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Senior Program Manager
Job Summary
- Job: 33968-DCOL
- Location: US-MA-Natick
- Department: Infrastructure and Architecture
Will be responsible for supporting the planning and execution of multiple product release programs for MathWorks' sophisticated software products including traditional desktop products as well as online product offerings; working with the larger MathWorks technical community including Development (Engineering, QE, Documentation, and Usability), Program Managers, Release Engineering, Marketing, Operations, Online Product teams, and Technical Support, to coordinate product releases; leading, coordinating, and executing various engineering product release programs from initiation through completion; generating and maintaining release schedules and milestone definitions; working with the Development organization to coordinate, plan, and monitor release programs; assessing risk and managing contingency plans at the release program level; identifying release program-level conflicts and working with senior management to escalate and resolve; effectively communicating release program status to all levels of the organization; evolving product release processes to support scalability and efficiency in MathWorks product development; identifying, creating, and analyzing metrics to assist in data-driven release decision making; independently assessing opportunities for continuously improving key aspects of the release lifecycle; designing creative solutions to address complex problems in order to evolve and mature MathWorks’ release practices; and driving complex improvement projects to completion.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Education and Experience:
Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Management, Management Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and two (2) years of experience as a Senior Program Manager (or related occupation) performing engineering project management.
OR
Ph.D. degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Management, Management Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and no experience.
OR
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Management, Management Information Systems, or a closely related field (or foreign education equivalent) and five (5) years of experience as a Senior Program Manager (or related occupation) performing engineering project management.
Special Requirements:
- Demonstrated expertise in development or testing using Simulink.
- Demonstrated expertise using Simulink for designing, simulating, and analyzing control systems.
- Demonstrated expertise executing cross-domain engineering projects (mechanical, electrical and software), including performing program analysis, identifying, and managing risks and mitigation strategies, performing effort estimation, defining, and implementing knowledge management tools and strategies, and delivering status updates to senior management.
- Demonstrated expertise applying Lean concepts to implement process improvement initiatives -- identifying scope for process and operation improvement and identifying deltas -- for engineering projects; and recommending and implementing best practices to improve operation efficiencies.
[Expertise may be gained during Graduate program.]
- Job: 33968-DCOL
- Location: US-MA-Natick
- Department: Infrastructure and Architecture
Why MathWorks?
It's the chance to collaborate with bright, passionate people. It's the opportunity to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and learning in engineering and science. And it’s a commitment to doing the right thing—for each individual, our customers, and the local community. We cultivate an enjoyable, participatory, and rational environment that champions individual growth, appreciates diversity, encourages initiative, values collaboration, shares success, and rewards excellence.
MathWorks develops MATLAB and Simulink, the leading technical computing software used by engineers and scientists. The company employs more than 6,500 people in 16 countries, with headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts, USA. MathWorks is privately held and has been profitable every year since its founding in 1984.
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