Motive
Lead Technical Program Manager, Device Software
Job Summary
The role involves managing the development and delivery of software products with a focus on hardware and firmware integration. Candidates should have extensive experience in software project management, Agile practices, and coordinating multiple teams across various locations. The position requires strong technical contribution skills and the ability to mitigate risks, develop project plans, and guide teams through development phases. Benefits include comprehensive health coverage, paid time off, insurance, and retirement contributions.
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Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves more than 120,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
Visit gomotive.com to learn more.
About the Role:
The Software TPM (Technical Program Manager) role within the Motive Engineering organization is intended for an individual with broad background in software development and significant project management experience. The successful candidate will be a strong technical contributor for the TPM team. Candidates must come from a TPM background and be well versed in the processes necessary to deliver high quality software to our customers, and must have a strong background in Agile development practices.
What You’ll Do:
- Prepare formal project plans including schedules and deliverables, primarily from internal organizations, but may also include integration of external teams
- Administer a formal review process to validate each development phase has completed successfully, and the product is ready for the next phase
- Monitor progress of projects and report status, plans, and issues to management
- Develop and implement strategies to minimize schedule and technical risk
- Help validate that test plans are complete and that testing is completed successfully.
- Respond to issues that develop during the project by coordinating resolution amongst multiple groups.
- Coach engineers, Product Managers and leads on effective processes and best practices, including Agile development processes
What We’re Looking For:
- 10+ years of experience in the development and management of software products.
- Required: Device software experience, and comfortability working with firmware and hardware.
- Experience should include project scheduling, resource allocation, task management, risk management and other basic Program Management functions.
- Experience managing projects that include multiple teams at multiple sites.
- Experience managing outsourced firmware projects.
- Ability to lead without authority and prioritize effectively in ambiguous situations.
- Capacity to work in a fast paced, continuously changing environment.
Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:
Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives.
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