Director, Program Management - Engineering Supporting Cloud Security, Identity Protection and Data Security (Remote)

CrowdStrike - Sunnyvale, CA

Full-time - Senior

Onsite - Sunnyvale, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a Director of Program Management in Engineering at CrowdStrike, you will lead and manage large-scale engineering projects across three key Product Groups: Cloud Security, Identity Protection, and Data Security. This role involves strategic planning, execution, and people management, ensuring that projects align with the company's mission to stop breaches and protect customer data. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams globally, driving accountability and effective communication to achieve project goals in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary point of contact for Senior Leadership in your areas of responsibility, owning proactive communications and consistent progress updates.
• Partner and facilitate with teams at all levels, from developers on projects to executive-level strategy.
• Create and drive the roadmap schedule, managing task assignments and schedule progress across Product Groups.
• Coordinate and optimize efforts of cross-functional teams, identifying risks and proactively mitigating them.
• Provide problem-solving leadership, navigating conflicting opinions and holding leadership accountable for timely decisions.
• Collaborate with staff and management of multiple worldwide business units to communicate project goals and expectations.
• Track the status of project activities, ensuring schedules and priorities are met.
• Manage daily/weekly project communication and status reporting, leading Scrum meetings and following up on action items.
• Work flexibly across timezones to coordinate and follow up on work.
• Travel locally and internationally several times a quarter as needed.

Requirements

• Must be fully proficient in the use of Jira, including writing complex JQL queries and building filters.
• 13+ years of experience in program/project management for software development.
• 7+ years of experience in people management related to software development teams.
• Experience with large scale platforms and complex inter-dependent technologies.
• Expert level experience with Software Development Lifecycle and Project Management Methodologies, specifically Agile/Scrum.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft documents requiring little feedback.
• Ability to work effectively and professionally with cross-functional groups worldwide.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Scaled Agile Framework methodology.
• Experience owning multiple programs/portfolios of products/features.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• 401k retirement savings plan
• Paid holidays
• Flexible scheduling
• Professional development opportunities