Program Manager/Senior Program Manager: Technology Data Team

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 6000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

As Program Manager you drive the development work in a development team, you’re responsible for realizing the intended value of the investments we make. You’re the voice of the customer within the team, you provide technical thought leadership within your functional area and ultimately you ensure that we get great customer adoption and satisfaction in what we deliver.

In the Technology API, Workflow and Data team at IFS R&D, we deliver frameworks, runtimes and tools that enable standards-based open APIs along with capabilities for tailoring and automating business processes and moving data between systems efficiently and securely. These frameworks and tools are built using Cloud native solutions and modern languages.

As Program Manager you will:

• Work together with Product Managers, Software Architects and Software Engineering Leaders to coordinate and plan work in designing and building world-class products that deliver value to our customers.
• Analyze incoming business requirements and work with the team to create a high-level solution design, then come up with scope and delivery plan across multiple releases to get the best value for the investment.
• Evangelize our Products and showcase how customers would benefit from what we deliver.
• Understand technical aspects of the design and development to guide the team in decision making.
• Be proactive, drive initiatives and take ownership.
• Plan, execute & monitor the progress of development work.
• Manage risks, issues & dependencies.
• Coordinating across RnD groups when required for planned initiative work.
• Manage customer escalations and handle communication.

If you are looking for a new challenge with the possibility to lead and inspire, then the position as Program Manager is something for you!

Qualifications

You are also someone who;

• Has B.Sc. in IT/Software Engineering or similar stream.
• Has Excellent communication, presentation, strong decision making and negotiation skills.
• Has very good coordination and organizational skills.
• Has good knowledge on master data management systems.
• Has good knowledge with data migration and synchronization tools.
• Can work in a fast-paced environment handling multiple competing priorities.
• Has experience with handling customer data migration projects will be an added advantage. 
• Has a general understanding of current Cloud technologies (Kubernetes, Azure, Bitbucket CI etc.)

Additional Information

 We believe that coming together as a community, in person, is important for innovation, connection and fostering a sense of belonging. Our roles have the right balance of remote and in-office working to enable flexibility for managing your life along with ensuring a real connection with your colleagues and the broader IFS community.