At IFS we call this role Program Manager. In many other companies this role is often referred to as a Product Manager and/or a Product Owner. A Program Manager is a leader within our organization and the success or failure of a program lies with that leader.
A Program Manager at IFS is responsible for realizing the intended value of decided investment cases. A program manager is the voice of the customer, provides technical thought leadership, and ensures that we deliver the intended value on time, on budget, and with the right quality, resulting in great customer adoption and high customer satisfaction.
This role is responsible for driving the delivery of investment cases, sometimes multiple investment cases at the same time. He or she is part of a development team during the life of the investment case, and may work across multiple teams. The program manager is responsible for defining the scope of the software solution and creating conceptual designs to solve our customers' business problems.
Coordination, sequencing and prioritization within the set scope, as well as ensuring development is on track is part of the day to day job. A program manager works across all aspects of the development cycle, from scope definition, design, estimating, planning, scheduling of resources, through to the actual development, testing, quality assurance, delivery to market and ongoing support.
A program manager is an evangelist who inspires colleagues, customers and partners both internally and externally. This also includes explaining plans, demonstrating product capabilities and presenting our vision, strategy and roadmap. He or she continuously works to expand domain knowledge, pro-actively shares knowledge and experience, and guides others. Interacting and collaborating effectively across all parts of R&D and the wider organization is a must to succeed.
As a step in our recruitment process, all final candidates will undergo a background check, to get us an understanding of our future employees.
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IFS develops and delivers enterprise software for customers around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. The industry expertise of our people and solutions, together with a commitment to delivering value to every one of our customers, has made IFS a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector. Our team of 4,000 employees and growing ecosystem of partners support more than 10,000 customers around the world challenge the status quo and realize their competitive advantage. Learn more about how our enterprise software solutions can help your business today at ifs.com.
