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Principal Program Manager, Growth

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Atlassian

Principal Program Manager, Growth

San Francisco, CA / Remote

Working at Atlassian

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Your future team

We're hiring a Principal Program Manager, reporting to our Head of Program Management for Growth.

As a Principal Program Manager, you will help shape our Program Management organisation as a senior individual contributor. The goal is to steer a critical Growth portfolio working closely with the teams and product, design and engineering leaders.

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You will have diverse program management capabilities and will guide successful outcomes by influencing others and going deep into issues. Also, you will understand the business strategy and align the technical teams to this to accelerate the program.

What you'll do

  • Manage a portfolio of work in the Platform pillar in Growth, which can range from specific end to end programs to managing an intake process
  • Manage often high-volume and high complexity dependencies and risks between teams by aligning partners and escalating
  • Report on success metrics for programs including major risks
  • Be a partner on the product and delivery strategy with the leadership team
  • Guide, facilitate and close technical discussions to unblock program outcomes
  • Apply your technical understanding to support and negotiate delivery timelines
  • Advocate for change in program management and deliver best practices

Your background

  • 7+ years of program leadership experience on software teams as Program Manager
  • Experience leading projects spanning multiple teams in multiple timezones, covering all of the following
  • Create and hold accountability for the schedule
  • Make critical decisions quickly to keep project on track
  • Track and managing risks and dependencies
  • Communication to your team and partners
  • Collaborate across teams to evolve standards, engineering processes and developer productivity tools
  • Experience using metrics to improve on software development processes for cloud/SaaS teams
  • Experience working with experimentation teams and specifically A/B testing
  • Foundational technical knowledge that will allow you to work with engineering teams
  • Modern SaaS architecture, development and operational experience

Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:

Zone A: $191,900 - $255,900

Zone B: $172,800 - $230,300

Zone C: $159,300 - $212,400

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

Our perks & benefits

Atlassian offers a variety of perks and benefits to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health coverage, paid volunteer days, wellness resources, and so much more. Visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefitsto learn more.

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.

Client-provided location(s): San Francisco, CA, USA
Job ID: Atlassian-14878
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • On-Site Gym
    • HSA
  • Parental Benefits

    • Adoption Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Work-From-Home Stipend
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Holiday Events
    • Casual Dress
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Founder led
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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