Technical Program Director Jobs in Silver Spring, MD

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Director Technical Program Manager acts as a strategic partner and force multiplier for the organization's leadership, by managing priorities, overseeing internal processes, and driving special horizontal initiatives. This role involves strategic planning, ensuring organizational operational efficiency, facilitating communication, and making data-driven decision support, effectively serving as the glue that binds the organization and the pulse that keeps everything flowing efficiently and effectively.

Core Expectations:

1. Collaborate with engineering and cross-functional teams to define program requirements, set priorities, and establish scope, including defining the roadmap and long-term strategy.

2. Manage cross-functional dependencies, risks, and changes effectively by optimizing scope, schedule, and resources accordingly.

3. Communicate to stakeholders effectively and proactively.

4. Partner with cross-functional teams to drive technical analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation phases.

5. Define and track key metrics and quality and performance indicators, driving cross-functional execution of program deliverables.

6. Proactively identify and analyze complex, long-term, critical problems with engineering leaders and stakeholders.

7. Provide regular updates to senior leadership on project status, risks, and mitigation strategies.

8. Consistently share best practices and improve processes within and across teams.

Fundamentals:

Must be able to, with or without accommodation, perform the essential functions which include, but are not limited to seeing, hearing, typing and speaking.

Must be able to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly.

Must be able to use a PC.

Must be able to follow complex instructions, resolve conflicts or facilitate conflict resolution, and have strong organization/priority setting skills.

Must be able to multi-task.

Must be able to learn and apply large amounts of technical and procedural information and follow processes that have been published.

Must be able to communicate in a clear, concise, professional oral or written manner, to be understood by customers, clients, co-workers and other employees of the organization.

Must be able to perform under pressure and stressful situations.

Must be able to concentrate and demonstrate a capacity for learning technical concepts and adapting to new technologies quickly.

Must be able to gather user needs, requirements, and defining large scale program scope accordingly.

Must be able to operate autonomously across multiple teams & global regions, demonstrating critical thinking and thought leadership.

Must be able to work with technical leadership to develop systems, solutions, and products.

Must be able to utilize project management methodologies, tools (ADO), and best practices.

Must have the following experience:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent education or work experience.

10+ years of experience managing highly technical engineering programs or products at scale, from inception to implementation.

8+ years of engineering or technical product / program management experience.

Annual Salary

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate's work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company:At GEICO, we help our customers through life's twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we're constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We're an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers' expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you'll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people's lives.

Great Careers:We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career - and your potential - in mind. You'll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture:We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards:We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family's overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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