About Persistent

We are a trusted Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 14 of the 30 most innovative US companies, 80% of the largest banks in the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.

Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum by reporting $300.6M revenue in Q3FY24, delivering 13.7% Y-o-Y growth. Our 23,000+ global team members, located in 21 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We’re also pleased to share that Persistent has been recognized as the “Most Promising Company” of the Year at the 2023 CNBC-TV18 India Business Leader Awards and named a Leader in Everest Group’s Talent Readiness for Next-Generation IT Services PEAK Matrix® 2023. We also won four 2023 ISG Star of Excellence™ Awards, reflecting the highest standard of customer service excellence. Throughout this market-leading growth, we’ve maintained strong employee satisfaction - over 94% of our employees approve of the CEO, and 89% would recommend working at Persistent to a friend.

About Position and details:

• Role: Program Manager
• Location: Birmingham/London
• Hybrid: 2 to 3 days to office
• Should be able to travel to Birmingham once in a week
• Job Type: Permanent role
• Experience: 18 to 20 years

Skills/Responsibilities:

• Highly expertise in product engineering and very detail-oriented technical leader
• Stakeholder Management
• Practice and Process structuring
• Reporting and KPI management, Tracking
• Designs, implements, and refines product development, testing, and software development processes.
• Oversee the software development process, from design to deployment, ensuring on-time delivery
• Designs, implements, and refines product development, testing, and manufacturing processes.
• Contribute to overall business strategy and annual budget process in collaboration with Engineering Director
• Promote agile methodologies, engineering best practices e.g. CI/CD, automated testing etc. to encourage quality software development
• 7-10 years of experience in managing large product focused engineering teams
• Oversee the software development process, from design to deployment, ensuring on-time delivery
• Manages staff and assigns tasks to engineering and technical personnel.
• Leads teams in the development of new products, solutions, and processes.
• Oversees project logistics and resource allocation.
• Strives to improve efficiency and sustainability of processes and product designs, and to reduce waste.
• Secures the resources needed for teams to excel, including researching and proposing capital investments.
• Helps to create and oversee project budgets and engages in cost management strategies.
• Advocates on behalf of team members by securing adequate resources for success.
• Communicates technical information to non-technical stakeholders, including investors and potential customers.
• Maintains high level expertise in their field or sector.
• Assures that processes meet quality and safety compliance guidelines.
• Collaborates at all levels of leaders and departments.
• Forges and maintains relationships with customers and other business stakeholders
• Personnel and project management skills
• Expert-level knowledge of sector technology and processes
• Strategic thinking, Leadership, teambuilding, and mentoring skills
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and conflict resolution skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills - Data analytics skills and experience
• Good understanding of product and quality KPI’s and is able to implement methods to achieve it

Our company fosters a values-driven and people-centric work environment that enables our employees to:

Let’s unleash your full potential at Persistent

“Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.”