Technical Program manager III

Technical Program manager III

BC forward is currently seeking an initiative to take Technical Program Manager III for Burlingame CA / Redmond WA Location.

Position Title: Technical Program Manager III

Location: Burlingame CA / Redmond WA (Onsite maybe 3 days)

Anticipated Start Date: Jan 26th

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

Expected Duration: 13+ Months Contract (Possibility of getting an extension)

Job Type: Contract

Pay Range: $70/hr. to Max $80/HR 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.).

Summary:

If your passion and experience lie in working with multidisciplinary teams and building the right processes and methodologies for them; if you've had experience with complex cutting-edge technology; if you thrive helping your team coordinate and collaborate in the face of ambitious and ambiguous challenges, taking on work that has never been done before; we might have a spot for you.

This role will be responsible for developing and reporting progress on data collection initiatives required to build ML and AI pipelines as part of Client's product go-to market strategy.

Responsibilities

• Partnering with research leads to set goals, direction, and strategy for development of applications and data pipelines. translating that into goals, team schedules, and strategy in partnership with key team leaders.
• Setting and maintaining expectations. Ensuring the project has a unified clear vision, understood goals, and expectations of progress.
• Keeping partners and stakeholders informed and involved. Being able to represent your program at a deep level throughout the org, to be able to build the appropriate communication channels both within and outside the team.
• Ensuring work is adequately scoped for the resources and time available. Effectively escalating or resolving resourcing issues to accomplish the team's mission.
• Keeping the project unblocked and effective. Identifying blockers and working with the project team to resolve or escalate for help.
• Iterative process improvements. Leverage the least amount of process to accomplish the goal. Ask, "Is there a better way. Evaluate retrospectives to add, adjust, and remove processes based on learnings.
• Bringing software domain experience that enables better project outcomes by leveraging knowledge of that domain to ask the right questions, making suggestions on next steps, and push the project in the right direction.

Must have

• AR/VR background is Solid for consideration
• Engineering operations (working on prototype systems still in operations)
• Experience with system development and integration (problem solving) -Motion capture/film development, Robotic systems
• Resource/Asset utilization experience (Hands on experience)
• Data gathering Experience
• Stakeholder management experience (Vendors)
• MBA, with engineering background (Comp science/engineering)
• 4+ years minimum without MBA

Nice to have

• PMP-Highly preferred
• Lean six sigma
• Microsoft (HoloLens group), Google glasses team (data collection specifically)

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 231321 when responding to this ad.

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