Lead, Technical Program Manager IoT

At Cisco Meraki, we know that technology can connect us, empower us, and drive us. By simplifying powerful technology we can free passionate people to focus on their mission. As the fastest growing cloud-managed networking team in the world, our products and technology architecture are changing the face of enterprise networking and making cloud-managed IT a reality.

Meraki is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager Leader to be responsible for leading a team of Technical Program Managers. Come be part of the new team that delivers groundbreaking products for businesses and organizations of all sizes. As a Technical Program Manager Leader, you will work closely with our device Software Engineering, Product Management, Marketing, Support, Sales, Strategy, Finance, Legal and Operations teams to define efficient and effective processes from product conceptualization through all phases of product development. Our goal is to deliver high-value products/projects to our customers to achieve target success.

You will be responsible for the following:

• Lead a team of Product Technical Program Managers
• Define and own overall program management governance
• Create and manage long-term goals for the program management team
• Manage the long-term goals and planning for the the technical organization that you will support
• Understand product use cases and communicate technically with Product & Engineering teams
• Craft portfolio status reports and deliver executive briefings to update senior leaders and partners
• Develop strong working relationships with multi-functional teams to best understand and deliver on business goals and priorities
• Adhere to metrics and governance for Meraki’s process and provide inputs to process improvements

You are ideal for this role if you have:

• Bachelors or higher degree in a related technical field (Electrical, Electronics Engineering/Computer Science) or equivalent experience in cloud-connected device technologies and/or software engineering
• 10+ years of experience as Program Manager in device technologies, software, embedded, networking, or products
• 5+ years of experience leading or mentoring program managers
• Understanding of Sensors, cameras, and relevant IoT technologies
• Strong understanding of software development processes
• Ability to work in both Agile and Waterfall styles of development
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Ability to influence peers, leaders, and executives to drive towards common business goals
• Experience working with project planning tools (MS Project, Excel, Gantt charts, Jira, Wrike, Confluence, Google Docs)
• Proficient in Agile Project Management processes
• Should be able to deal well with rapid changes, and feel comfortable navigating uncertain/ambiguous situations.

At Cisco Meraki, we don't just accept differences - it's one of our key values. Everybody In means we listen to each other's opinions. Everybody is accepted and valued here, and we are a team that works as one towards our goals. We recognize that diverse teams make the strongest teams, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.

We encourage you to drop us a line even if you don’t have all the points above. That’s a lot of different areas of responsibility! We will help you pick them up because we believe that great engineers come from a diverse set of backgrounds.