One team. Global challenges. Infinite opportunities. At Viasat, we’re on a mission to deliver connections with the capacity to change the world. For more than 35 years, Viasat has helped shape how consumers, businesses, governments and militaries around the globe communicate. We’re looking for people who think big, act fearlessly, and create an inclusive environment that drives positive impact to join our team.
The Global Broadband Operations team's mission is to provide reliable internet service to our customers around the globe. We are connecting the unconnected in many parts of the world that are getting access to the internet for the first time. We are also helping people stay connected while they work or do remote learning from home, or while they fly for business or leisure on major airlines such as Delta and JetBlue. The Global Broadband Operations team is looking for a Software Test Technical Project Manager to be a part of the team ensuring Viasat's internet service is highly reliable for customers around the world.
As a Software Test Technical Project Manager, you'll use your experience with wireless communications, software testing techniques, and program management skillset for Viasat's ever-growing large-scale global network. Project managing the software test teams requires disciplined organization, understanding the difference in capabilities between production and test environments, and navigating the scope of Viasat various test teams.
Job Responsibilities
- Ingest program requirements and work with team leads to create Jira backlog items to ensure requirements coverage.
- Assist with scheduling, roadmap planning, and negotiating with individual programs to smooth out the team workload.
- Assist with identifying and/or purchasing lab setups to meet program test requirements.
- Help track key results and automate OKR report generation.
- Execute plans for teams to expand testing into production environments
Requirements
- A minimum 2 years of experience managing technical project deliverables from start to finish
- Understanding of various test methodologies and associated trade-offs
- Professional experience using project tracking tools such as MS Project, Confluence, etc.
- Prior experience creating project roadmaps, managing budgets, and driving a master schedule to completion
- Professional experience managing software test/development projects at-scale
- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, related field, or equivalent work experience
Preferences
- Experience using Agile scrum methodology
- Experience using Jira
- Experience with the entire product life cycle from inception to delivery
- Experience supporting lab environments and production environments
- Experience managing projects in CI/CD environments
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- PMP Certification
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