Software Program Manager
About this role
SOFTWARE PROGRAM MANAGER
Owl Labs is seeking a Software Program Manager to lead complex software programs from early discovery and planning through development, validation, launch, and ongoing support. You’ll work closely with Software Engineering, Firmware, Hardware, Quality Assurance, Product Management, Operations, and external partners to deliver high-quality products on schedule and within scope.
WHAT YOU’LL DO:
• Own end-to-end program planning, including scope, integrated schedules, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables across multiple software development initiatives. • Align software schedules with hardware, firmware, cloud, and application development, including key milestones such as EVT, DVT, PVT, Alpha, Beta, Code Freeze, Certification, and Launch. • Coordinate the Agile software development lifecycle, including sprint planning and backlog refinement. Partner with Product Management and Engineering leadership to maintain healthy, prioritized backlogs. • Track team velocity, capacity, blocked work, and release readiness to maintain a predictable delivery cadence. • Serve as the Jira subject matter expert, configuring and maintaining project structures, workflows, epics, components, labels, and releases. • Build Jira dashboards and Structure views to monitor burndown and burnup, velocity, cycle time, release progress, defect trends, and schedule risk. • Serve as the central point of communication across Software Engineering, QA, Operations, Manufacturing, and third-party partners or labs. • Facilitate decisions and align priorities when technical, scheduling, or resource conflicts arise. • Communicate program health, critical blockers, root-cause assessments, and mitigation options to leadership and key stakeholders. • Proactively identify dependencies, technical risks, thermal and hardware/software integration issues, and critical path blockers. • Coordinate release validation, efforts to reduce QA regressions, partner or platform certification submissions, and factory handoffs.
QUALIFICATIONS:
EDUCATION
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business, or a related field. • Certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), or Jira Administrator preferred.
EXPERIENCE
• 5+ years of software project or program management experience delivering complex technology products. • Advanced hands-on experience configuring and managing Jira and related collaboration tools. • Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional engineering teams and maintaining accountability without direct authority. • Experience with embedded software, firmware, and connected hardware devices preferred. • Experience managing hardware/software co-development, stage-gate processes, or New Product Introduction (NPI) workflows preferred. • A technical background in software development or systems engineering preferred.