Altana is the world’s first Value Chain Management System, a collaborative, public-private network that enables customers to take command of their extended supplier and distribution networks from raw material origins to the sale of finished products. By applying artificial intelligence to the world’s largest body of supply chain data, Altana reveals these previously opaque global networks and powers workflows across them. Customers like Boston Scientific, L.L.Bean, Maersk, US Customs and Border Protection, and the UK Department of Business and Trade use Altana to build secure, resilient, efficient, and sustainable global value chains.

We have built a fundamental understanding of how the world’s economy works, and the implications for global resiliency, sustainability and opportunity are enormous. Backed by leading investors and used by the world’s most important organizations, Altana’s mission is to power a new era of globalization organized around trusted value chain networks.

This is a lofty mission, and our success depends on building a diverse, global team and creating an environment in which they can thrive. We operate in accordance with our values: we embrace reality as we work to change it; we focus on value creation, not capture; we foster diversity and embrace difference; and, we go on offense. When you join Altana, you’ll be joining a vibrant, collaborative team working together to solve complex problems with the potential for global societal impact.  

The Opportunity at Altana

The Engineering team is responsible for building out the platforms, APIs, services, workflows, and logical architectures for bringing this vision to life.  We are creating a platform fundamentally driven by AI, which scales to a massive trove of data, and a diverse customer base; it is a complex system that will stretch engineering in many directions.  As a Technical Program Manager, you will help us build the world’s premier supply chain knowledge graph by leveraging your organizational, communication, problem-solving, technical knowledge, and all-around organizational-troubleshooting experience.  We seek demanding individuals that help the team deliver beyond the sum of its parts.  

Your Responsibilities

• Work hand-in-hand with commercial, product, and engineering leadership to plan and coordinate technology roadmaps and releases
• Coordinate the activities of multiple cross-functional teams towards a shared vision
• Oversee the entire project lifecycle from initiation to delivery, identifying and remediating risks while addressing blockers ensuring operational efficiency 
• Operate as the ‘go-between’ for commercial, business, and technology - translating requirements into actionable deliverables to meet customer needs 
• Manage a portfolio of projects with a keen understanding of dependencies, timing, and sequencing 
• Act as a representative for the technology teams you are managing, able to synthesize requirements, client impact, project status, and an overview of your portfolio for Leadership and Senior Management 
• Empower and super-charge the Tech Leads you are supporting    

About You

• You are technically adept and have experience with both cloud and on-premise applications and deployments
• You are a seasoned Project and/or Program Manager, comfortable supporting multiple project management frameworks simultaneously
• You are equally adept at managing up, to the side, while advocating for needs of the customerYou have an “ownership” mindset, taking responsibility for driving projects to completion
• You have experience balancing the requirements for Enterprises and/or Public Sector Government organizations
• You have experience with both frontend and backend technologies supporting SaaS and Platform-as-a-Service offerings 

Requirements

• 5 or more years of experience as a Project Manager or Program Manager
• Experience delivering value to customers 
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience managing concurrent teams, work-streams or projects 

Nice to have

• You can use Python, SQL, or similar tools to analyze data
• You have a working knowledge of cloud services like AWS, Azure, GCPYou hold a PMP, CSM, PSM, CSPO or similar certification 
• You have experience supporting both products and servicesYou are comfortable managing both agile and waterfall projects 
• You have experience using tools such as Confluence and Jira 

Why it’s great to work at Altana

• We love to collaborate, and we win as a team!
• We are committed to engineering excellence
• We value personal and professional development
• We learn from diverse backgrounds and perspectives
• We impact the world, from enabling developing countries to identifying drug traffickers

At Altana, we believe that a diverse workforce enables greater creativity, performance, and adaptability. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and welcome you to join us as you are. Our employment opportunities and decisions are based on business needs and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, family care or medical leave status, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by the laws or regulations in the areas in which we operate. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type, in any situation.