IT Program Manager - Full-time

DISH is a Fortune 200 company with more than $15 billion in annual revenue that continues to redefine the communications industry. Our legacy is innovation and a willingness to challenge the status quo, including reinventing ourselves. We disrupted the pay-TV industry in the mid-90s with the launch of the DISH satellite TV service, taking on some of the largest U.S. corporations in the process, and grew to be the fourth-largest pay-TV provider. We are doing it again with the first live, internet-delivered TV service – Sling TV – that bucks traditional pay-TV norms and gives consumers a truly new way to access and watch television.

Now we have our sights set on upending the wireless industry and unseating the entrenched incumbent carriers.

We are driven by curiosity, pride, adventure, and a desire to win – it’s in our DNA. We’re looking for people with boundless energy, intelligence, and an overwhelming need to achieve to join our team as we embark on the next chapter of our story.

Opportunity is here. We are DISH.

A Successful Program Manager Will Have The Following Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems Management and/or 3-5 years of IT Program Management experience and/or equivalent experience is required. PMP, CSM, CAPM certifications are a plus.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to communicate effectively (both in writing and verbally) to interact effectively with software development and test teams, business, management and infrastructure teams is required. DISH Strong collaboration and facilitation skills are extremely helpful.
• Experience facilitating technical meetings, and working resourcefully and positively with others to brainstorm and implement solutions is highly valued. Experience working in IT, having a working knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile methodologies, and Project / Release Management and typical lifecycles is helpful.
• Strong competency using Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook, Powerpoint and OneNote is desired. Experience / familiarity using Rally, Service Now, HP ALM, Sharepoint is a bonus.

A Program Manager is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, tracking and reporting of multiple IT Projects concurrently. They work with the project team to arrive at the deliverables and work efforts, determine scheduling, and manage change requests, brainstorming risk mitigations to achieve project success and completion. Occasionally will be called upon to escalate appropriately when issues on a critical project arises, but generally works effectively through conflict with the teams. They need to be self-motivated, curious, independent, focused and driven.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the planning and implementation of projects to completion.
• Communicate effectively across teams.
• Assist with communication around project scope, goals, deliverables and timelines.
• Plan and schedule project timelines and hold necessary weekly/daily or ad hoc meetings, taking and distributing key meeting notes to stakeholders to ensure clear understanding and direction.
• Facilitate solutions with data, development and test teams, ensuring that teams are clear on implementation details. Acquire assistance from analysts and architects as needed.
• Provide status tracking and risk mitigation for each project. Consistently monitor and report on the project progress/status to all stakeholders. Create and present reports defining project progress, status, challenges and solutions.
• Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs; project evaluations and assessment of results throughout and post project deployment.