Responsibilities:
Who We Are:
SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connected Vehicle Services) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners - in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are.
We are proud to have launched a new state-of-the-art technology facility in Dublin, Ireland. The Dublin-based team plays a critical role in our continued digital transformation, and functions as a center of excellence for SiriusXM’s global Product and Technology organization.
SiriusXM’s new Dublin facility comprises a workforce focused on software development, automotive technology and engineering, adtech, data science, and analytics. Talent based in Dublin will be charged with developing and implementing best-in-class standards for high-quality, scalable software deliveries for SiriusXM’s streaming and in-vehicle audio entertainment platforms.
How you’ll make an impact:
The Principal Technical Program Manager will be responsible for the planning and execution of large, complex cross-team initiatives across platform areas within the Commerce, Core Service, and Supply Chain domains.
You must have a proven technical program management track record in enterprise-wide initiatives, including roadmap planning, discovery, cross-functional interdependencies, alignment, and implementation. The primary focus is the orchestration of engineering and program leadership for the development and in-market enhancements that are impactful to revenue, customer subscription management and experiences, and data pipelines between SiriusXM and Automotive manufacturers.
This role will integrate technical program management best practices with your ability to help drive decision making of product and engineering stakeholders, and ultimately the execution of impactful initiatives by managing the cross-functional alignment required for delivery of business value.
In addition, this represents an exciting opportunity to be a senior member of a small and high performing experienced team of technically-focused, enterprise-level program managers, with a focus of enablement and execution. Our focus are those “big boulder” initiatives that will transform and modernize our platform, products, and business, and are thus met with much visibility across the organization.
What you’ll do:
Ensure best practices and repeatable consistent processes for requirements definition, including the use of Jira to enable the traceability of tickets to our company roadmap, and the engagement with TPM-driven processes leading to engineering fulfillment
Guide the appropriate funneling of requirements to Engineering teams by driving collaborations across all functional product and stakeholder orgs, including Product teams, Business stakeholders (Finance, Legal, Marketing), and Business areas (Automotive, Content, Martech)
Contribute to executive-facing program reviews, utilizing Jira data, along with program insights, to create clear communication on health of product definition, technical executions, cross-team accountabilities and expectations. Regularly contribute to conversations with leads across all functions, including the executive leadership team.
Manage and execute large-scale programs with a focus on improving deployment processes, project timelines, and delivery standards.
Lead cross-functional communications, inclusive of change management and initiative status reporting
Provide escalation paths as appropriate, to identify risks, improve execution and remove barriers to execution
Create and maintain comprehensive domain roadmaps, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and enhancing process efficiencies.
Apply expert-level understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and best practices to deliver high-impact programs.
Act as a technical knowledge repository, supporting engineering teams with precise and relevant information through a robust technical vocabulary.
Collaborate effectively with stakeholders to articulate the value of technical initiatives, advocate for their prioritization, and ensure their successful execution.
Function as a technical liaison, fostering productive partnerships between cross-functional teams to ensure smooth project progression and alignment.
Lead preparations and ceremonies with engineering and product for cross-domain program reviews relating to core technology initiatives
Work closely with engineering teams to ensure clarification of work priorities, backlog and schedule management
Drive a culture of innovation and be an agent of change.
Cultivate a culture that rewards aggressive pursuit of innovative solutions to problems
What you’ll need:
Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent work experience
Minimum 10 years of deep TPM experience leading large scale technology initiatives within tight deadlines, across multiple cross-functional teams, and building consumer facing applications across a variety of platforms; people management is a plus
Minimum 10 years experience managing engineering focused programs, building processes and coordinating release schedules
Minimum 10 years of program experience in commerce platform technologies (payment and billing, IAP, subscription management, offer management) and/or data and marketing related technologies.
Minimum 5 years Atlassian (Jira) or similar tooling for managing product and engineering intake and fulfillment processes across large scale engineering initiatives
Excellent managerial skills and interpersonal skills; effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering, ability to interact and work with staff at all levels.
Expert-level understanding of SDLC methodologies and hands-on experience with Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall practices.
Strong propensity towards relationship building
Experience working with multiple Agile methodologies
Architectural or systems design experience
Our goal at SiriusXM is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism and cooperation. SiriusXM is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, gender identity, marital status, familial status, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.
The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice.
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