Technical Program manager III

Technical Program manager III

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Technical Program manager III for an opportunity in Menlo Park CA (Onsite)

Position Title: Technical Program manager III

Location: Menlo Park CA (Onsite)

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 12 Months

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $80/Hour w2 - $90/Hour w2

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Requirements:

• The client Reality Labs Research Team brings together a world-class team of researchers, developers, and engineers to create the future of AR (Augmented Reality) and VR, which together will become as universal and essential as smartphones and personal computers are today. The Surreal research group at client Research is seeking exceptional Technical Program Managers to solve the next generation of research challenges on the path to building future machine perception enabled technologies. This role focuses on formulating a new generation of end-to-end real-time 3D scene understanding systems working across novel mobile sensor design, sensor fusion, state estimation, computer vision, large-scale reconstruction, and localization, as well as large-scale online inference and optimization.

• You will define program requirements, deliverables, schedule and track progress, coordinate collaborations with other internal teams and manage partner and vendor relationships. To be successful, you will be eliminating barriers to your team's success, clearly communicating results to all stakeholders, and ensuring the big picture stays in focus while digging into the details on specific issues. Ideal team members are adaptable and resilient, eager to attack unfamiliar problems with curiosity and tenacity, and able to use a light touch to find ways to help the team be more efficient.

Program compliance:

• Gain deep understanding of program level requirements on HW/SW timeline, SW branch management, task management.

• Help collect, synthesize, and communicate program level operational requirements between XFN and IQ teams, and ensure IQ delivery follows program requirements in terms of schedule and process.

• Drive PXFN (privacy) review process to ensure policy compliance and expedient approval.

• Represent the IQ team for status updates in program level reviews (e.g., TPM (Technical Program Manager) alignment, bug review, shiproom review).

XFN alignment:

• Work with IQ stakeholders (Eng, QA, PMs (Program Manager), TPMs (Technical Program Manager)) to map out XFN dependencies of IQ delivery.

• Build XFN agreement on IQ-related deliverables and manage the delivery progress.

• Unblock IQ team execution from XFNs. Triage IQ-related tasks to appropriate XFN stakeholders.

Team-level execution:

• Work with engineering teams to develop IQ project plans based on product requirements and program guidelines.

• Drive project execution. Communicate clear priorities to internal and vendor IQ engineers and track the progress to ensure on-time delivery.

• Improve and manage the IQ team task system.

• Help organize IQ-related meetings and reviews. Present IQ status update in executive IQ reviews.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 5+ years of program management experience with effective communication & presentation skills

• Embedded Camera software pipeline structure and development planning background

• Experience leading a team from concept to deployment

• Project management, leadership, dependency management and cross-group collaboration experience across more than one geographic location.

• Ability to travel 30%

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with a cross-disciplinary team of researchers, software engineers and hardware engineers.

• Mobile Camera software/Image Signal Processing or equivalent embedded software integration background

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 222415 when responding to this ad.

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