Engineering Program Manager

US, Remote

ABOUT WIND RIVER 

Wind River is a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems. For more than four decades, the company has been an innovator and pioneer, powering billions of systems that require the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.  

Wind River helps customers across automotive, aerospace, defense, industrial, medical, and telecommunications industries solve complex technology challenges on their journey toward the new intelligent machine economy. The company’s software powers generation after generation of the safest, most secure systems in the world.  Examples include playing a key role in NASA space missions such as Artemis I, the James Webb Space Telescope, and multiple Mars rovers. We’ve achieved recent 5G milestones including the world’s first successful 5G data session with Verizon and building one of the largest Open RAN networks in the world with Vodafone. 

The company has received industry recognition for its technology innovation and leadership, and for its workplace culture, including global Great Place to Work certification and being named a “Top Workplace” for ten consecutive years. If you want to be part of a unique culture where the lived experience is based on our cultural attributes of growth mindset, customer-focus, and diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging, come join us and help advance the future software defined world. 

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

As an Engineering Program Manager (EPM), you will have the opportunity to work with Wind River’s Engineering and Product Management teams on a broad range of products, and initiatives that will directly impact our company’s velocity, agility, and market penetration. This role plays a pivotal role in building consensus, structuring the content and schedule, executing releases, and implementing positive change.

Who You Will Work With
 

• The successful candidate will work with all groups within Wind River and manage products and initiatives from inception to delivery. This includes supporting existing in-flight programs and driving new initiatives.
• This position will report to the Director of the Program Management Office.

Responsibilities
 

• Plan, coordinate, and lead release planning and execution activities with multi-disciplinary, geographically distributed teams with a focus on driving compliance with the Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL).
• Drive schedule and content commitments between Engineering and Product Management that include developing new features and enhancements with continuous attention to security.
• Ensure that all stakeholders are well informed of the objective, scope, and timelines of the planned deliverables.
• Identify and resolve impediments, risks, dependencies, and scope changes.
• Maintain engagement with business teams, product owners, security teams, and technical leads to ensure strategy and execution alignment.
• Create an environment allowing mutual influence, collaboration, and self-organization.

ABOUT YOU

Core Competencies & Demonstrated Success
 

• You have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• You have demonstrated success working within a matrix organizational structure.
• Demonstrated experience in driving large programs.

Qualifications
 

• 6 years total engineering experience, at least 3+ years of program management experience, in a cloud native or embedded environment.
• Strong understanding of phase/gate and agile development methodologies and tools
• Must be an initiative-taker and strong collaborator.

It will be great if you also have:

• Software Engineering experience with the full development lifecycle and processes, agile and scrum project management tools (e.g., Jira and Confluence)
• Experience managing complex, multi-product requirements intake and backlog refinement processes.
• Technology development experience in the Cloud and Analytics
• Professional certification(s) in project management such as PMP and PMI-ACP

BENEFITS 

• Flexible home office! We offer the flexibility of a hybrid work schedule or 100% remote
• Named Top Workplace for the 8th year in a row
• Wind River’s commitment to DEIB
• 100% Employee covered Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance*
• Flexible Time Off policy* + 12 observed Holidays
• 401K with company match
• Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Wellness Benefits through Unmind

Compensation                

The annual base salary range for this role’s listed grade level is currently $129,000 to $170,000 plus a bonus for Colorado, New York, and New Jersey residents, and $149,000 to $190,000 plus a bonus for SF Bay Area, Greater Seattle, NYC, and Washington, DC, residents. Salary ranges are determined through interviews and a review of the education, experience, knowledge, skills, location, and abilities of the applicant, and equity with other team members. Employees in this role are also eligible for the following benefits in accordance with the terms of the Company's plans: health, dental, vision insurance, life insurance, flex time off, eligibility to enroll in 401k, and 12 paid holidays.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY 

Wind River is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate.  Wind River will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on these characteristics. 

To learn more, visit Wind River at www.windriver.com. 

APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE:                

Your privacy is of the utmost importance to us. At Wind River, we strictly adhere to all applicable data privacy laws. Please review Wind River's Applicant Privacy Notice, which can be found here.                    

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