Associate Technical Program Manager

TomTom is seeking a highly skilled Associate Program Manager to join our Maps software engineering organization. As a leader in geolocation solutions, we offer exciting innovation opportunities and the chance to work with cutting-edge technology. At TomTom, we value innovation, collaboration, and a passion for excellence. If you are a driven individual with a desire to make an impact in the geolocation solutions market, we want to hear from you.

What you'll do

• Drive complex technological programs to meet company objectives, creating momentum and collective buy-in within the organization to ultimately ship the program or product.
• Ensure alignment of the technical program with the business context, working alongside Engineering Managers (EMs) and Product Managers (PMs) to simplify and abstract complex dependencies and technical landscapes.
• Operate at a system-level, tailoring the approach to the unique context and needs of each program, and taking ownership of the key decisions made and driving them to completion.
• Manage the program execution from inception to completion, including milestones, progress, key metrics, risks, mitigations, challenges, escalations, cost, technical decisions, and tradeoffs, ensuring shared and timely communication with key stakeholders for improved transparency.
• Support the product roadmap planning process.
• Take ownership of program-level technical risks, leading technical decision-making across cross-functional teams.
• Act as a communications liaison between technical and non-technical audiences, develop and maintain productive internal relationships, facilitate cross-collaboration between engineering and other departments, generate targeted reports.

What you'll need

• At least 5 years of experience in software engineering and 2 years of experience in Project Management roles.
• Proven experience in leading teams through complex projects.
• Good understanding of modern project management methodologies, and best practices, including systems thinking and evidence-based management.
• Strong leadership, strategic thinking, and effective communication skills.
• Ability to effectively handle conflicts and find solutions.
• Commitment to continuous learning and staying updated on industry trends.
• Strong interpersonal skills for fostering positive relationships.

What we offer

A competitive compensation package, of course. Time and resources to grow and develop, including a personal development budget and paid leave for learning days, as well as paid access to e-learning resources such as O’Reilly and LinkedIn Learning.

Time to support life outside of work, with enhanced parental leave plus paid leave to care for loved ones and volunteer in local communities. Work flexibility, where TomTom’ers, in agreement with their manager and team, use both the office and home to focus, collaborate, learn and socialize. It’s all about getting the best out of both worlds – we ask TomTom’ers to come to the office two days a week, and the remaining three are free to be worked in either location.

Improve your home office with a setup budget and get extra support with a monthly allowance. Enjoy options to work from your home country and abroad for a set number of days each year, to visit family and friends, or to simply explore the world we’re mapping. Take the holidays you want with a competitive holiday plan, plus an extra day off to celebrate your birthday.

Join annual events like our Hackathon and DevDays to bring your ideas to life with talented teammates from around the world. Become a part of our inclusive global culture and have the chance to collaborate with a diverse community – we have over 80 nationalities at TomTom!

Meet your team

We’re Maps, a global team within TomTom’s Location Technology Products technical unit. Our team is driven to deliver the most up-to-date, accurate and detailed maps for hundreds of millions of users around the world. Joining our team, you’ll continuously innovate our mapmaking processes, directly contributing to our vision: engineering the world's most trusted and useful map.

At TomTom, you’ll help people find their way in the world. In 2004, TomTom revolutionized how the world moves with the introduction of the first portable navigation device. Now, we intend to do it again by engineering the first-ever real-time map, the smartest and most useful map on the planet. Work with a team of 3,700 unique, curious and passionate problem-solvers. Together, we’ll open up a world of possibilities for car manufacturers, enterprises and developers to help people understand and get closer to the world around them.

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