Technical Program Manager
Berkeley
R&D Operations /
Full-time /
Hybrid
Voleon is a technology company that applies state-of-the-art machine learning techniques to real-world problems in finance. For more than 15 years, we have led our industry and worked at the frontier of applying machine learning to investment management. We have become a multi-billion-dollar asset manager, and we have ambitious goals for the future.
Your colleagues will include internationally recognized experts in machine learning research as well as highly experienced finance and technology professionals. You will be working with strategies that are at the forefront of machine learning and statistical trading. The strategies have been carefully designed to generate non-correlated returns. Our firm and its strategies are the product of many years of meticulous research and craftsmanship, and you will lead the way in stewarding them for the future.
In addition to our enriching and collegial working environment, we offer highly competitive compensation and benefits packages, unparalleled access to our experts and founders, and more.
As a Technical Program Manager, you will partner with a talented and accomplished group of technical managers on our research, engineering, and systems teams to lead the strategic alignment and technical delivery of large-scale initiatives that span bleeding-edge machine learning methods, as well as computational and data processing frameworks. As a generalist and outcomes owner, you have the ability to fill any gap needed to deliver, while driving sustainable organizational and process improvements. This role is a means to make a difference: you will play an indispensable role in ensuring the effectiveness of our technical organization and its ability to deliver against an ambitious roadmap.
Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of complex technical projects that involve significant cross-team collaboration and dependencies
- Lead and manage the end-to-end lifecycle of technical programs, from initiation thru launch and afterward
- Drive the prioritization, planning and scheduling of work for assigned projects
- Provide ongoing transparency on progress against key milestones for various technical stakeholders, always holding a clear picture of project status
- Coordinate synchronized delivery against plan across multiple teams, identifying and alleviating bottlenecks, surfacing second-order consequences, and helping teams prioritize, collaborate, and execute effectively
- Determine and implement best practices, ensuring that lessons learned are incorporated into subsequent projects
Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of technical program management experience including demonstrated success leading and delivering complex cross-team initiatives
- Solid understanding of best practices in project managing software deployments in fast-moving production environments
- Exceptional demonstrated collaboration, coordination, communication (written and verbal) and organizational skills
- Ability to adapt communication style to different audiences, including senior management, technical experts and non-technical stakeholders
- History of operating independently across multiple teams, demonstrating critical thinking and data-driven decision-making
- Experience developing, implementing and managing KPIs/OKRs, dashboards and analytics
- Minimum intermediate level knowledge of digital tools, such as Jira and Confluence or similar
Preferred
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related STEM field or equivalent work experience
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies
- Interest in Machine Learning
- Relevant certifications (PMP, CSM, CPO, etc.)
The base salary range for this position is $140,000 - $160,000 in the location(s) of this posting. Individual salaries are determined through a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography. Base salary does not include other forms of total compensation such as bonus compensation and other benefits. Our benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, life and AD&D insurance, 20 days of paid time off, 9 sick days, and a 401(k) plan with a company match.
“Friends of Voleon” Candidate Referral Program
If you have a great candidate in mind for this role and would like to have the potential to earn $7,500 if your referred candidate is successfully hired and employed by The Voleon Group, please use this form to submit your referral. For more details regarding eligibility, terms and conditions please make sure to review the Voleon Referral Bonus Program.
Equal Opportunity Employer
The Voleon Group is an Equal Opportunity employer. Applicants are considered without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation and identity, genetic information, veteran status, citizenship, or any other factors prohibited by local, state, or federal law.
Vaccination Requirement
The Voleon Group has implemented a policy requiring all employees who will be entering our worksite, including new hires, to be fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine. This policy also applies to remote employees, as such employees will be asked to visit our offices from time to time. To the extent permitted by applicable law, proof of vaccination will be required as a condition of employment. This policy is part of Voleon’s ongoing efforts to ensure the safety and well-being of our employees and community, and to support public health efforts.
