Company Overview
With 80,000 customers across 150 countries, UKG is the largest U.S.-based private software company in the world. And we're only getting started. Ready to bring your bold ideas and collaborative mindset to an organization that still has so much more to build and achieve? Read on.
At UKG, you get more than just a job. You get to work with purpose. Our team of U Krewers are on a mission to inspire every organization to become a great place to work through our award-winning HR technology built for all.
Here, we know that you're more than your work. That's why our benefits help you thrive personally and professionally, from wellness programs and tuition reimbursement to U Choose - a customizable expense reimbursement program that can be used for more than 200+ needs that best suit you and your family, from student loan repayment, to childcare, to pet insurance. Our inclusive culture, active and engaged employee resource groups, and caring leaders value every voice and support you in doing the best work of your career. If you're passionate about our purpose - people -then we can't wait to support whatever gives you purpose. We're united by purpose, inspired by you.
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About the Company
Here at UKG, our purpose is people™ . Our HR, payroll, and workforce management solutions help organizations unlock happier outcomes for all. And our U Krewers, who build those solutions and support our business, are talented, collaborative, and innovative problem-solvers. We strive to create a culture of belonging and an employee experience that empowers our people - both at work and at home. Our benefits show that we care about the whole you, from adoption and surrogacy assistance to tuition reimbursement and wellness programs. Our employee resource groups provide a welcoming place to land, learn, and connect with those who share your passions and interests. What are you waiting for? Learn more at www.ukg.com/careers #WeAreUKG
About the Team
The Enterprise Technology Delivery Services team, part of the Engineering, Product, Innovation and Cloud (EPIC) Digital organization, is responsible for serving a portfolio of value streams that deliver services and capabilities for our internal customers. Our team provides a full range of technical program and project management services focusing on accelerating the delivery of business value, while driving innovation, continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager to join our team. This role combines solving varied problems, ensuring outcomes, mentoring/leading a team, and maturing delivery processes. You will play a pivotal role in orchestrating and delivering complex programs that drive strategic outcomes for the organization. Leveraging your exceptional communication skills, technical expertise, and leadership abilities, you will lead cross-functional teams in executing large-scale projects while ensuring alignment with business objectives and priorities.
You will make business and customer insights easily accessible, and drive project management best practice adoption and improvement with the EPIC Digital leadership team. This role will work closely with Digital leadership to increase coordination and facilitate continuous prioritization across initiatives.
Responsibilities
• Manage and mentor technical program/project managers, providing daily support and long-term coaching for career growth and development.
• Manage resources effectively, optimizing resource allocation across programs to ensure the efficient and effective use of resources while delivering maximum value to the organization.
• Provide strategic guidance and insight to support decision-making through data-driven analysis and your knowledge of industry trends, organizational priorities and technology and architecture trends.
• Collaborating with other department leaders to define, prioritize, and develop projects.
• Ensuring projects align with business goals with a clearly defined business outcome, adhering to scope, budget, and timeline.
• Planning project management, including setting deadlines, prioritizing tasks, and assigning team members to various deliverables.
• Drive technical program management excellence by leading the planning, execution, and delivery of complex programs by managing cross-functional teams, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards, while ensuring programs are aligned with business objectives.
• Foster an outcome-based strategy and culture by demonstrating strong leadership skills, promoting a culture of collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement, and championing best practices in program management and execution.
• Exhibit exceptional organizational skills by effectively balancing multiple priorities and dependencies and managing risks and mitigating issues.
• Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills by identifying and resolving critical issues, leveraging your professional and technical expertise to implement innovative solutions.
Basic Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• 5+ years' of Experience managing a team of technical program/project managers
• 12+ years' experience as a Technical Program Manager or similar role, with a track record of successfully delivering complex projects.
• Flexibility to adapt work schedule to work across multiple time zones as needed
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate direct reports and cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated expertise in strategic thinking and decision-making abilities
• Experience in agile project management environments including SAFe, Scrum, LPM, and DevOps.
• Strong Cross-functional team experience with various business centric
• Exceptional problem-solving abilities and a keen attention to detail
• Experience managing complex programs
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to convey technical concepts across all levels with an organization towards common goals.
• Able to perform in a hybrid-office role, requiring three or more days per week in the office
• Technical and business familiarities with financial systems (D365), CRM (Salesforce), enterprise data warehouse (Azure Data Lake) or infrastructure projects.
• Experience creating and maintaining project plans and reporting status to senior leaders
Preferred Qualifications
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Experience with large-scale system architecture
• Ability to leverage a customer-centric lens to represent the customer's needs and preferences, where applicable
• Out-of-the-box thinker and results-driven problem solver, who is excited to dive into tough problems, and committed to delivering clear business outcomes.
• Having a continuous learning approach, including the ability to ask relevant questions to understand requirements and context, as well as ability to receive and incorporate feedback
• Experience with JIRA, PowerBI, DevOps
• Preferred certifications include: PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, LPM
• Agile coach experience a plus
Where we're going
UKG is on the cusp of something truly special. Worldwide, we already hold the #1 market share position for workforce management and the #2 position for human capital management. Tens of millions of frontline workers start and end their days with our software, with billions of shifts managed annually through UKG solutions today. Yet it's our AI-powered product portfolio designed to support customers of all sizes, industries, and geographies that will propel us into an even brighter tomorrow!
UKG is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including the recruitment process.
Disability Accommodation
For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email UKGCareers@ukg.com