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Atlassian

Senior Principal Program Manager - Growth

Sydney, Australia / Remote

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Your future team

We're hiring a Senior Principal Program Manager, reporting to our Head of Program Management for Growth.

As a Principal Technical Program Manager, you will help shape our Program Management organisation as a senior individual contributor. The goal is to steer a critical Growth program working closely with the teams and product, design and engineering leaders.

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You will have diverse program management capabilities and will guide successful outcomes by influencing others and going deep into issues. Also, you will understand the business strategy and align the technical teams to this to accelerate the program.

What you'll do

  • Manage large technical programs that span multiple teams and product areas
  • Manage often high-volume and high complexity dependencies and risks between teams by aligning partners and escalating
  • Report on success metrics for programs including major risks
  • Be a partner on the product and delivery strategy with the leadership team
  • Guide, facilitate and close technical discussions to unblock program outcomes
  • Apply your technical understanding to support and negotiate delivery timelines
  • Advocate for change in program management and deliver best practices

Your background

  • 7+ years of program leadership experience on software teams as Program Manager
  • Experience working with teams that are experiment focussed
  • Experience leading projects spanning multiple teams in multiple timezones, covering all of the following
  • Create and hold accountability for the schedule
  • Make critical decisions quickly to keep project on track
  • Track and managing risks and dependencies
  • Communication to your team and partners
  • Collaborate across teams to evolve standards, engineering processes and developer productivity tools
  • Experience using metrics to improve on software development processes for cloud/SaaS teams
  • Experience working with experimentation teams and specifically A/B testing
  • Foundational technical knowledge that will allow you to work with engineering teams
  • Modern SaaS architecture, development and operational experience

Our perks & benefits

Atlassian offers a variety of perks and benefits to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health coverage, paid volunteer days, wellness resources, and so much more. Visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefitsto learn more.

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions aOkay I re designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.

Client-provided location(s): Sydney NSW, Australia
Job ID: Atlassian-13629
Employment Type: Full Time

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • On-Site Gym
    • HSA
  • Parental Benefits

    • Adoption Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Work-From-Home Stipend
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Holiday Events
    • Casual Dress
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Unlimited Paid Time Off
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Sabbatical
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Founder led
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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