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US_West | Programme Manager_L3
Datum Software, Inc
- 🇮🇱 Israel
- On-site
- Manager or above
- 1 day ago
- Android
- Devops
- Test Automation
- Integration Testing
- Risk Management
- Linux
- CI/CD
1 day ago
Work Location: Irvine, CA – Onsite
Position Summary
We are seeking an experienced Program Manager / Delivery Lead to lead the end-to-end execution and coordination of a large-scale Android platform modernization and application migration program for a next-generation In-Flight Entertainment (IFE) platform.
The program includes Android operating system migration, hardware platform bring-up, middleware modernization, passenger, crew, and maintenance application porting, integration, verification, Android compatibility qualification, release readiness, and customer acceptance support.
The Program Manager will serve as the primary delivery coordination lead responsible for planning, execution governance, schedule management, dependency tracking, risk mitigation, issue resolution, stakeholder communication, and alignment across multiple engineering workstreams.
This role will work closely with customer stakeholders, architects, engineering leads, verification teams, DevOps teams, and release management teams to ensure successful delivery of program objectives while maintaining schedule, quality, and reporting commitments.
This position is primarily focused on program execution, delivery governance, and cross-functional coordination, rather than hands-on software development.
Key Responsibilities:
Program Planning & Execution
- Own overall program execution for Android platform and application migration activities.
- Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering platform bring-up, middleware migration, application migration, integration, verification, compliance testing, and release readiness.
- Define milestones, delivery phases, checkpoints, dependencies, entry criteria, and exit criteria.
- Establish governance processes for tracking scope, schedule, risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
- Coordinate work across distributed onsite and offshore engineering teams.
- Ensure alignment between technical execution plans and customer program objectives.
- Support program onboarding, resource ramp-up, and capacity planning activities.
- Monitor overall project health and drive corrective actions when schedule or technical risks emerge.
Coordinate delivery activities across multiple engineering domains, including:
- Android Platform & BSP
- Middleware & Platform Services
- Passenger Applications
- Crew Applications
- Maintenance Applications
- Build & Release Engineering
- Test Automation
- System Integration
- Android Compatibility & Compliance
- Facilitate cross-functional planning sessions and execution reviews.
- Ensure technical teams remain synchronized on deliverables, interfaces, integration points, and release schedules.
- Manage dependencies across platform, middleware, application, and test teams.
- Ensure timely closure of action items affecting project milestones.
- Create and maintain detailed project schedules and integrated master plans.
- Track progress against committed milestones and delivery objectives.
- Manage sprint, release, and milestone-level schedules.
- Conduct schedule variance analysis and develop recovery plans when required.
- Identify critical-path activities and escalation triggers.
- Monitor resource allocation and project throughput against planned timelines.
- Drive milestone readiness assessments before major releases or integration events.
- Maintain program-level risk and issue registers.
- Proactively identify technical, schedule, resource, infrastructure, and dependency risks.
- Facilitate risk mitigation planning and execution.
- Coordinate root-cause analysis for major delivery challenges.
- Escalate issues requiring leadership intervention.
- Track mitigation actions through closure.
- Remove execution impediments affecting engineering productivity and delivery commitments.
- Coordinate resolution of environment, infrastructure, access, integration, and test setup issues.
- Act as the primary delivery interface for customer and leadership stakeholders.
- Provide clear and timely program status updates covering scope, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, and delivery health.
- Facilitate executive-level reviews, program governance meetings, and stakeholder communications.
- Ensure transparency regarding schedule risks, technical challenges, and mitigation plans.
- Coordinate decision-making and escalation across customer, engineering, delivery, and leadership teams.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.
- 12+ years of experience in software engineering, embedded systems, technology delivery, or program management.
- Minimum of 5+ years managing large-scale software development programs.
- Experience leading complex platform migration or modernization programs.
- Strong project and program management experience involving globally distributed teams.
- Proven experience managing multi-stream deliveries involving development, integration, testing, and release teams.
- Demonstrated success driving execution in schedule-sensitive environments.
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
- Experience with risk management, dependency management, and escalation management.
- Excellent organizational, leadership, negotiation, and facilitation skills.
- Experience managing Android platform development programs.
- Experience with AOSP, BSP, embedded Linux, or Android-based product development.
- Experience managing Android migration programs.
- Familiarity with CTS, VTS, release qualification, and platform certification activities.
- Experience managing onsite/offshore delivery models.
- Knowledge of CI/CD and software release management processes.
- Experience managing Android-based infotainment development programs.
- In-Flight Entertainment (IFE)
- Aerospace Systems
- Automotive Infotainment
- Consumer Electronics
“All qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.”
US_West | Programme Manager_L3 · Datum Software, Inc