Nvidia Senior Release Planning Technical Program Manager 

United States, California 

590491830

What you will be doing:

Be an effective Leader in the overall end-to-end software development and delivery of products. You will:

• Drive the day-to-day operational aspects of software development, coordinating across multiple development teams as well as QA, release operations, etc.

• Establish metrics and indicators to assess the predictability and health of releases

• Drive process change and improvement throughout the organization

• Investigate, demo, and recommend tooling changes to support process changes and improvements

• Create common strategies and efficiencies and persuade multiple business units of the advantages

• Develop and lead program schedules, milestones and deliverables.

• Foresee risks and build risk management solutions as appropriate

• Accurately represent the urgency of issues and escalate issues appropriately.

• Regularly communicate the program status and key issues to management.

What we need to see:

• Previous experience in leading software products

• Expertise in JIRA tool, Microsoft Project and other project management tool

• Familiarity with software source code management systems and branching schemes

• 8+ years Software Project Management experience driving engineering

• Experience leading global projects

• Background as a software engineer or a software QA engineer

• Experience evaluating and driving adoption of new process workflows in medium to large organizations

• BS/MS or equivalent experience in Computer Science

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Certified in Program Management (PMI, Stanford, UC Berkeley Extension, etc)

• Previous experience as a software engineering manager or a QA manager is a plus