Program Manager

An entrepreneurial company, we provide an exciting, dynamic and respectful work environment where you will be an important contributor to the JANA Team. Our Mission at JANA is “Better Pipelines for a Better World” - we are true believers and inspire our employees to join us in this Mission

JANA has a progressive culture of personal and professional growth. With a vested interest in each employee’s professional growth and continuous improvement as an individual, JANA supports professional development, continuous education, industry participation and technical accreditations. Other Perks that come with joining JANA’s Team include:

- High-energy Collaborative Environment: JANA combines the energy of a start-up software organization with the discipline of a precision engineering firm.
- Regular Social Events: Join the entire JANA Team for fun Social Events like our Weekly Kahoot and Beer Club, Annual Birthday Bonspiel, Ice Cream Parties, Holiday events, Cinco de Mayoeven an Easter Egg Hunt
- Best-in-Class Benefits: JANA offers all employees a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Disability coverage, as well as our great Wellness Benefit
- Giving Back: JANA is dedicated to giving back to our community in various ways. Every year we hold an annual food drive for the Aurora Foodbank and have become one of their top contributors
- JANA promotes a healthy work-life balance: Through our comprehensive vacation program, floater days, and a hybrid work environment (combination of in-office and work-from-home), JANA employees are able to take time to rest and rejuvenate

**Description**

As members of JANA’s Project Team, under the direction of Director, Programs, and in heavy collaboration with JANA’s Product Managers & Project Managers, JANA’s Program Managers own success of all interconnected projects within their product area. Program Managers are single-threaded leaders with a strategic focus on one or more JANA products, ensuring all projects within that product area are aligned with JANA’s objectives and strategy. Program Managers are cross-functional communicators that support project strategy, risk assessment and planning, quality control and reporting. They proactively integrate across the organization, ensuring development is not out of sync and is within the necessary scope while also coordinating development projects with delivery projects.

Program Managers use their technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish, working with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Program Managers drive an impactful, strategic effort to align internal development along consistent paths, including developing a program and strategy and partnering effectively across Product, Project, and Client teams.

**Responsibilities**
- Strategizes, implements, and maintains strategic program initiatives that adhere to organizational objectives
- Supports Project Managers in the planning and prioritization of development work, removes roadblocks, and keeps processes running smoothly (e.g., defining milestones, coordinating feature requests, generating timelines, etc.)
- Acts as a coach/mentor on best practices in development and delivery project management, reflecting waterfall, agile and hybrid methodologies
- Maintains line-of-sight to multiple project teams, ensuring program goals are reached
- Builds analytics pipelines, reviews and assembles dashboards, and runs queries to synthesize and analyze data; turns data into insights that help drive business and product decisions
- Acts as a supporting resource - with Market Managers, Product Managers, and Project Managers - in the planning and development of scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for new initiatives
- Interfaces with teams throughout JANA to identify cross-team dependencies and promotes transparent lines of communications to align stakeholders
- Creates communications (status, issues, risks) for senior management discussion
- Establishes a level of standard for process and continually drives improvements that promote a high level of quality and execution velocity
- Analyzes, evaluates, and overcomes program risks and produces program reports for management and stakeholders
- Acts as a trusted advisor to decision makers, providing valuable insights to the impacted product and cross-functional teams, with a focus on maximizing return-on-investment
- Accountable for meeting budget, timelines, and resource commitments
- Validates the critical path for each project, the work breakdown structures and associated detailed tasks defined by the project manager(s).

**Required Skills & Experience**
- Undergraduate degree in Business or a STEM field, Project Management Professional (PMP) (desired)
- 5+ years in a Technology organization