Lead Program Manager

• Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to develop and communicate the program objectives, inspire and motivate staff, and maintain alignment with the business strategy.
• A high level of empathy and the ability to vary styles of interaction to match the needs of a variety of different personalities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to explain and "sell" the program goals and objectives to the business, as well as technical leadership.
• Strong business acumen, including industry- and domain-specific knowledge of the organization and its business units. Familiarity with industry trends and innovation.
• Influencing and negotiation experience and skills in an environment with high competition for resources.
• Ability to develop programs and deliver them with financial and resource constraints.
• Experience with at least one major project/program management methodology(i.e. PMI PMBOK, PRINCE2)
• Agile mindset and profound knowledge of Agile delivery methodologies both at the squad level as well as Agile at scale, with the focus on driven technology and business agility.

• Drive, lead and deliver against the Converse strategy and roadmap
• Manage the teams to deliver the various technology deliverables.
• Accountable for succesfull delivery of the Western Europe technology portfolio
• Partner with the different Technology teams, building & maintaining a detailed planning to track progress.
• Stakeholder alignment across business and Technology leadership to manage expectations regarding scope and status

For this role we do not offer relocation.