At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Job Description

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Life at F5 is never dull. We are constantly identifying industry trends and disruptions, then innovating to get ahead of future customer needs—creating application services that help the world’s leading organizations deliver their critical business apps faster and with the highest levels of flexibility, security, performance, and support.

Our success isn’t driven solely by what we do. We also care deeply about how we do it. At F5, our culture is how we live, every single day. And it’s producing outstanding results—not only for our customers, but also for our employees. We understand that your life is about more than just work, so we’re committed to a culture that supports your whole life.

We are seeking a program manager for our enterprise-wide Business and IT Transformation Program. As the program manager of the Enterprise PMO, your near-term responsibilities will be to proactively ensure this mission-critical and highly-complex program executes with alignment to its business outcomes, guiding principles, timelines, and quality. This role is a key driver in identifying, tracking, and mitigating program risks. This role will also probe, mentor, and guide each workstream to ensure transparency and accuracy in their progress.

Primary Responsibilities:

Responsible for planning and managing multiple simultaneous projects to meet Enterprise Resilience program delivery
Develop and actively manage project plans, schedules, risks, budgets, and resources to deliver program objectives
Lead and direct matrixed project teams to deliver projects on time, budget, and scope
Proactively identify project risks, roadblocks, and strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet strategic, financial, and technical goals
Participate in and/or lead the development of key project deliverables (e.g., charter, project plan, issue logs, test plan, cutover plan, etc.)
Ensure upstream and downstream impacts are identified, communicated, and aligned across all levels from team members to senior leadership
Establish program rhythm of business – including communications, status reports, and readouts to stakeholders and leadership
Serve as an escalation point on risks, issues, and decisions, course-correcting as needed
Create and monitor measures of success / KPIs for the program and projects
Improve processes and collaborate with stakeholders to continuously improve the entire project and service lifecycle

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Proficiency in project management tools – Jira/Azure Dev Ops, Microsoft Suite, Excel, PowerPoint, Zoom, SharePoint, Confluence, or equivalent tools
Extensive experience in documenting and maintaining project plans, risk/issue logs, action item logs, and other project management related tools to help achieve project success
Ability to handle ambiguity effectively and manage multiple projects at once in parallel
Extremely strong written and verbal communication skills to drive projects across multiple programs, manage stakeholder expectations, and present project information
Ability to explain technical or complex issues and concerns in non-technical ways
Ability to deliver results while working with remote, virtual, and cross-functional teams without direct authority
Exceptional presentation, meeting facilitation, negotiation, and conflict management skills
Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and accuracy
Capability to manage multiple contexts and identify connections between them
Ability to build strong, sustainable relationships with diverse internal and external partners at all levels
Proficient understanding on financial models, accounting, metrics, value attribution, measurement

Qualifications

5 years related experience with a minimum of 3 years in project management at technology-based companies or in technical domains
Experience in business strategy or business model transformations a plus
Experience in large software application transformations or ERP implementations a plus
Former management consultant background plus
BS/BA degree in a computer/business related field or equivalent industry experience.
Demonstrated knowledge of software development (SDLC), agile and project lifecycles & methodologies, and other PM best practices; and know when to use them effectively
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, or equivalent preferred.

Our Values

At F5, we live and breathe our core values, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Customer Dedication, Profitable Growth, Innovation, Employee Success, and Diversity. We help each other achieve our goals, value the diversity of ideas different backgrounds can bring, emphasize teamwork over rock-stars, work hard and most of all have fun.

We offer work/life integration programs like Freedom to Flex, dynamic employee inclusion groups, paid maternity/paternity leave, tuition assistance for professional development, a comprehensive mentoring program, rewards/recognition, and so much more. At F5, we truly do help each other thrive and it shows: F5 has been named one of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” by Fortune magazine for the past two years.

And this dedication to living our culture doesn’t just exist within our offices; it extends into our communities through Global Good initiatives such as employee matching, volunteer opportunities, and the F5 Foundation. Our employees are passionate about making a difference in the world.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become part of a company that’s on the forefront of transformation. And because we know that a more diverse F5 is a more powerful F5, we’re looking for smart, passionate, determined individuals to join us. If you make thoughtful decisions quickly, obsess over your customers’ needs, take ownership of your work (the mistakes as well as the successes), and embrace different perspectives by putting the human first, then we want to talk to you.

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

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Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Yello/Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

Equal Employment Opportunity

The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual U.S. base pay range for this position is: $144,302.00 - $216,452.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Yello/Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

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