Job Description
Are you ready to lead projects in an agile and innovative company? Are you passionate about using technology to change the world?
Groupon is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) to partner with engineers, product managers, other project and program managers, business leaders, and senior management located across the globe. We're looking for people who take the lead on solving complex technological problems with cutting-edge technologies, are passionate about innovating on behalf of customers, and want to have fun while they make history.
An ideal TPM at Groupon is a creative, proven leader with superior analytical abilities and an expeditious drive to own the solution of complex problems and deliver results. Our TPMs hold truth to power and drive program ambiguity to clarity. This opportunity requires deep technical problem-solving expertise and crisp, clear communication skills.
We're looking for Technical Program Management professionals who want to thrive in a fast-changing environment, propose and implement new ways to get things done, and proactively remove blockers to enable team and project success.
We're a "best of both worlds" kind of company. We're big enough to have resources and scale, but small enough that a single person has a surprising amount of autonomy and can make a meaningful impact. We're curious, fun, a little intense, and kind of obsessed with helping local businesses thrive. Does that sound like a compelling place to work?
You’ll spend time on the following:
- Bringing together disparate teams to achieve critical business goals and leading major organizational transformation initiatives.
- Leading program teams’ work through ideation to iterative delivery including tracking progress against goals, removing blockers, leading creative problem solving, creating best ways to report and track against objectives, resource management, vendors and contract negotiation processes
- Coordination of various large scale projects and programs.
- Living the Groupon culture and collaborating with its amazing people.
We’re excited about you if you have:
- 4+ years of proven successful technical project or program management experience.
- 2+ years of experience leading large-scale projects with cross-functional teams in global, fast-paced, customer-driven eCommerce or SaaS industries.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related technical discipline OR the equivalent demonstrated experience in a technical capacity
- Proven experience leading large-scale projects with complex dependencies
- Strong communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders such as C-Level and VP-Level management, including effective assessment of project health, issue escalation, and effective reporting to all levels within the organization.
- Excellent influencing, decision making, prioritization, time management, problem-solving, and conflict resolution skills.
- Experience in Agile Scrum and related ceremonies, and in JIRA - creating and managing project boards, issues, epics, sprints, reports.
- Proven record of leading teams to improved processes via Retrospectives.
- Experience in project risk management and financial management (budgeting, forecasting, strategic planning).
- A plus if you have... Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or a related technical discipline
- Experience in Product Development, Finance, or Marketing
- Scrum Master, Product Owner, PMP, or other project certifications.