Program Manager, Cloud Platform Engineering

​At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Do you take pride in building secure, scalable and reliable solutions in the cloud? We are “solving for safer” by building the next generation of public safety and critical communication applications at Motorola Solutions.

The Cloud Platform Engineering (CPE) PMO team at Motorola Solutions is looking for a Program Manager who can own and drive complex technical projects and programs that cover everything from deploying core platform components in public and private cloud environments, to migrating single-tenant and multi-tenant applications to those environments. The Program Manager will work with cross functional leaders across the organization to maintain the execution roadmap, manage dependencies and update management on a regular basis. 
 

You will be responsible for collaborating with, and leading, stakeholders across the company to chart the course, prioritize investments and work closely with engineering teams to deliver the goods. And you’ll have the opportunity to communicate with executives to showcase your team’s work. Bring your passion, potential and talents to Motorola Solutions, and help us usher in a new era in “solving for safer”

Department Overview

The Cloud Platform Engineering team (CPE) is Motorola Solutions' organization of cloud subject matter experts specializing in the deployment, management, operations, compliance and security of our cloud-based solutions. CPE delivers expertise in cloud engineering and follows best-practices for developing, architecting and managing cloud-based environments and solutions. CPE manages cloud solutions at scale, with efficiencies delivered through common services, industry expertise, and centralized cost management and monitoring. In addition, CPE facilitates partnerships with cloud vendors and other technology partners, and streamlines our interactions with their infrastructure and services. We also accelerate cloud development and deployments and optimize cloud operations, management & cost through scale and specialization with cloud-native services and processes.

Job Responsibilities

The candidate will be responsible for

• Defining the outcomes and core deliverables for complex projects and programs across the Motorola Solutions Video and Software organization. 

• Establish and maintain effective communication channels with development, product management, and application teams, conducting regular meetings and providing status updates, and other key program and program management activities

• Driving exit criteria and launch activities for important program milestones

• Predicting and escalating potential conflicts in priorities or schedule as they arise and helping to create innovative solutions for such impasses 

• Proactively manage stakeholder expectations, addressing concerns and resolving conflicts promptly

• Utilize project management tools (e.g., Smartsheet) to track progress, manage risks, and report on project/program status

• Working closely with business stakeholders to understand their time and resource constraints and factor those into the overall program plans

• Managing external cloud and software vendor relationships to align priorities and jointly plan roadmaps

• Building and managing project and program timelines, status reports, financial reports, risk logs, and leading cross-functional teams to successful outcomes 

• Facilitate project/program meetings, ensuring clear agendas, meeting minutes, and action items are documented and followed up on

• Support ongoing learning and skill development through training, workshops, and industry events.

• Conduct post-project reviews to identify lessons learned and implement process improvements

• Contribute to the development and maintenance of project management templates, tools, and best practices

Requirements

• Strong leadership, communication and negotiation skills

• Strong risk management skills

• Strong analytical skills

• Ability to influence and guide teams and stakeholders of all levels

• Problem-solving and conflict resolution skills

• Proven ability to lead teams to decisions and drive consensus.

• Demonstrated skill in proactively identifying and resolving project roadblocks.

• Demonstrated ability to seek out opinions & build trust/buy-in across all functional teams.

• Experience with a variety of project management methodologies including Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid

• Experience building and managing timelines, status reports, and financial reports

• At least 3 - 5 years of project or program management experience in a highly matrixed organization

• Experience and technical knowledge of IaaS (Azure, AWS or Google Cloud), Networking, Kubernetes, and related cloud technologies is a plus

• Experience managing cross functional and cross organizational relationships with engineering, product and marketing leaders is a plus

• Experience in SaaS development and DevOps concepts is a plus

• Bachelor's Degree required

• PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP or other advanced program management/project management certification is a plus

• MBA degree is a plus

• Experience with Smartsheet is a plus 

Requirements

• Strong leadership, communication and negotiation skills

• Strong risk management skills

• Strong analytical skills

• Ability to influence and guide teams and stakeholders of all levels

• Problem-solving and conflict resolution skills

• Proven ability to lead teams to decisions and drive consensus.

• Demonstrated skill in proactively identifying and resolving project roadblocks.

• Demonstrated ability to seek out opinions & build trust/buy-in across all functional teams.

• Experience with a variety of project management methodologies including Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid

• Experience building and managing timelines, status reports, and financial reports

• At least 3 - 5 years of project or program management experience in a highly matrixed organization

• Experience and technical knowledge of IaaS (Azure, AWS or Google Cloud), Networking, Kubernetes, and related cloud technologies is a plus

• Experience managing cross functional and cross organizational relationships with engineering, product and marketing leaders is a plus

• Experience in SaaS development and DevOps concepts is a plus

• Bachelor's Degree required

• PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP or other advanced program management/project management certification is a plus

• MBA degree is a plus

• Experience with Smartsheet is a plus 

EEO Statement

Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic. 

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you’d like to join our team but feel that you don’t quite meet all of the preferred skills, we’d still love to hear why you think you’d be a great addition to our team.