Senior Technical Program Manager

Company Description

At SEEK, we serve a noble purpose: to help people live more productive and fulfilling working lives and to help organisations succeed.

By joining us, you’ll be part of a multinational technology business that is far-reaching with a start-up working culture that focuses on a set of collaborative values and appreciates dynamic cultures. SEEK is a place where potential meets possibility – it’s where your career aspiration and our purpose can make great things happen.

Why join us?

We’re looking for people who thrive in dynamic teams, appreciate progressive industries, and enjoy tackling regular new challenges in a large-scale, modern, and agile environment. As one of Asia Pacific’s largest tech companies, you’ll contribute to multilingual systems, solving high-impact problems to the benefit of millions of people within the region. Expect a great investment in your career development with access to workshops, conferences & courses while you work alongside seasoned experts. Be part of a fast-growing company with a strong culture and clear purpose, innovation and strong investment in responsible AI. SEEK offers you the opportunity to be involved in impactful work and be part of a great team.

About the role

The Senior Technical Program Manager is the key coordinator role across multiple projects and initiatives. This is an individual contributor who will drive the delivery of interconnected projects and initiatives across multi-functional teams, including but not limited to the Technology team in both ANZ and Asia markets to deliver programs of work across Asia. The Senior Technical Program Manager will help drive the individual roadmaps, manage dependencies with other teams and collectively achieve the initiatives.

To succeed in this role, you should have a strong background working in technology environments and have a sound understanding of technical concepts or you are from a technical background, meticulous attention to detail, and outstanding organizational skills.

The ideal candidate will have a sharp business mind, a proven track record to strategize & provide sound judgment and implement program initiatives under pressure. As a natural born leader, you will have a strong talent for project coordination and delegation. Ultimately, you are motivated by the desire to optimize productivity and nurture program success from inception to completion.

The Senior Technical Program Manager will help introduce lean and agile program management practices to deliver outcomes to agreed quality at pace.

Key Accountabilities

• Collaborate and influence multi-functional teams to develop overarching programs and roadmaps around unified objectives and orientate teams to deliver on their roadmap.
• Create and maintain an environment which enables strong team cultures that embrace diversity, delivery, ownership, teamwork, learning and continuous improvement.
• Advocate for wellbeing by fostering safety, inclusivity, fun, sustainability, and diversity of thought within your team(s).
• Lead others through change, including leaders, whilst applying SEEK’s change principles to deliver effective organisational change.
• Track progress, identify issues and dependencies, and drive resolution.
• Collaborate with and report to senior partners to ensure governance and reporting needs are satisfied with concise communication and transparency regarding project issues and decisions.
• Connect teams, collaborating, and coordinating efforts related to deliver Asia technology programs.
• Analyse, implement, and manage changes and interventions to ensure program goals are achieved.
• Design and implement practices, rituals, and tools to continually improve team delivery cadence to reach desired outcomes efficiently.

So, what we are looking for:

• 8 - 10 years of experience in Program Management or managing multiple projects at once while managing dependencies and aligning partner's expectations.
• Strong experience leading team environments which support agile and continuous delivery, identifying potential for technical, delivery, business, and process improvements.
• Highly developed stakeholder management and communication skills to effectively deliver and report on progress, risks, issues, capacity, and costs.
• Significant experience partnering with multi-functional teams in setting, aligning, and communicating team OKRs (or equivalent goal setting framework).
• Ability to collaborate and influence exceptionally well with various senior level partners, with potentially conflicting business requirements, to define a clear strategy which best serves the overall APAC strategy.
• Strong ability to analyse and present data to support business decisions as required.

Desirable Experience, Skills and Competencies:

• Prior experience working in a leadership role to drive the success of a technology implementation, would be ideal.
• Experience in driving digital transformation project in an organization with multiple Asia countries.
• Experience leading remote teams in a multi-country/location or matrixed environment would be desirable.
• Familiarity with different culture norms and practices, particularly within Asia would be highly desirable.

Perks and benefits

• Support of flexible working, including a mix of office and work from home days depending on your role.
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year.
• Casual dress – every day.

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose-driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those with eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.