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McAfee, Inc. Senior Director of Technical Program Management in San Jose, California
Job Title:
Senior Director of Technical Program Management
Role Overview:
As McAfee continues to evolve into a consumer-centric business, it is looking to mature and elevate its Product & Design organization into a strategic, proactive, and customer-obsessed arm of the business. McAfee’s SVP of Product & Design is seeking an experienced Senior Director of Technical Program Management to enhance and oversee day-to-day program management operations. This individual will be responsible for overseeing a team of Program Managers and leaders dedicated to understanding business needs and use cases, defining the strategic roadmap for product development, and ensuring its alignment with overall business objectives.
This is a Hybrid position located in San Jose, California. You should have the expectation to collaborate with the team in the office an average of 3 days per week. We are only considering candidates within a commutable distance to the San Jose, California, office and are not offering relocation assistance at this time.
About the role:
Strategic Planning:
Drive and influence technical and product strategy, proactively identify risks and develop mitigation strategies, align on priorities, and set direction for a broadly cross-functional Consumer Security Product Portfolio.
Partner with executive leadership in product management and engineering to ensure alignment with business priorities.
Oversee quarterly planning exercises, establishing timelines and team responsibilities, tracking progress, and owning key deliverables. Oversee ongoing communication to stakeholders in a timely fashion.
Team Leadership:
Manage a team of 30+ globally distributed directors and program managers on the ground embedded within Product & Design teams. Build a healthy, scalable, and growth-oriented organization across multiple locations.
Mobilize cross-functional teams to deliver solutions at scale and enable data-driven decision making, taking solutions to market that accelerate McAfee’s ability to protect consumers from varied digital security threats.
Empower program managers to help inform programs’ visions, business goals, scope, and delivery practices. Anticipate and remove obstacles that slow down or prevent teams from delivering on program goals.
Forecast team resourcing requirements.
Performance Optimization:
Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers across McAfee to establish a shared vision for improving execution and building solutions.
Streamline and optimize operational processes, identifying areas for improvement and implementing solutions. Enable consistent adoption of common tools, naming conventions, and processes to support critical path and dependency management, risk and issue management, change management, etc.
Performance Monitoring & Reporting:
Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and regularly monitor and report success.
Oversee regular portfolio reviews and updates at sprint reviews to deep dive into the current state of programs’ goals, risks, and critical issues.
Develop scalable reporting mechanisms that leverage approved tools (and recommend if necessary) for automation.
About you:
12+ years of experience in a software/technical program or engineering management experience, consulting, and/or an executive role
Relevant program management certifications, such as PMI Agile-Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) and Scaled Agile Framework
Deep experience in:
Leading large technical and complex programs across cross-functional teams, from concept through execution
Leading teams through change and transformation
Managing the product development lifecycle, with ability to adjust and apply this knowledge in a dynamic environment using agile methodologies and tools (e.g., Jira, ClickUp)
Managing changing specifications or standards, creating conditions in which teams feel comfortable and capable of working in response to ambiguity
Excellent organizational, problem-solving, communication, negotiation, and relationship-building skills, with the ability to articulate concepts and rationale to stakeholders at all levels
Focus on execution, follow-through, accountability, and results
Proactive problem-solver with a growth mindset, self-motivation, and results orientation
High emotional intelligence and self-awareness
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Company Overview
McAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee consumer solutions adapt to users’ needs in an always online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protects their families and communities with the right security at the right moment.
Company Benefits and Perks:
We work hard to embrace diversity and inclusion and encourage everyone at McAfee to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We offer a variety of social programs, flexible work hours and family-friendly benefits to all of our employees.
Bonus Program
401k Retirement Plan
Medical, Dental, Vision, Basic Life, Short Term Disability and Long-Term Disability Coverage
Paid Parental Leave
Support for Community Involvement
14 Paid Company Holidays
Unlimited Paid Time Off for Exempt Employees
96 Hours of Sick Time and 120 Hours of Vacation for Non-Exempt Employees Accrued Each Year
We're serious about our commitment to diversity which is why McAfee prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.
The starting pay range for this position is $189,620.00-$311,525.00. McAfee takes into consideration an individual’s skillset, experience and location in making final salary determinations. For further details, please discuss with the Talent Acquisition Partner.
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