Role: Program Manager - Software Telco
Location: Plantation, FL (HQ)
Interview: Phone/Skype
Emp Type: Contract to Hire
Client is an eclectic group of visionaries, rocket scientists, wizards, and gurus from the fields of film, robotics, visualization, software, computing, and user experience. We are growing quickly, and this is the time to get on board and play a role in shaping the way people will be interacting with the world tomorrow.
The program manager will provide program/project management leadership focused on the delivery of carrier-specific software and related activities with wireless telecom providers for North America and Asia. You will plan, manage and coordinate cross-functional software activities within Client engineering team as well as interface with the carrier engineering team. The Role reports to the Director, Software Program.
Responsibilities:
● Responsible to lead complex, multi-disciplinary software development and engineering projects.
● Manage Technical/Program management leadership with wireless carrier/service provider/mobile network provider and engineering developments towards the carrier requirements.
● Manage carrier certification of device software, factory and carrier programming, requirement analysis, technology selection, architecture activities.
● Provide Program management leadership to multiple software engineering teams as well as carrier software technical relationships.
● Plan, manage and prioritize implementation tasks for features, defects, projects, and releases.
● Collaborates and works with internal application/middleware/framework teams as well as carrier technical/certification teams.
● Work with internal and external organizations to manage interdependencies and to develop and integrate innovative solutions.
● Follow technology trends and developments to rapidly absorb new knowledge bases and incorporate them into new and existing features.
Qualifications:
● Thorough experience managing technical requirements with multiple wireless carriers or past experience leading the development of software related to carrier customization or certification.
● Experience with consumer electronics with a detailed understanding of Mobile HW and Linux based embedded operating systems and software layers.
● Experience in embedded software, preferably managing the software for wireless carriers with any consumer electronics devices.
● Experience driving the product through major wireless carrier certification/technical compliance.
● Proficient in verbal/written communication skills including a presentation to large audiences.
● Full understanding of software development lifecycles and best practices
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills and bilingual English/Japanese and/or Korean
Education:
● BS/MS in Computer Science/Computer Engineer /Electrical Engineer/Communication engineers preferred or equivalent experience in the telecommunications industry
● PMP Certification is a plus