Program Manager at Workfront in Lehi, Utah

Job Description:

Title: Program Manager

Location: Lehi or Remote

About Workfront

Workfront, an Adobe company, is the leader in enterprise work management. Together, Adobe and Workfront provide companies a single system to support planning, collaboration, and governance to unlock organizational productivity and create exceptional experiences. Workfront helps people do their best work so companies can thrive in a digital world. Workfront is built for people, effortlessly connecting teams and easily integrating into existing applications and systems. The ability to see, measure, and analyze critical factors such as resources, outcomes, and priorities keeps everyone on the same page, with a clear understanding of why their work matters.

Role Purpose

As a technical program manager, you will work with cross-functional teams (product management, Engineering, QA, Technical Writing, etc) to deliver projects that support the strategic outcome of the business. Using Agile methodologies, you will facilitate planning, establish milestones, manage dependencies, mitigate risks, and help teams to execute. The technical program manager will possess excellent communications skills as they will provide priority guidance, partner with groups across the organization in preparing and launching services, and provide timely status updates.

What You Will Do

• Drive Agile ceremonies to help cross-functional teams to plan, coordinate, and execute


• Coordinate within and across portfolios to align efforts to desired program outcomes


• Develop capacity plans and create quarterly-based delivery roadmaps


• Work with teams to develop solutions to remove obstacles blocking program/project success


• Ensure milestones are reached and deadlines are met throughout product life cycle


• Build and maintain strong relationships with program/project stakeholders and leadership of cross-functional teams


• Surface data-backed insights to program/project stakeholders and teams to drive decision-making and facilitate tradeoff discussions


• Report and communicate to senior leadership on program/project status

Desired Competencies and Experience

• Minimum of 5 years experience as a technical program manager/scrum master at an enterprise SaaS software company working directly with software development teams


• Strong understanding of Agile and traditional project management principles and methodologies


• Ability to quickly understand and get into the technical details of projects


• Strong presentation and communication skills with experience presenting to senior leadership


• Solid history of working with cross-functional teams to take projects from inception to launch


• Experience as a product owner a plus

Values Fit

To us, company values are more than just words on a wall; they best describe who we are and how we get our work done.

• Genuine: We are sincere, trustworthy, and reliable.


• Exceptional: We're committed to creating exceptional experiences that delight our employees and customers.


• Innovative: We're highly creative and always striving to connect new ideas with business realities.


• Involved: We're inclusive, open, and actively engaged with our customers, partners, employees, and the communities we serve.
  
  
  

At Workfront, an Adobe company, you will be immersed in an exceptional work environment that is recognized around the world. You will also be surrounded by colleagues who are committed to helping each other grow through our unique Check-In approach where ongoing feedback flows freely. If you're looking to make an impact, we're the place for you. Discover what our employees are saying about their career experiences on the Adobe Life blog.