Senior Technical Program Manager

Company Description

Company Description

Work smart, have fun and make an impact!

Our purpose is to guide all companies toward a sustainable world. EcoVadis is the leading provider of business sustainability ratings. Our solutions are backed by an international team of experts and powerful technology. We analyze data and build sustainability scorecards that give companies actionable insights into their environmental, social and ethical risks.

Why apply to EcoVadis? Be a part of the global sustainability change in business. Grow your career. Work with extraordinary people. Feel valued for your contribution.

Learn more about our team and culture on EcoVadis careers page.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to work on the continuous delivery of the Ecovadis Product Suite. In this role, you will lead large scale strategic programs including pitching, defining and refining ideas with technical leaders and executives.

You will work with several business units and technical teams to understand specific business needs, ensuring the high quality execution from initial design of the technical solutions till the value realization through tangible and measured outcomes.

A key part of your role will also include assessing risks, developing risk mitigation plans, anticipating and resolving bottlenecks, managing issue escalation, and balancing the business needs with technical concerns and compliance requirements.

You will be an exceptional communicator with a successful track record of keeping key colleagues engaged and stakeholders informed on the progress of critical projects. 

Scope of your program management responsibilities will intake a significant part of the overall Ecovadis delivery model based on 30+ teams, unified quarterly roadmap rhythm with continuous inspect & adapt principles built-in.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and support engineering managers/product owners/product managers in the full project life cycle: creation, development, and execution as well as documenting the project's scope, justification, expected business impact, and establishing the right project governance

• Continuously oversee projects to ensure they are meeting company and technical standards, adhering to budgets, aligned with business expectations and meeting deadlines

• Facilitate the program events and processes and assist the teams in delivering value

• Manage communication with the program stakeholders, escalate impediments, help manage risk and drive relentless improvement.

• Coordination of activities between the teams and the rest of the organization.

• Use and continually develop leadership skills

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer science or Computer Engineering or related technical discipline.

• A successful track record of leading complex projects/programs in software development

• At least 4 years of experience in comparable program management role

• Demonstrable experience in leading agile initiatives at scale

• Must have excellent organizational skills, as well as a great deal of autonomy and positive attitude.

• Excellent communication skills, being able to present complex technical information in a clear manner to a variety of audiences including executives and non-technical leaders.

• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills

• Flexible working hours, to accommodate different time zones.

Additional Information

Location: Hybrid in Warsaw (4 office days per month) / Full remote from Poland 
Start date: ASAP 
Contract: B2B or CoE 

Everyone at EcoVadis contributes to a culture of trust, respect and empowerment. Our growing team in Poland is full of talented professionals from various sectors who all share a desire to make an impact.
We offer competitive salaries and support personal growth from day one with extensive onboarding, mentoring and a brand new e-learning platform bursting with courses and modules so you can learn new skills and fine-tune old ones. 

Benefits:

• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment
• Optional (fully covered or co-financed) health care and life insurance
• Multisport card and wellness allowance
• Multicafeteria
• Lunch card
• Annual performance bonus
• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid working (4 days in office per month)
• Remote work from abroad policy
• Internet and electricity bill allowance
• CSR activities
• Modern, pet-friendly office in the city center (next to Rondo ONZ)
• Community service day when volunteering

Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV, in English, with a guaranteed response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you!

Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, including the provision of interview questions, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique. In your application, we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs, marital status, number of children, religion, gender, residential postal code, university graduation date, past medical or parental leave(s) taken, nationality (instead, please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country), university name (instead, please state any degrees obtained and the study major