Senior Technical Program Manager - Cloud & Platform Engineering

Uber

  • Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
  • Vast
  • Voltijds
  • 17 dagen geleden
As a Technical Program Manager (TPM) at Uber, you play a critical role in executing high-impact org-wide initiatives and continuously improving processes to increase the effectiveness of our engineering organizations.You are going to be a part of our Platform Engineering TPM team at Uber;Platform Engineering encompasses organizations spanning Infrastructure Foundations (both On Prem and Cloud), Compute, Network, Storage, Data, ML/AI, Security, Development Platform, and more. We provide the platforms, tools, and abstractions that our developers across Uber leverage to build world-class products and deliver magical experiences to our end customers.As a TPM in this role, you will own and drive large, complex cross-team technical initiatives for Platform Engineering in one or more areas of Capacity, Platform Efficiency, Reliability, Cloud, modernization, and Security. Only a few and very high-impact programs at Uber will have TPMs assigned to them, and those programs require a cross-functional engagement among stakeholders and leadership to succeed.Specifically, you will own the problem space, work closely with engineering leads to conceptualize solutions, organize/align multiple engineering teams for delivery, and drive execution leveraging KPIs. You will look for ways to standardize, ensure execution is efficient and consistent, and set accountability by tracking progress, resolving dependencies, identifying issues, evaluating risks, and communicating status to leadership and stakeholders. You will intrinsically act as a coach to engage and energize the product and engineering teams to achieve important goals.What you will do: * Manage complex and large-scale cross-team, cross-functional initiatives. Interface with engineering managers and engineers to estimate work efforts, define milestones, and manage resources. Track progress, resolve dependencies, evaluate risks, and communicate status to upper management and program stakeholders. Engage and energize ‌project teams to achieve aggressive goals.
  • Proactively remove obstacles to drive momentum and progress. Identify communication gaps, manage issue escalations, and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities. Drive results proactively.
  • Understand technical implementation at the architecture level and propose technical alternatives when necessary. Ask questions that clarify priorities and push the team to be highly effective. Develop broad domain and technical knowledge.
  • Understand product compromises. Have the end customer in mind and be able to bridge between end customer and technical aspects with a data-driven approach to increase our efficiency.
  • Help manage the cross-functional strategic planning and business planning process, leading conversations with key stakeholders to develop concepts for strategic initiatives, and developing those into detailed program / project plans (including roadmaps, funding planning, resource planning, clear objectives, measurable outcomes, and hiring goals).
  • Continuously improve and scale the organization. Implement continuous improvements to the engineering organization and the program management process. Share program/project process frameworks, tools, and best practices that can be adopted throughout the organization. Improve product development and delivery. Mentor project management skills within our engineering leadership team.
We welcome people from all backgrounds who seek the opportunity to help build a future where everyone and everything can move independently. If you have the curiosity, passion, and collaborative spirit, work with us, and let's move the world forward, together.Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to .Uber is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran Status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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