CrowdStrikeSr. Program Manager, Engineering - Supporting Identity Protection (Hybrid, ISR)
As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We’re also a mission-driven company. We cultivate a culture that gives every CrowdStriker both the flexibility and autonomy to own their careers. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.
About the Role:
We are CrowdStrike, a fast-growing security company that protects our wide range of customers from cybersecurity attacks. We’re investing in program managers who are energetic, eager to learn, flexible and capable of managing large scale/complex engineering projects in a fast-paced environment.
As a Program Manager, you’ll be responsible for directly and fully supporting and engaging in the work and projects of the Identity Protection Product Group, whose mission is to protect workforce identities by implementing principles of least privilege and just-in-time- permission management, providing defence mechanisms and visibility over the full authentication footprint associated with each identity and the potential attack surface associated with it.
Your primary focus will entail driving the scheduling, scoping and execution of projects for the teams you support, working directly with the Engineering Developers, the Product Managers, and the Dev Managers in order to ensure timely delivery against the roadmap. You’ll work closely across functional teams and across geo-locations in Israel, Europe, and the United States to collaborate and ensure dependencies are well known, critical issues are identified and driven to resolution.
NOTE: You must be able to commute to the Tel Aviv Office 2-3 times a week (4 Berkovitz, Tel Avivi-Jaffa, 6423806, Israel).
What You'll Do:
Partnering and direct facilitation with teams at all levels; from in the weeds with developers on projects to summations at the executive level.
Demonstrates the ability to learn and communicate technical context and align it with business objectives to help drive project deliverables, resources, and timelines.
Creating and driving the project schedule, working with dev management task assignments, and managing schedule progress; from large phases through to detailed tasks, including understanding and managing dependencies within and across Product Groups.
Collaborating with staff and management of multiple worldwide business units (including subject matter experts, product management, design teams, and technology teams) to clearly identify, explain, and communicate their project involvement, project goals, expectations, and tasks.
Proactively tracks the status of project activities and ensures that schedules and priorities are being met.
Ensures critical issues are identified, tracked through resolution, and escalated if necessary.
Proactively manages daily/weekly project communication and status reporting.
Leads Scrum meetings and creates and follows up on meeting minutes/action items.
Flexibly working across timezones to help coordinate and follow up on work.
Willingness to travel both locally and internationally several times a quarter.
What You'll Need:
Must be proficient in the use of Jira (query/ticket creation, board creation and facilitation).
10+ years of experience working in a program/project management capacity for software development.
Experience owning a program/portfolio of products/features, scoping requirements, planning milestones, and being an active resource for technical teams.
Experience in planning, organizing, managing and tracking engineering work (with multiple complex dependencies) as part of integrated programs/portfolios at scale
Experience with/exposure to large scale platforms (cloud technologies), complex inter-dependent technologies and software development projects that require collaboration between multiple teams and areas across the organization with expert dependency and risk management.
Seasoned team coach that manages and alleviates (instead of running from) persistent obstacles
Experience with Software Development Lifecycle and Project Management Methodologies, specifically Agile/Scrum. Experience with Scaled Agile Framework methodology a plus.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills are required.
Must enjoy consensus-driven environments where collaboration, honest and open communications are paramount.
Must work effectively and professionally with cross-functional groups across divisions, worldwide, as part of a team.
Must exhibit meticulous attention to detail, and have the ability to make logical, timely decisions.
Excel at proactively and independently driving results in small team environments.
Demonstrate self-learning capabilities, taking initiative in a fast pace/quickly changing environment.
Ability to extrapolate context from complex technical conversations, and provide teams with valuable summations around action items and next steps.
Fluency in both Hebrew and English (written and verbal) required.
Requested in lieu of a cover letter:
In order to highlight what would make you a valuable asset to the CrowdStrike Program Management team, we'd like to know what a day in your "project management" life looks like. More specifically, please tell us about a single project in particular which required your leadership and fortitude to turn the tides of potential disaster. Using an intro paragraph to provide a brief summary of the problem the project was looking to solve and no more than 10 bullet points of "Actions Taken" by you specifically that led to the project's successful outcome.
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Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:
Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
Paid parental and adoption leaves
Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe
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