Program Manager Lead

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 one or more Tableau products. As a Program Manager Lead, you will shepherd the functional areas for the product you are responsible for. You will hire, grow and lead a team of Program Managers responsible for several areas of the Tableau product line. As part of that role you will have a leadership role through Strategy definition, product planning, execution and evangelization of the product that you have responsibility for. You will work with your peers in other disciplines to define plans and coordinate delivery of various projects for current release updates as well as future releases. As a result you are at the heart of the development action every day.

You are a proven leader and a mentor. Your analytical approach to solving problems and your collaboration style are your biggest assets to drive your team to successful delivery of their projects. You know how to communicate well with everyday project members, occasional participants, and sponsors. You see the success of your PM team’s project as your success.

Some of the things you’ll be doing include…

• Responsible for program management for one or more products.
• Responsible for building and growing a team of 3 to 5 Feature PM.
• Driving Product planning, project definition and ensure cross-functional coordination (developers, testers, designers, management) toward successful delivery of the engineering projects.
• Is an advocate of the product, responsible to drive evangelization of the product 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. 10 or more years of experience in the software industry. 3 or more years of experience leading a program or product management team in the software industry. Experience using or building Business Intelligence software is a plus
• Builder. Experience with building and leading a small Program management team
• Leader. Exceptional leadership skills: a strong leader and motivator of people.
• Excellent Communication. You know what to say and more importantly, how to say it.
• Problem Solver. You love tackling the most difficult of challenges and know how to get to the best solution.

Education
BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent


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

Tableau Software is an equal opportunity employer.