Senior Engineering Program Manager
Spectraforce
Cupertino, California
9 months ago
Job Description
Job Title: Senior Engineering Program Manager
Location: Remote
Duration: 3 Months
Job Summary:
1: Study Design
2: Project Management
3. Execution and Monitoring
4. IT Asset Management (ITAM)
5. Data collection and annotation
6. Off-project:
Required Qualifications:
Education:
Experience:
Skills:
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 75.00/hr.
Location: Remote
Duration: 3 Months
Job Summary:
- Drive program-wide analytics delivery excellence through strategic workflow optimization, project leadership, and vendor relationship management.
- Lead high-visibility benchmarking initiatives while implementing scalable process improvements.
- Success requires proven experience accelerating analytics delivery, advanced program and project management expertise, and a track record of building high-performing vendor partnerships.
- This role supports the in-person competitor benchmarking program by optimizing project delivery, streamlining processes, and enhancing vendor management.
- Our projects typically involve three main areas of focus (outside of data analysis and delivery of results): study design, project management, and user data collection/annotation.
- Each phase requires strong collaboration with internal and external partners.
- While we have established templates and processes, there is an opportunity to further refine our approach and drive greater efficiency.
1: Study Design
- Create and maintain relevant documentation in the assigned repositories (e.g., Individual Consent Form (ICF), study protocol).
- Submit the study for regulatory reviews and approvals, generating and editing documents.
2: Project Management
- Planning and Launch.
- Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and budgets.
- Create Request For Proposals, Statement Of Work, and other project documentation.
- Receive proposals, aggregating and structuring the information for comparative analysis, to facilitate decision-making.
- Manage vendors' requests for clarification.
- Procure and manage project-related hardware and software.
- Manage device configuration.
- Analyze vendors’ proposals, assess capabilities, facilitate decision-making.
3. Execution and Monitoring
- Create and maintain project controls (in Wrike): manage project schedule, risk and change.
- Conduct regular meetings with vendors and manage the quality of deliverables through regular reviews (internal and external).
- Generate reports, as needed (dashboard + Keynote).
- Create and maintain a project-specific hardware inventory.
4. IT Asset Management (ITAM)
- Track and manage physical assets, software assets and accounts.
5. Data collection and annotation
- Oversee data collection activities, ensuring adherence to protocols and quality standards.
- Conduct on-site audits of vendor operations, as needed.
- Manage and escalate issues related to data collection and annotation.
6. Off-project:
- Create and maintain hardware inventory
Required Qualifications:
Education:
- No less than an Bachelor’s Degree (BS) in a technical field such as Engineering, Computer Science, or a related one
Experience:
- A minimum of 10 years of experience in managing complex technical programs
- Proven experience with project and vendor management
Skills:
- Project management systems (Wrike) for complex, multi-vendor programs
- Enterprise procurement processes including RFP creation, vendor evaluation matrices, and SOW development
- Hardware asset management for large device fleet
- Dashboard creation and project controls reporting
- Vendor relationship management and performance optimization
- Risk assessment and mitigation strategies
- Ability to manage multiple complex workstreams simultaneously
- Technical aptitude to understand research methodologies and requirements
- Exceptional attention to regulatory and legal document details
- Sharp eye for detail with proven ability to maintain error-free documentation and quantitative records in fast-paced technical environments
- Excellent communication skills for stakeholder management
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At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $ 75.00/hr.