Senior Technical Program Manager

At Realtor.com, we are building products that empower millions of home buyers, renters, dreamers, and real estate professionals. We aim to radically simplify the home buying/selling process, and to help more people achieve the dream of home ownership. To help us achieve this mission, we are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to drive execution excellence on realtor.com’s highest value initiatives.

In this role, you will work closely with our software product development teams to facilitate the delivery of cross-functional programs of work. You will work with stakeholders to assemble project teams, assign responsibilities, identify appropriate resources needed, and develop schedules to ensure clear dependency management and unstoppable execution. You will also assess and manage risks to the program by anticipating bottlenecks and facilitating tradeoffs when necessary.

This role will require candidates who embrace autonomy, have a strong perspective on how groups of teams can work effectively together, and a comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end cycles of planning and product delivery. You should have a strong perspective on driving effective collaboration between teams, and be adept at managing diverse groups of stakeholders. You should be comfortable with tracking and leveraging metrics to support team health and performance, and advocating for continuous process improvement.

What you’ll do:

• Organizing cross-functional programs and projects in accordance with the mission and goals of the organization.
• Drive continuous planning efforts leading up to quarterly and yearly planning, as well as driving the execution of the cross-functional plans.
• Drive a streamlined cadence across the program by putting in place operating mechanisms that help the program effectively and efficiently meet goals and objectives.
• Driving dependency management, risk tracking and issue resolution.
• Tracking and reporting program delivery status and teams’ progress toward quarterly OKRs and the roadmap.
• Driving rigor across the program around documentation, cross-team communication and effective meetings.
• Driving continuous improvement across the program by utilizing feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity.
• Identify areas for continuous improvement and continued success to support adoption of best practices and help tackle organization-wide operations initiatives.

What you’ll bring:

• Minimum of 5 years in a technical program management role.
• Thorough understanding of modern software development lifecycles.
• A deep knowledge-base of Agile practices and principles.
• Experience in driving multiple technology projects and initiatives from inception to completion.
• Prior experience establishing and scaling cross-functional technology programs, process and delivery.
• Experience with Atlassian Suite (JIRA Align is a plus but not required).
• Experience with the OKR goal-setting methodology.
• PMP, CSM and/or SAFE  accreditation is beneficial, but not a hard requirement.
• Experience working with distributed / multi-office teams.
• Clear and comfortable communication skills.