intellectual property; is well versed with IP fundamentals.

Minimum Qualifications:

• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or STEM degree required
• Minimum 12 years' Engineering/Technical Program management and Scrum Master experience for products in fast paced environment, including minimum 2 years as team supervisor / manager.
• Must have experience with small form factored hardware product development for consumer or enterprise customers (such as wearable computers, barcode ring scanners, Headphones, IoT devices etc.)
• Must have experience and past responsibility for multiple significant solution offerings delivered-to-market for AI and/or SaaS based offerings.
• Must be enterprise PM and have experience in professional services (external client facing)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Required to understand the components of the AI development lifecycle from both a development and GTM perspective

• Experienced in Solution development made up of firmware, BSP, Applications/utilities for Android and iOS, cloud development, software/services integration.

• Demonstrated technical leadership in managing the challenges for wearable products/solution in area of Human factors, UI/UX, integrating AI/ML capabilities into power-constrained edge devices etc.

• Demonstrates the ability to see cross-functional impacts of decisions and project plans and execution.

• Expert in end-to-end plan development for NPI including marketing, launch planning, supply chain/manufacturing, post sell support/repair services etc.

• Experience in contract/SOW management, strategic supplier relationship management to ensure business continuity and alignment

• Experienced in managing a budget of up to $15M for business unit, demonstrated financial acumen with experience in annual budget creation, quarterly forecasting, and management of accruals and invoicing

• Experienced in industry standard Program/solution lifecycle management processes and ISO compliance

• Demonstrated experience in architecting and executing digital transformation initiatives by leveraging AI, automation, and data analytics to drive process efficiencies, solve complex business problems, and deliver measurable value

• Strong strategic leadership and analytical skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills

• Solid critical thinking and questioning skills

• Self-motivated, results driven, manages risks, and thrives in an environment of uncertainty and continuous innovation.

• Ability to drive definition and creation of solutions from skeleton use cases 

• Experienced team builder, great at collaboration and managing resources; proven interpersonal skills

• Advanced expertise with software development best practices including Scaled Agile, TDD and Continuous Integration; a track record of applying these methodologies

• Advanced expertise working independently and as part of a team to solve difficult technical, quality, cost, and schedule challenges, expert in risk management practices

• Master's degree preferred
• PMP or PMI-CPMAI certification preferred.

Zebra is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identify, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at [email protected]. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

 

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Zebra is a federal contractor and is committed to an alcohol and drug free workplace. As a result, all U.S. based employees are subject to the Drug and Alcohol Free Workplace Policy and Procedure.

Zebra Technologies is committed to ensuring equal access and participation for people with disabilities. We are committed to treating people with disabilities in a way that allows them to maintain their dignity and independence. We are also committed to giving people with disabilities the same opportunity to access our services and allowing them to benefit from the same services, in the same place and in a similar way as other clients. We will do so by removing and preventing barriers to accessibility and meeting our accessibility requirements under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and Ontario’s accessibility laws. In keeping with these commitments, for any applicant, employee or customer that needs accessibility assistance, kindly direct all inquiries to [email protected].

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Zebra is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability and protected veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law. If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance in applying for a position, please contact us at [email protected].

Know Your Rights:

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Pay Range:

$140,240.00 - $190,240.00 Annual

Incentive Compensation:

In addition to base pay, Zebra offers this role the opportunity to earn a performance-based annual cash incentive, at a target equal to 20% of base pay, in accordance with the terms of the applicable incentive plan.

Total Rewards:

Zebra Total Rewards includes more than just pay and is structured to meet the needs of our changing global business and evolving talent. We are committed to providing our employees with a benefits program that is comprehensive and competitive – including healthcare, wellness, inclusion networks, and continued learning and development offerings. We offer community service days, in addition to the traditional insurances, compensation, parental leave, employee assistance program and paid time off offerings depending on the country where you work.

Salary offered will vary depending on your location, job-related skills, knowledge, and experience.

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