Senior Program Manager
What We Do:
Uptake is a Chicago-based predictive analytics SaaS platform provider that empowers major industry leaders to optimize performance, reduce asset failures and enhance safety. At Uptake, we combine our strengths—machine learning, analytics, data visualization and software development—with the expertise of our industrial partners. The result is enormous savings in development time and resources for Uptake’s partners and a proven industrial grade software platform that delivers value to partners and their end customers.
Responsibilities:
Managerial responsibilities for 3 direct reportsManage delivery of Core Services projects across uptake
Establish schedules, dependencies, blockers and drive successful delivery: resolving problems and escalating as needed.
Collaboratively partner with development teams to find ways to help reduce friction and deliver business value faster.
Find the right balance of light process and agile work practices to continuously improve outcomes.
Prioritize resources against business needs and client commitments.
Qualifications:
10+ years experience leading a large number of concurrent projects
Ability to collaborate across a broad functional set of constituents
Deep knowledge of IT with particular focus on delivering cloud based systems
PMP certification a plus
Agile Coaching a plus
Degree in Information Technology or related field