Engineering Program Manager

At Gigamon, our purpose is to protect the hybrid networks and data of the largest, most complex organizations on the planet. Certified as a Great Place to Work, we offer a deep observability pipeline that efficiently delivers network-derived intelligence to cloud, security, and observability tools. This helps our customers to eliminate security blind spots, optimize network traffic, and dramatically reduce tool cost and complexity, enabling them to better secure and manage their hybrid cloud infrastructure. Gigamon has served more than 4,000 customers worldwide, including over 80 percent of Fortune 100 enterprises, 9 of the 10 largest mobile network providers, and hundreds of governments and educational organizations.

Gigamon Chennai is looking for an energetic, motivated Program Manager to work closely with the R&D team to drive and manage SW releases and strategic programs. The ideal candidate will have strong program management skills, preferably in the networking area or other embedded systems devices with scalable fabric solutions. The successful candidate must be comfortable working in a highly collaborative and fast-paced environment. The right candidate will help the various engineering teams plan and deliver in accordance with the release plans Will also work closely on bug scrubs, defect reduction, and other quality deliverables. Working as part of a growing, dynamic team, the candidate will thrive in a cross-functional team environment to lead and achieve project deliverables and will have the opportunity to make a significant impact to the product lines.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the Chennai site release and program activities
• Coordinate and collaborate with Development, DevOps, & QA to ensure that all deliverables are met
• Drive all aspects of the release and work closely with the local dev/test teams to drive to the release/program schedule
• Lead daily/weekly meetings to address risks, dependencies, and bug scrubs to enable the team to make progress.
• Work individually with leads to understand the features and the delivery plan.
• Perform routine project activities required to manage release by test production and environments.
• Manage and comply with release schedule and main release milestones throughout programs.
• Help cross-program planning to oversee dependencies and solve conflicts.
• Work in an agile work environment and help the teams deliver products on time with high quality.
• Measure and monitor progress to ensure releases are delivered on time and that they meet or exceed expectations
• Work with dev teams to understand the impacts of branches and code merges
• Identify processes for automation and ensure automation is implemented with a focus on efficiency
• Identify and communicate risks that could affect the release scope, schedule, and quality
• Proficient in excel, MSFT project and other tools to drive a metrics focused organization

What you’ve done:

• BE/B.Tech/M.E/M.Tech (Engineering) preferably in networking and/or firmware development.
• Minimum of 6 years to 8 years of program management/release management experience
• Self-motivated individual with the ability to work in a high-achieving team or independently.
• Capable of working under pressure and tight deadlines to solve critical issues
• Able to work equally well with people in creative as well as technical positions
• Strong oral and written communicator, with good interpersonal skills; able to forge trusting relationships within a diverse team and across organizations.
• Ability to work flexible hours to support releases for teams across the globe.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office tools to create plans / reports, Confluence and Jira.
• Demonstrated experience in configuring and implementing Jira for organizational use is a key differentiator.
• Strong skills in data visualization and dashboard development using Tableau and Power BI.
• Familiarity with automation tools and techniques is a valuable added advantage.