Senior Program Manager

About Persistent

We are a trusted Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 12 of the 30 most innovative global companies, 60% of the largest banks in the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum by reporting $328.2M revenue in Q1 FY25, delivering 16% Y-o-Y growth. Our 23,500+ global team members, located in 19 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We’re also pleased to share that Persistent has been recognized as a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens™ Digital Engineering Services Quadrant Report for the U.S. and Europe 2024. We were also recognized for excellence in governance and executive leadership in Institutional Investor’s 2024 Asia Executive Team Survey. Throughout our market-leading growth, we’ve maintained a strong employee satisfaction score of 8.2/10.

About Position:

Role: Program Manager / Senior Program Manager

Location: London, UK or Birmingham, UK

Experience: 15+ Years

Job Type: Permanent

Expertise You'll Bring:

• Highly expertise in product engineering and very detail-oriented technical leader
• Designs, implements, and refines product development, testing, and manufacturing processes.
• Oversee the software development process, from design to deployment, ensuring on-time delivery
• Designs, implements, and refines product development, testing, and manufacturing processes.
• Contribute to overall business strategy and annual budget process in collaboration with Engineering Director
• Promote agile methodologies, engineering best practices e.g. CI/CD, automated testing etc. to encourage quality software development
• 10-12 years of experience in managing large product-focused engineering teams
• Oversee the software development process, from design to deployment, ensuring on-time delivery.
• Manages staff and assigns tasks to engineering and technical personnel.
• Leads teams in the development of new products, solutions, and processes.
• Oversees project logistics and resource allocation.
• Strives to improve efficiency and sustainability of processes and product designs, and to reduce waste.
• Secures the resources needed for teams to excel, including researching and proposing capital investments.
• Helps to create and oversee project budgets and engages in cost management strategies.
• Advocates on behalf of team members by securing adequate resources for success.
• Communicates technical information to non-technical stakeholders, including investors and potential customers.
• Maintains high level expertise in their field or sector.
• Assures that processes meet quality and safety compliance guidelines.
• Collaborates at all levels of leaders and departments.
• Forges and maintains relationships with customers and other business stakeholders
• Personnel and project management skills
• Expert-level knowledge of sector technology and processes
• Strategic thinking, Leadership, teambuilding, and mentoring skills
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills - Data analytics skills and experience
• Good understanding of product and quality KPI’s and is able to implement methods to achieve it.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Culture focused on talent development with quarterly promotion cycles and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
• Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
• Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
• Annual health check-ups
• Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents

Our company fosters a values-driven and people-centric work environment that enables our employees to:

• Accelerate growth, both professionally and personally
• Impact the world in powerful, positive ways, using the latest technologies.
• Enjoy collaborative innovation, with diversity and work-life wellbeing at the core.
• Unlock global opportunities to work and learn with the industry’s best.

Let’s unleash your full potential at Persistent - persistent.com/careers

“Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.”