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The Director, Technical Program Management will be responsible for creating a Program Management function, building a team of other Program Managers, driving the implementation of transformational projects, and managing the execution excellence of Agile methodologies across the Business Systems & Technology team.
This is a unique and exciting time at Talkdesk, and you will have the opportunity to forge a path as part of the Business Systems & Technology leadership team. Initially, this will be a hands-on position assisting in the deployment and management of key projects involving CRM and ERP Systems such as Salesforce CPQ, Zuora, NetSuite, and Integration technologies. Additionally, over the next 6-12 months, you will be tasked to build a world-class team of Technical Program Managers who will help in achieving Talkdesk’s product objectives for its Business Systems & Technology. Ongoing, this person will lead the Technical Program Management team to ensure Talkdesk has a consolidated product roadmap and a strategy for fulfilling business demands today and for the future. This individual must excel at building, leading, and mentoring teams and thrive in an environment where this person is given freedom to lead while also being held accountable for results
Who you are:
- You are a self-starter. You like to understand the expected outcome, get the context, and then work entrepreneurially to get it done.
- You are an amazing communicator and effective influencer. People trust and follow you.
- You don’t see problems, you see opportunities and are energized by coming up with multiple solutions to solve challenges
- You think about the tradeoffs between risk tolerance and common sense
- You understand how to navigate complex business and interpersonal issues in a fast-paced environment
- You love product strategy and how to adapt frameworks to meet the needs of the technical and business needs
Responsibilities:
- Actively drives the development life cycle from requirements analysis, feasibility estimates, design, code, documentation, testing, implementation, and support.
- Identify and lead the implementation of new solutions across our Business Systems & Technology teams to ensure that they are organized and delivered in a way to achieve maximum business value
- Partner with business leaders globally to translate their business priorities into technical solutions, drive simplification and alignment across stakeholders
- Work in an agile environment to lead a team that builds high quality, well-tested solutions that meet/exceed the project timelines and objectives
- Collaborate with internal and external partners for the definition, planning, modeling, governance, and implementation of all Business Systems & Technology
- Collaborate with stakeholders and partners to integrate data and capabilities with other business systems
- Keep abreast of current and future trends in technology that supports our Business Systems & Technology
- Deep business acumen of business processes that support the entire business
- Proven track record as a successful technical program management leader with extensive experience in business systems
- Assist in driving conversations based on value streams and process management including Quote-to-Cash, Lead-to-Opportunity, or Procure-to-Pay
- Possess solid understanding of IT (including application programming, database and system design) and business environments
- Interface and partner with Senior Management
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Management, Computer Science, or related field
- 10+ years of Project Management experience
- 5+ years of experience on cross functional IT initiatives supporting systems and technology such as Salesforce, NetSuite, Coupa, Zuora, or Workday
- 5+ years at a Project Manager level or above and in leading teams
- Experience in application architecture and making rational buy vs. build and interface decisions
- Demonstrated experience in gathering and transforming product requirements into an actionable product roadmap.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work equally well in self-managed and team-based Agile/Scrum projects
- Solid experience with integration between multiple, highly complex systems
- Experience in SaaS
- Experience in pre-IPO companies and understanding the controls and processes that must be in place to support compliance initiatives such as SOX
The Talkdesk story hinges on empathy and acceptance. It is the shared goal among all Talkdeskers to empower a new kind of customer hero through our innovative software solution, and we firmly believe that the best path to success for our mission is inclusivity, diversity, and genuine acceptance. To that end, we will hire, promote, work along, cheer for, bond with, and warmly welcome into the Talkdesk family all persons without regard to ethnic and racial identity, indigenous heritage, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.
