Print Software Project Manager

**Print SW Program Manager - Expert**

Responsible for scoping and defining the technical design, driving execution, and delivery of a software feature, solution, or product. Serves as the bridge between cross-functional teams including marketing, Design, and R&D. Refines the requirements and distributes work into logical customer valued deliverables, and opportunistically identifies synergies with HP's existing systems. Responsible for defining the overall approach and is accountable for defining the overall quality plan for that feature, solution, or product, and ensuring the on-time delivery, escalating, as necessary.

**Responsibilities**:

- Plays a critical role in the planning and execution of the organization's projects or programs in support of the continuing evolution of the organization's software products.
- Partners across functions to prioritize, plan, track and execute complex, cross organizational programs while maintaining focus on building high quality programs.
- Defines processes that comprise the software development lifecycle and mentors, other members of the team, to do the same.
- Reaches across functions or departments to mitigate program risks and resolves issues that affect release, scope, schedule, and quality.
- Drives and tracks software releases, features and bug fixes, testing, and documentation.

**Knowledge & Skills**:

- Comprehensive experience in developing commercial software products using agile development practices.
- Expertise in managing cross-organizational software development projects from initiation through delivery.
- Hands-on experience with developing and reporting on metrics for engineering development.
- Analytical and problem-solving experiences with large-scale systems.
- Comprehensive experience with a controlled software release process involving a product lifecycle management tool.

**Scope & Impact**:

- Viewed as leaders within the program management practice.
- Decisions affect the quality and success of team projects and have impacts on programs that may last up to a year.
- Provides guidance for junior team members.

**Education & Experience**:

- Bachelor's degree in relevant area or demonstrated competence. Typically 5 - 7+ years of relevant experience.