Senior Program Manager, Engineering - Supporting SaaS Security (Remote)

Posted 13 Days Ago
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2 Locations
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Senior level
Cloud • Information Technology • Sales • Security • Cybersecurity
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The Role
As a Senior Program Manager at CrowdStrike, you will lead and manage complex engineering projects for the SaaS Security team, collaborating with developers, product managers, and engineering teams across multiple geographies to ensure timely project delivery and address dependencies and critical issues.
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As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day. We have 3.44 PB of RAM deployed across our fleet of C* servers - and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate an inclusive culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role:

We are CrowdStrike, a fast-growing security company that protects our wide range of customers from cybersecurity attacks. We’re investing in program managers who are energetic, eager to learn, flexible and capable of managing large scale/complex engineering projects in a fast-paced environment.

As a Program Manager, you'll be responsible for directly and fully supporting and engaging in the work and projects of the SaaS Security team whose mission is to enrich Falcon Cloud Security by helping make cloud environments and applications secure and resilient.

Your primary focus will entail driving the scheduling, scoping and execution of projects for the teams you support, working directly with the Engineering Developers, the Product Managers, and the Dev Managers in order to ensure timely delivery against the roadmap. You’ll work closely across functional teams and across geo-locations in Israel, Europe, and the United States to collaborate and ensure dependencies are well known, critical issues are identified and driven to resolution.

What You'll Do:

  • Partnering and direct facilitation with teams at all levels; from deeply engaged with developers on projects to summations at the executive level.

  • Demonstrates the ability to learn and communicate technical context and align it with business objectives to help drive project deliverables, resources, and timelines.

  • Creating and driving the project schedule, working with dev management task assignments, and managing schedule progress; from large phases through to detailed tasks, including understanding and managing dependencies within and across Product Groups.

  • Collaborating with staff and management of multiple worldwide business units (including subject matter experts, product management,  design teams, and technology teams) to clearly identify, explain, and communicate their project involvement, project goals, expectations, and tasks.

  • Proactively tracks the status of project activities and ensures that schedules and priorities are being met.

  • Ensures critical issues are identified, tracked through resolution, and escalated if necessary.

  • Proactively manages daily/weekly project communication and status reporting.

  • Leads Scrum meetings and creates and follows up on meeting minutes/action items.

  • Flexibility working across timezones to help coordinate and follow up on work (from Israel to the West Coast, US).

  • Israel candidates will be expected to be in office 2-3 times a week to meet with the team/build relationships with the engineers.

  • Willingness and ability to travel internationally several times a quarter

  • Israel candidates will only be expected to travel when conditions are considered by all parties to be safe and stable.

  • UK candidates can expect travel to European and/or US Locations.

What You'll Need:

  • Must be proficient in the use of Jira (query/ticket creation, board creation and facilitation)

  • 7+ years of experience working in a program/project management capacity for software development.

  • Experience with/exposure to large scale platforms (cloud technologies), complex inter-dependent technologies.

  • Seasoned team coach that manages and alleviates (instead of running from) persistent obstacles

  • Experience with Systems Development Lifecycle and Project Management Methodologies, specifically Agile/Scrum. Experience with Scaled Agile Framework methodology a plus.

  • Experience owning a program/ portfolio of products/features, scoping requirements, planning milestones, and being an active resource for technical teams.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.

  • Must enjoy consensus-driven environments where collaboration, honest and open communications are paramount.

  • Must work effectively and professionally with cross-functional groups across divisions, worldwide, as part of a team.

  • Must exhibit meticulous attention to detail, and have the ability to make logical, timely decisions.

  • Excel at proactively and independently driving results in small team environments.

  • Demonstrate self-learning capabilities, taking initiative in a fast pace/quickly changing environment.

  • Ability to extrapolate context from complex technical conversations, provide teams w/ valuable summations around action items and next steps.

  • Full professional proficiency in Hebrew and English (Israel).

  • Full professional proficiency in English (UK).

Required In lieu of a cover letter:

In order to highlight what would make you a valuable asset to the CrowdStrike Program Management team, we'd like to know what a day in your "project management" life looks like. More specifically, please tell us about a single project in particular which required your leadership and fortitude to turn the tides of potential disaster. Using an intro paragraph to provide a brief summary of the problem the project was looking to solve and no more than 10 bullet points of "Actions Taken" by you specifically that led to the project's successful outcome.

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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

  • Remote-friendly and flexible work culture

  • Market leader in compensation and equity awards

  • Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs

  • Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge

  • Paid parental and adoption leaves

  • Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role

  • Employee Resource Groups, geographic neighbourhood groups and volunteer opportunities to build connections

  • Vibrant office culture with world class amenities

  • Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. Our approach to cultivating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture is rooted in listening, learning and collective action. By embracing the diversity of our people, we achieve our best work and fuel innovation - generating the best possible outcomes for our customers and the communities they serve.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. If you need assistance accessing or reviewing the information on this website or need help submitting an application for employment or requesting an accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] for further assistance.

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The Company
HQ: Austin, TX
10,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

CrowdStrike has redefined security with the world’s most advanced cloud-native platform that protects and enables the people, processes and technologies that drive modern enterprise. Tested and proven, the world's largest organizations trust CrowdStrike to stop breaches with unparalleled protection against the most sophisticated cyberattacks.

The CrowdStrike culture has been built upon our Core Values since the day we began. We are Fanatical About the Customer, Relentlessly Focused on Innovation and believe that our Limitless Passion drives Unlimited Potential for every CrowdStriker. As a purpose-built remote-first company, we believe cultivating a connected culture for every employee, no matter where they are in the world, is a key ingredient in building a high-performing, diverse team.

We don’t have a mission statement. We’re on a mission—to stop breaches. Ready to join a mission that matters?

Why Work With Us

We have a culture that celebrates achievement, encourages flexibility and innovation and thrives on teamwork. We all work towards a single mission: to stop breaches. This common goal drives a sense of community and connection among our people across the globe.

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