Atlassian is continuing to hire with all interviewing and on-boarding done virtually due to COVID-19. Everyone new to the team, along with our current staff, will temporarily work from home until it is safe to return to our offices.

Atlassian is seeking an experienced program manager to work closely with our ‘Head of IT, Strategic Programs. You'll work to boost the effectiveness of program teams by championing tried and tested delivery patterns / plays, and operationalizing underlying processes that make program teams execute with efficiency. This is the perfect job for a program manager with general management and / or operational experience in transformation programs and who has a keen interest in shaping winning teams.

We need someone comfortable working with leadership, program managers, product managers, system analysts and engineers across different teams within a quick-paced, fast-growing company to deliver awesome solutions and services. You'll bring order and focus while leaving room for flexibility and innovation, as well as bringing infectious urgency to those around you. You'll be a mentor, multiplier, influencer, negotiator and awesome communicator rolled into one!

Remote options available

Key Responsibilities:

People

• Support teams on leadership updates, executive communication package, and facilitate cross functional updates for strategic programs
• Coach and mentor on Atlassian program standard methodologies for developing and supporting strong program teams
• Partner with Finance, Talent and program teams, to help manage headcount and forecasting across projects

Operations

• Work with the ‘Head of IT, Strategic Programs’ to tackle operational challenges to support scaling the strategic programs organization
• Maintain a regular review cadence for large programs
• Establish Steering committee and leadership update cadence for large programs

Process and Project Management

• Evangelize Project and Program management standard methodologies throughout the company
• Coordinate and track team projects and quarterly goals
• Promote, define, refine and enforce lightweight processes that fit our delivery model
• Serve as a point of contact for geographically distributed teams
• Coach/Mentor Dev Managers and Team Leads on relevant project management practices
• Manage and contribute towards Atlassian Bootcamp, On-boarding and Knowledge Acceleration

Measurement and Status

• Communicate status and date changes to the company
• Lead building the program and value metrics / measurement package for key performance indicators
• Maintain and continuously improve metrics on the IT dashboard

More About You:

• You're dedicated, organized and able to work in a fast-paced, team environment providing consistent, high-quality output
• Your written, verbal and listening communication skills are second to none
• You stimulate and relish change, adapt quickly and see change as an opportunity
• You have the ability to quickly develop credibility at all levels of the organization, recognize the intelligence around you and inspire others to do their best work
• You think strategically, recognizing the importance of long term goals, have vision, and are committed to success.
• You are constantly searching for new knowledge and ideas and are willing to learn better ways of doing things
• Your positive energy inspires those around you to consistently achieve goals
• You embrace diversity and are highly receptive to new ideas
• As a mentor and team leader you encourage people to develop the habits they need to be more successful and empower them to make decisions

Experience

• 5+ years experience managing software projects, working with software development teams, and/or working with IT teams
• General management / operational experience
• 5+ years working directly with CXO level management and/or leading senior level steering committees
• Broad knowledge of software industry and technology trends
• Experience with contemporary software development methodologies: Agile, Scrum, XP, etc.

It's desireable, but not required if:

• Coordinating large, distributed teams across multiple projects simultaneously is the reason you get up in the morning.
• You relish solving the operational challenges that a rapidly scaling team brings; wrangling operations is as important to you as running a large program.
• Your personal mantra is 'bring it on' when faced with a new challenge
• In your mind, the word "multi-task" is redundant
• You say 'I already took care of that' at least 5 times per day
• You make the hard look easy

More about our team

Our team is defined by our connection to customers, along every step of the process we empathize with their problems and are passionate about creating solutions to understand, validate, and solve their problems. Collaboration is our glue, whether it is working with product, engineering, design or product marketing. From the smallest details to three year planning and vision, we are the meeting point of business, technology and customer solutions and we love it every step of the way.

More about our benefits

Whether you work in an office or a distributed team, Atlassian is highly collaborative and yes, fun! To support you at work (and play) we offer some fantastic perks: ample time off to relax and recharge, flexible working options, five paid volunteer days a year for your favourite cause, an annual allowance to support your learning & growth, unique ShipIt days, a company paid trip after five years and lots more.

More about Atlassian

Creating software that empowers everyone from small startups to the who’s who of tech is why we’re here. We build tools like Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, and Trello to help teams across the world become more nimble, creative, and aligned—collaboration is the heart of every product we dream of at Atlassian. From Amsterdam and Austin, to Sydney and San Francisco, we’re looking for people who want to write the future and who believe that we can accomplish so much more together than apart. At Atlassian, we’re committed to an environment where everyone has the autonomy and freedom to thrive, as well as the support of like-minded colleagues who are motivated by a common goal to: Unleash the potential of every team.

Additional Information

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