Program Manager, Tableau Public

Tableau Software is one of the fastest growing technology companies in the world, with nearly 100% annual sales growth. Tableau makes fast analytics and visualization products that help people see and understand data of any size or format. The company is on its way to becoming a large, market-defining company in the business intelligence industry and is next in a long line of high profile Stanford spinouts (e.g., Google, Yahoo, VMWare). Customers of all sizes use our products, from Fortune 500 companies, to video game designers, to scientists in the jungles of Central America, to high school principals. Our software is for anyone with data and questions! Additionally, Tableau’s web products (www.tableaupublic.com) are used by bloggers, journalists, and major media web sites to share data online as interactive visualizations. Check out our products at: www.tableausoftware.com/products/tour.

Tableau’s culture is casual yet high energy. We are passionate about our product and loyal to each other and our company. We value work/life balance, efficiency, simplicity, freakishly friendly customer service, and making a difference in the world. Tableau offers exceptional professional and financial growth potential.

What you’ll be doing…
In this position, you will oversee program management for the Tableau Public/Digital services and product line. As a Program Manager, you will shepherd the functional design for the product areas you are responsible for. Your role starts early in the cycle: from requirement gathering, to feature prioritization, feature definition and design, project management and oversight during project execution, to evangelization of your features once complete. You will work you’re your peers in other disciplines to coordinate delivery of various projects you are responsible for. As a result you are at the heart of the development action every day.

You love Data. You are passionate about software design, project management and coordination. Your analytical approach to solving problems and your collaboration style are your biggest assets to drive your projects to successful delivery. You know how to communicate well with everyday project members, occasional participants, and sponsors. You see the success of your project team as your success. Some of the things you’ll be doing include…

+ Responsible for program management for one or more area of Tableau products.
+ Active participant in Product planning and Roadmap definition,
+ Drive feature project definition and ensure cross-functional coordination (developers, testers, designers, management) toward successful delivery of the engineering projects.
+ Advocate of the product, responsible to drive evangelization of your features to external customer facing events
+ Oversee that all projects execute smoothly and effectively, recommend process improvement to increase engineering team efficiency and velocity

Who you are…
+ Experienced. Experience with Program management for small to mid-size development team. Experience using or building Business Intelligence software is a plus.
+ Problem Solver. You love tackling the most difficult of challenges and know how to get to the best solution.
+ Excellent Communication. You know what to say and more importantly, how to say it.
+ Results-oriented. You love the doing and the process but you are all about results.


To learn more about Tableau’s culture, please visit: http://careers.tableausoftware.com

Tableau Software is an equal opportunity employer.