Associate Director of Program Management (remote)

About Johnson Controls

At Johnson Controls we transform the environments where people live work learn and play. From optimizing building performance to improving safety and enhancing comfort we drive the outcomes that matter most. Dedicated to protecting the environment we deliver our promise in industries such as healthcare education data centers and manufacturing. With a global team of 100000 experts in more than 150 countries and over 130 years of innovation we are the power behind our customers mission.

About Security Access Control Business

When Fortune 500 corporations government customers or any other enterprise applications concerned with critical security issues need a reliable solution in their day to day operations more often than not they turn to Johnson Controls and its security and event management technologies currently installed in thousands of facilities worldwide. Johnson Controls has built a solid reputation in the security industry as an innovator of security and event management technologies. With its continuous investment in R&D and the ability to leverage new technologies Johnson Controls has reached technological excellence.

What you will do

Johnson Controls is seeking an Associate Director of Program Management to join our Engineering organization. You will have the opportunity to be embedded within the product development group and will own and drive cross-functional program execution with a primary focus on the migration of existing products to our new cloud-native security platform Highspan. You will be at the intersection of engineering execution and technical program leadership directly coordinating with engineering leads architects QA cloud Ops and product owners within the software development lifecycle. This has the opportunity to be a remote position for the right candidate as long as they are based in the US.

How you will do it

Lead end-to-end program management for the Highspan migration initiative ensuring on-time delivery of product migrations architectural transitions and feature parity goals.

Partner closely with engineering teams product owners and architects to define milestones track dependencies manage scope and proactively surface risks and blockers.

Coordinate delivery across multiple brands geographies and engineering teams to ensure alignment with the unified platform vision.

Establish and maintain detailed program plans dashboards and regular reviews providing visibility to engineering leadership and stakeholders.

Drive agile execution maturity within engineering by facilitating planning cadences release coordination retrospectives and improvement loops.

Serve as the Engineering program point-of-contact complementing the broader PMO by owning deeply technical or architecture-driven programs inside the R&D org.

Champion transparency accountability and engineering discipline across active programs.

What you will need

Required

Minimum Bachelors degree in a technical or engineering related field.

10 years of experience in program or technical project management with at least 5 years in a software product engineering environment.

Proven track record leading large-scale platform migrations cloud transformation efforts or multi-product initiatives.

Strong understanding of software development processes (Agile / Scrum / SAFe) and ability to partner directly with technical leads and developers.

Experience managing global teams and cross-functional stakeholders across time zones.

Excellent communication organizational and influence skills able to operate independently and make decisions in a fast-paced environment.

Able to travel 5-10%.

Preferred

Experience with physical security products Access Control VMS or SaaS platforms is a strong advantage.

Familiarity with Jira Confluence Aha! or similar tools for program management and planning.

Background in cloud-native software delivery or platform engineering.

Experience working within or alongside an Engineering organization; technical background

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Required Experience :

Director

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1