Title:  Engineering Program Mgr (Jira, Confluence, Virtualization)

Job Summary

Solutions Integration Engineering (SIE) is part of Global Innovations Solutions and Alliances (GISA) Business unit. The team is tasked to build integrated solutions which would help the customers to solve their integration challenges on hand.
If you love finding creative solutions to challenging problems, innovate and want to be part of a growing team building the end -end solutions for the biggest tech giants then we have this opportunity for you where you can make an impact and help your career advance together with NetApp 
The Engineering Program Manager will own and manage the end-to-end program and release management of NetApp’s key growth initiatives.
 Your main responsibilities include working cross-functional with all stakeholders to identify and gain alignment around a set of deliverables and program milestones that lead to strategic solutions. 
Stakeholders could be internal to NetApp or external customers, vendors, and partners.
The incumbent will lead the cross-functional team from concept, design, implementation to launch the product/service in the market while working within the guidelines and cadence defined by the program team.

Job Requirements

•    Own program & release management of key initiatives, delivery, and results
•    Enable cooperation and alignment in the program across all roles and functions in multiple geos.
•    Responsible for understanding and communicating current and future resource needs of program.
•    Navigate through ambiguity and drive the team towards the common goals.
•    Build deep and productive working relationships with senior-level business and shared services partners; challenging business assumptions and offering a point of view to assist in the decision-making process.
•    Provide senior leaders updates regarding progress, results, and feedback regarding program.
•    Identify important issues and risks, recommend options and facilitate team decisions.
•    Requires an understanding of stakeholder motivations, politics and impacts to the organization.
•    Utilise effective project management, business process management, team building, and change achieve business results.
•    8+ years of work experience leading large and complex cross-functional engineering projects and product implementations.
•    Excellent communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills with the ability to influence at all levels in a highly matrixed organization.
•    Results-oriented: proven track record of taking initiative, work with minimal direction, to deliver results.
•    Demonstrated ability to mitigate risks proactively, resolve issues, and escalate when appropriate.
•    Ability to function well in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with competing priorities.
•    Must possess a growth mindset
•    Hands-on expertise in Microsoft Office applications, JIRA, Confluence, Smart sheets is a must

•    Storage industry experience & Virtualization stack is a definite plus
•    Experience with Agile, a plus.

Education

•    Typically requires a minimum of 8-12 years of related experience.
•    A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering.