Engineering Program Manager San Francisco, CA

Department: Software Engineering
Position Title: Engineering Program Manager

About hi5

hi5 is one of the world's leading social networks. Our company is ranked as the #1 social network in 26 nations across Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia and Africa.

* Over 80 million registered members
* Over 44 million unique monthly visitors
* Currently available in over 23 languages
* One of the top 20 most trafficked websites worldwide
* Founding adopter of Open Social

Our offices are located in the financial district of downtown San Francisco, near the Montgomery Street Bart and Muni stations.

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The Engineering Program Manager ensures projects, programs and
initiatives are completed in line with product and organizational
long-term goals and objectives; oversees and directs work of
cross-functional team members, advising team on projects, tasks,
timelines, deliverables and operations; communicates project/program
status, issues, results and business impact to local and senior
management; and maintains awareness of industry trends, business
conditions and internal processes and practices to ensure success of
projects/programs.

Responsibilities:

* Working with engineering and operations teams to create and commit
to program plans and delivery schedules.
* Tracking and driving completion of key deliverables (proactively gathering data, providing analysis and recommendations, acting as a liaison to engineering executives, and following up on outstanding items).
* Working with Business Intelligence teams to create ad-hoc reports
* Manage and maintain operational dashboards exposing goal and performance tracking
* Recommending and implementing continuous improvement of
project/program process, practices and initiatives.
* Maintaining awareness of industry trends, business conditions and
internal processes and practices to meet project/program delivery
requirements.

Skills & experience required:

* 5 years work experience in an executive administrative or program management capacity
* Demonstrated ability to interact with highly technical people.
* Strong leadership skills in a highly cross-functional setting.
* Strong meeting management skills.
* High attention to detail, bias for action and ability to switch gears at a moment's notice.
* Flexibility and adaptability to changing business and organizational needs
* Strong verbal and written communication skills.
* Detailed planning, time management and organizational skills.
* Problem solving skills.
* Presentation skills.

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Launched in late 2003, hi5 is one of the largest social networks in the world. We're a founding adopter of OpenSocial, a community-driven specification for building social applications across the Web, and we're also a founding member of the OpenSocial Foundation, a new non-profit being formed to ensure the longevity and neutrality of OpenSocial. Each day, millions of people use hi5 to stay connected and share information with friends and family around the world, meet new people, express their identity, and discover linkages.

hi5 offers an upbeat work atmosphere and the opportunity to influence the way people connect to the world. You will be working with an exceptional team and receive a competitive salary with benefits. A privately-held company, hi5 reached profitability within its first year, and raised $20 million from MDV- Mohr Davidow Ventures in July 2007. For more information, you can visit www.hi5.com or www.hi5networks.com.