Cisco Systems Hiring for Engineering Program Manager

Company Name: Cisco Systems India Private Limited

Job Description: Engineering Program Manager

Job Location: Bangalore

Experience: 9-14 Years

Function: IT

Role: Program Manager

Industry: IT/ Computers – Software

Job Description

Role Specifications:

·         Complex program management and ownership of high value global project portfolio

·         Collate and track schedules/milestones, hold regular ops reviews, collate and present status at release meetings and BU ops review

·         Drive gating milestone meetings and reviews, track project health and quality, monitor escalations, and drive get-well and hardening initiatives as required

·         Drive product-team meetings with all required stakeholders, including engineering teams, marketing, manufacturing and services

·         Prepare budgets, capex/equipment/lab utilization/forecast, regular and vendor headcount tracking

·         Work cross-functionally with finance, engineering infra, workplace resources teams for 

logistical requirements

·         Post-project assessments

·         Monitor quality and efficiency dashboards

·         Drive quality and metrics improvement and tooling initiatives

·         Process audits: TL9k, ISO9000

·         Training: Plan and drive technology, new hire induction and boot-camp initiatives for team

·         Communications: Exec reviews, All hands, email updates to execs/stakeholders

·         Program manage product/project transitions

Skills - Required

·         BE/B.Tech required

·         Excellent oral and written communication

·         Ideally 10-14 years overall experience with 4 or more years of prior experience in a global software organization (preferably with large Product Engineering / R&D multinationals of repute) in similar role

Skills - Desired

·         MBA, PMP preferred

Should know OR be willing to learn (training will be provided)

·         Cisco engineering processes - CPDM, engg milestones, software quality dashboards, ISO/TL9K, baseline processes

·         Excel (advanced), PowerPoint (advanced), Microsoft Project (Intermediate), Sharepoint (User level)

·         Quantitative skills: ability to work with budgets, forecasts, resource spreadsheets. Web skills: HTML, Wiki, etc (intermediate)