Technical Program Manager 1, Infrastructure Services

| Seattle, WA
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Job DescriptionNordstrom’s Infrastructure Services organization is seeking a Technical Program Manager to enable the delivery of strategic initiatives relating to the next generation of infrastructure supporting Nordstrom’s catalog of applications. The Infrastructure Services organization works to empower engineering teams in meeting their objectives through providing highly available, scalable, manageable infrastructure governed by an established set of compliance and security guidelines. The primary charter of this team is to help increase velocity of our engineering teams by applying agile, frictionless and platform mindsets.

We are looking for an individual who makes data-driven decisions and is passionate about contributing to an inclusive culture aligning with Nordstrom Core Values. You will work alongside talented engineers, implement execution of strategic business initiatives, set the pace of execution, foster a culture of operational excellence, drive alignment among other program managers and teams, while maintaining clarity of focus on accountabilities, commitments, deliverables and priorities. 

A day in the life…

Engaging teams of engineers through the entire program lifecycle, synthesizing requirements, defining scope, schedule and resourcing needs

Organizing workstreams into logical groupings enabling teams to deliver early and often, and measuring progress toward achieving departmental strategies, programs and initiatives

Ensuring your teams have tools, resources, and support needed to be successful while anticipating trade-offs and balancing business needs with resourcing and technology constraints

Navigating within an agile, highly dynamic, priority influenced environment

Managing customer expectations while establishing and maintaining clear accountabilities, ensuring clarity of commitments, deliverables and priorities 

Leveraging agile methodologies evolving solutions through collaboration between self-organizing cross-functional teams

Contributing to program management methodologies and best practices

Focusing on continuous improvement methodologies quantifying impacts, eliminating waste, increasing productivity, iterating quickly, and shortening feedback loops

Working closely with other Infrastructure & Security Services teams in coordinating delivery of strategic priorities

Embodying the 5 Nordstrom Core Values: Customer Obsessed, Owners at Heart, Curious and Ever Changing, Here to Win, and Extend Ourselves

Fostering inclusion and belonging opportunities among your daily interactions

You own this if you have

Demonstrated track record (5+ years) program management experience in the design, implementation and operations of large-scale technology services

Progressive track record demonstrating growth of expertise in successfully delivering complex technology services

Demonstrated strong business acumen, experienced at developing and maintaining partnerships with technology & business associates

Expertise leveraging data and tools facilitating effective presentations, and impactful reporting material

Ability to clearly communicate, articulate concepts, and engage in interactive dialogue across all levels of the organization

Passion and ability to thrive working in a dynamic priority informed environment that emphasizes agile methodologies

Willingness to engage and collaborate across all skill and experience levels as well as organizational boundaries to get stuff done.

Affinity for using data driven processes applied to quantitative decision making, critical thinking, creative problem solving, and self-directed analysis

BA/BS in Computer Science, related technical field or equivalent practical experience

Differentiators:

High energy and positive attitude

Scrum Master or Agile Development experience

Independent entrepreneurial spirit

Resourceful problem solver passionate about continuous improvement

Familiarity with core infrastructure services (compute, storage and virtualization)

Proficiency with program management and/or product management tools

Thorough understanding of engineering processes and methodologies

Maturity of negotiating, influencing and leadership skills

How we work

With others. We leverage a robust set of virtual collaboration tools facilitating effective engagement among remote workers

With transparency. We encourage open dialog and discourse. We actively work to break down silos

With agility. We believe in leveraging methodologies focusing on individuals, interactions, collaboration and responding rapidly to change

With open minds. We are committed to creating a diverse culture where people are free to voice their views and suggest creative solutions

With pride. We value investing in people, growing careers, embracing diversity, inclusion, belonging and Nordstrom Core ValuesCustomer Obsessed, Owners at Heart, Curious and Ever Changing, Here to Win, and Extending Ourselves

We’ve got you covered…

Our employees are our most important asset and that’s reflected in our benefits. Nordstrom is proud to offer a variety of benefits to support employees and their families, including:

Medical/Vision, Dental, Retirement and Paid Time Away

Life Insurance and Disability

Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources

A few more important points...

The job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job. It’s not all-inclusive. There may be additional duties, responsibilities and qualifications for this job.

Nordstrom will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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