Senior Program Manager

Summary

MathWorks has a hybrid work model that enables staff members to split their time between office and home. The hybrid model provides the advantage of having both in-person time with colleagues and flexible at-home life optimizations. Learn More: https://www.mathworks.com/company/jobs/resources/applying-and-interviewing.html#onboarding.

As a Senior Software Program Manager supporting Simulink, you will partner with product development teams to plan, track, and execute complex programs that deliver powerful features to industry-leading companies worldwide. You will drive execution across technical and organizational boundaries, provide insightful program analyses, and help teams make effective tradeoffs across scope, schedule, and dependencies.

You will join a collaborative Program Management community that works closely with engineering leaders to strengthen operational excellence and accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and learning in engineering and science.

MathWorks nurtures growth, appreciates inclusivity, encourages initiative, values teamwork, shares success, and rewards excellence.

Responsibilities

• Partner with software development teams to plan, track, and execute complex, cross-organizational programs while maintaining focus on building the right capabilities at high levels of quality.
• Drive program execution by unblocking progress, organizing work, simplifying execution, and managing dependencies across teams.
• Perform program analysis, manage risk, identify and influence necessary course corrections, and communicate program status across all levels of management.
• Use data and program insights to measure outcomes, visualize progress, and support informed decision-making.
• Assess and improve development workflows and agile processes, and mentor others on best practices.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.
  
  

Additional Qualifications

• Experience with commercial software products and the Agile software development lifecycle
• Ability to influence and drive alignment across teams without direct authority
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in ambiguous environments
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Experience collecting and analyzing data to drive improvements in product quality and development processes
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Git, and Power BI
• Willingness to learn and experiment with emerging AI-powered tools (e.g., copilots) to enhance team workflows and productivity
• Technical degree in Engineering, Math, or Science
• Experience with MATLAB, Simulink, or comparable products desirable