DESCRIPTION

Ring is seeking an experienced, self-motivated Senior Technical Program Manager with excellent technical program management skills and a background in software engineering to join Ring’s Cloud Engineering Team.

In this senior role, you will work with cross-functional teams of technical and non-technical stakeholders to define strategy, capture requirements, anticipate bottlenecks, plan for dependencies, mitigate project risks, and interpret, communicate, and drive full lifecycle software engineering programs. You will work with Product, Software (Mobile Apps, Cloud) and Hardware (Firmware) Engineering teams to evaluate and develop device-related features and services. You will provide technical leadership that gets software applications built and integrated. If you enjoy working in a rapidly changing environment and influencing the strategic direction of a global organization, this position will provide you with a challenging opportunity.

One of your primary responsibilities will be to collaborate with engineering leadership and drive changes across cloud services for device programs and new technology initiatives in order to best meet the needs of the business. Other responsibilities will include collaborating across a variety of Ring and Amazon engineering teams as we continue to launch industry-first affordable smart security solutions.

Key job responsibilities
* Develop and maintain strong working relationships with technical and non-technical teams responsible for launching new devices and features across remote and multi-site teams
* Own delivery of large and impactful program initiatives, while accurately tracking a set of smaller projects
* Scope, plan, implement, and deliver software programs efficiently and successfully while collaborating with product, engineering, business stakeholders, and senior leadership in order to align with strategic vision and goals
* Drive strategic planning, working closely with engineering to develop feature plans, roadmaps, dependency identifications, and resourcing plans
* Lead technical design reviews, lead deep dive assessments and leverage data to identify success criteria, trends and insights
* Evaluate solution designs and complex business and technical requirements and communicate any program risks and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders
* Good judgment and proven ability to influence without authority
* Communicate clearly and effectively to management about plans, status, and critical issues