Senior Program Manager, Talent Product at Andela

Locations: Nairobi-Kenya, Kampala - Uganda, Lagos- Nigeria

About The Role

• The Senior Program Manager, works within the Talent Product team that is focused on scaling the talent of Andela’s 1000+ engineers and providing increased value to our partners. They will lead a portfolio of initiatives and projects, collaborating across teams and functions.
• They will collaborate on and contribute to product strategy, build and manage operational structures and processes, to realise the cost-efficient, seamless and scalable implementation of programs and initiatives against the Talent Product roadmap.

Responsibilities
Operations:

• Oversees a portfolio of programs, initiatives, budgets, and operating plans to support the tactical and strategic direction of Talent Product and Andela.
• Collaborate with cross-departmental stakeholders (Partner Engineering, Sales, Staffing .etc.) to ensure seamless execution of quarterly goals, initiatives, and program milestones.
• Monitor and evaluate program performance against KPI’s/OKR’s, organisational goals, and revenue targets.
• Contribute to and take lead on communicating progress, impact, learnings, and recommendations to relevant stakeholders across Andela.

Leadership:

• Lead and manage organisation wide change catalysed by Talent Product programs and initiatives ensuring efficient, seamless and consistent adoption across all locations.
• Develop and maintain relationships with stakeholders across multiple departments (Sales, Staffing, Partner Engineering, Technology, TDD) and leverage rapport to drive Talent Product goals.
• Build and manage channels for communication, collaboration, user testing, feedback and program adoption within the Andela Engineering Community
• Manage a team of Program and Project management professionals
• Oversee direct reports KPI’s/OKR’s, quarterly initiatives, performance reviews, growth and development and overall satisfaction in their respective roles.

Requirements

• 4+ years of program management experience (or experience in a related field)
• At least (2) years in a software related field such as Software Engineering, Engineering Management or Product Management.
• Proven capability to lead a team of direct reports.
• Experience in project/program management methodology, tools, and techniques.
• Strong analytical (quantitative and qualitative), problem solving and big picture thinking skills.
• Experience in strategic planning, risk management and/or change management.
• High level of proficiency with Google suite(sheets, docs, slides), Slack and Zoom.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with the ability to articulate information to a variety of constituents across cultures.
• Excellent listening, interpersonal and cross-cultural skills with demonstrated experience. collaborating effectively across multiple functions, locations and cultures.
• Flexible, adaptable, and able to execute a range of job duties and changing priorities.
• Experience managing change.
• Possess professional maturity, sensitivity with different cultures, and impeccable integrity that exemplify Andela’s values.

Benefits & Compensation

• Full-time compensation
• Full medical coverage
• Lunch and snacks provided daily
• Beautiful working environment
• Opportunity to work with the brightest minds on the planet
• Oh, and a chance to change the world!