Technical Program Manager ( Portfolio Companies )

  • Full-time
  • IFS Referral Bonus Code: SH
  • Job Location: Hybrid

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

Meet Benevity

Benevity is the way the world does good, providing companies (and their employees) with technology to take social action on the issues they care about. Through giving, volunteering, grantmaking, employee resource groups and micro-actions, we help most of the Fortune 100 brands build better cultures and use their power for good. We’re also one of the first B Corporations in Canada, meaning we’re as committed to purpose as we are to profits. We have people working all over the world, including Canada, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and more!

High Level Role Overview

Benevity seeks a technical program manager, a unique blend of technical expert and inspiring leader. This person will translate the product vision into actionable programs, overseeing complex engineering initiatives from conception to completion. They'll leverage their expertise in program management and software development lifecycles to lead cross-functional teams, ensuring clear communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to keep programs on track and deliver successful projects.


What you’ll do:

● Coordinate with stakeholders to manage, track and control program challenges and ensure timely delivery of initiatives using Asana and Atlassian as the system of record.

● Drive overall program execution, unblocking roadblocks, handling issues independently, and ensure transparent reporting of progress to leadership.

● Help break the initiative down into executable units, appropriately scheduled to ensure optimized resource loading across the team, and on time delivery of commitments.

● Drive alignment across the team on topics such as architectural direction, key performance indicators, timelines, and more through the life of the product.

● Build positive relationships, and trust, over time through on-time delivery of commitments, high levels of quality, great communication, continuous innovation, and by exceeding expectations.

● Develop scalable tools, processes, and services to optimize performance, while improving execution velocity and efficiency.

● Bring order and identify what needs to get done in an ambiguous, fluid environment.

● Exercise technical judgment to keep goals for programs and products attainable within a given timeline by ensuring trade offs in scope, capacity, and priority are transparent and aligned.

Qualifications

What you’ll bring:

● Bachelor's degree in a related field (CS, Engineering, Humanities, etc) or equivalent practical experience.

● Three of the following 5: ○ 2-5 years' Experience in program Management. ○ 2-5 years' Experience in SaaS systems administration, programming, or supporting large scale systems. ○ 2-5 years' Experience working with code, SDLC, PDLC, and/or application development. ○ 2-5 years' Experience with Agile (Scrum, kanban, etc). ○ 2-5 years' Experience leading cross functional and/or multidisciplinary teams

● Experience with the design and architecture of Software as a Service systems.

● Experience decomposing a body of work into well sequenced executable units where the dependencies are identified and well managed.

● Ability to take initiative, adapt quickly to changing priorities and work with a high sense of urgency with high attention to detail. Ability to interact with technical and non-technical teams.

● Excellent interpersonal, presentation, facilitation and communication skills. Effective problem-solving skills.

Additional Information

We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important for innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community. #Li-Hybrid

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