Technical Program Manager

As a Technical Program Manager at Workiva, you'll play a pivotal role in our cross-departmental programs, shaping the future of our product development and strategic initiatives. Your role is about more than just managing programs; it's about inspiring collaboration, mediating conflicts, and ensuring our projects deliver tangible results. Join our inclusive team, where excellence knows no bounds!

What You'll Do

• Deliver Success: Lead the charge in delivering program success across the full product development lifecycle and driving projects forward within the program

• Metrics and Feedback: Regularly gather and report on project/program metrics, seeking feedback to improve our progress updates

• Dependency Management: Coordinate and oversee dependencies, collaborating with teams to ensure project success and accelerate milestones

• Program Reviews: Conduct regular program/project reviews with leaders, providing status updates and recommending actions for success

• Collaboration Champion: Foster collaboration at all levels—up, sideways, and down to the project level

• Program Assessment: Work closely with stakeholders to determine program success and plan for the implementation of successful programs while discontinuing unsuccessful ones

• Innovation Culture: Support the cultivation of a culture of innovation and continuous improvement

• Strategic Execution: Focus on executing our strategy, delivering benefits, and realizing our strategic goals through the design, planning, and delivery of strategic initiatives

• Change Agent: Drive change by promoting business agility, communicating effectively, and institutionalizing a culture of adaptability

• Conflict Resolution: Mediate and resolve conflicts within the program, ensuring smooth collaboration

• Cross-functional leadership: Partner closely with colleagues and stakeholders to lead, assist, or stay informed about collaborative programs and initiatives that have the potential for broad-scale impact

• Building Relationships: Network with stakeholders to build cross-functional relationships that help shape, define, and execute our strategies and initiatives

What You'll Need

Minimum Qualifications

• An undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related field

• 4 years of project/program management or similar experience

Preferred Qualifications

• PMI certification (e.g., PMP, PMI ACP, or PRINCE 2), Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification, and/or proficiency with Jira Agile are a plus

• A robust grasp of the product development life-cycle.

• Understanding of the SaaS market in relation to program management

• A passion for collaboration, spending the majority of your time communicating, collaborating, and coordinating cross-functionally.

• Strong assessment skills, with the ability to evaluate wants vs. needs and negotiate prioritization effectively

• Proficiency in technical concepts and system architecture.

• The flexibility to navigate from the big picture to details while managing complex cross-functional projects, often with tight …