Program manager

We're on the lookout for a skilled and experienced Program/Project Manager. If you're someone who can lead big projects tied to business partnerships, acquisitions, or initiatives that boost growth and innovation, we want you on our team!

As our Program/Project Manager, you'll work with different teams to get these projects up and running, track their progress, and make sure they hit their goals.

At Keboola, we want our program managers to be go-getters, not just note-takers. The perfect fit will jump in to understand and solve complex problems. We're after folks who can learn fast, adapt on the fly, and bring fresh ideas and leadership to the table. Your critical thinking, teamwork, and innovative solutions are key to helping us succeed.

What you will be doing:

• You will make us deliver on our priorities.
• You will make sure our projects/programs are delivered.
• Collaborate with executive leadership & key stakeholders to define program goals, objectives, and key performance indicators (KPIs).Execute strategic programs to achieve business objectives.
• Lead cross-functional teams to develop and implement program plans, timelines, and budgets.
• Monitor program progress, identify risks and issues, develop mitigation strategies and actively help resolve issues.
• Communicate program status, milestones, and key insights to stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Apply a consulting mindset to drive continuous improvement & enhance program management effectiveness and efficiency.
• Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and excellence within the operations team.
• Develop and maintain relationships with internal groups and external parties, in support of achieving program success.
• Prepare and present reports, presentations, and updates to executive leadership and stakeholders.

You are or you have these qualities or experiences:

• You can get into a topic you will manage quickly and will become almost expert in it.
• You are relentless until the project is delivered or on track.
• Proven experience in strategic program management, including evaluation, planning, execution, and evaluation.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and motivate cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated ability to work at multiple levels of an organization, for example, from experience presenting to & engaging with C-Suite Executives, as well as getting into the details of a spreadsheet with Business Analysts.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
• Project management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) is a plus.
• Experience in SaaS preferred.
• Proficiency in project management tools and software, as well as Google Suite - who has not these days.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

A little bit more about the opportunity

• Autonomy within your position. We are focused on outcomes, not micromanaging everything that you do. We love free company movement.
• Work with great brands both locally and worldwide. Ask us who we were working with!
• Work with new industry-leading data technologies.
• The opportunity to create the job you want that fits in with the life you want. We know there is life outside of work, and think fulfilment is achieved when all areas of your life fit together.
• We believe the best people are a bit weird and have an inner engine that drives them.
• We strive to push people for career development.

You can look forward to the following benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Generous paid vacation time. And we mean generous.
• Cool new offices in the heart of Holesovice in Prague. 
• We are a company born in the cloud means we are relatively location independent. Want to take an extra-long trip while working on the beach (or forest, or desert?), go ahead - make sure to send us a postcard.
• No set office hours and flexibility (aside from when you are placed on-call to support customers).
• We are remote first but we also would like to see you in person time to time (once a month or so).

Keboola’s Core Values

• Care, love and respect
• No BS
• Get your stuff done and do a bit more
• Create and innovate
• Learn!
• One team

Come One, Come All 

Keboola provides equal employment opportunities to all employees, consultants, and applicants for employment. We do not discriminate on any basis. Here’s the thing: we don’t care what color you are, who you pray to, what gender you identify with, if you have tattoos or your hair is blue. We hire based on skill and culture fit. It really is that simple.

More About Keboola

Every day Keboola connects data, systems, and people to do their best work all in one place. Keboola is a hybrid, multi-cloud data platform that reduces your day-to-day complexity with data by streamlining and automating your data processes and systems, creating a scalable data structure that works best for you, and aligns business and IT in a secure environment so they can do meaningful work together. Hundreds of innovative companies use Keboola to unlock their data-driven power. The company has offices in Chicago, Vancouver, London, and Prague. For more information, connect with us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook or visit keboola.com.