Technical Program Manager

Summary :

VIAVI (NASDAQ : VIAV) has a 90+ year history of technical innovations that have evolved to keep pace and address our customer’s most pressing business issues. We make equipment, software, and systems that help to plan, deploy, certify, monitor, and optimize all kinds of networks - like those for mobile phones, service providers, large businesses and data centers. VIAVI is also a leader in high performance thin film optical coatings and engineered diffusers, providing light management solutions to anti-counterfeiting, consumer electronics, automotive, defense and instrumentation markets.

We are the people behind the products that help keep the world connected – at home, school, work, at play, and everywhere in between. VIAVI employees are fierce about supporting customer success and we welcome people who bring their best every day to the company - to question, to collaborate and to push for solutions that will delight our customers.

Duties & Responsibilities :

Duties / Responsibilities :

• Monitor programs / projects from initiation (kickoff gate) through delivery (ship gate)
• Track progress on project plans, schedules, budgets, and deliverables
• Identify needed resources for projects
• Facilitate communication and coordination across cross-functional teams
• Lead cross-functional program / project meetings, document meeting minutes and track actions
• Coordinate multiple projects and reconcile the interdependencies between them
• Work effectively and efficiently with others on the cross-functional team, consistently applying best practices
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement
• Proactively manage program risks and issues through risk identification and mitigation processes
• Manage communication of program status, technical progress, and business impact with program stakeholders
• Track project change controls
• Ensure compliance with the Business Management System (BMS) and Product Development Policy (PDP) processes and procedures
• Schedule and organize project gate review meetings
• Collect and report on project metrics / KPIs
• Utilize best-practice project management tools and methodologies

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Preferred Qualifications :