At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

　　Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

　　Job Description

　　At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to improve our customers and their customers' lives. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

　　Life at F5 is never dull. We are constantly identifying industry trends and disruptions, then innovating to get ahead of future customer needs-creating application services that help the world's leading organizations deliver their critical business apps faster and with the highest levels of flexibility, security, performance, and support.

　　Our success isn't driven solely by what we do. We also care deeply about how we do it. At F5, our culture is how we live every single day. And it's producing outstanding results-not only for our customers but also for our employees. We understand that your life is about more than work, so we're committed to a culture supporting your whole life.

　　Position Summary

　　We seek a seasoned professional to join our Enterprise Resilience team as a Program Manager. You will play a crucial role in planning, organizing, and driving the operations of our organization's Enterprise Resilience and Crisis Management programs. The ideal candidate will have a strong program and project management background with a proven track record of successfully delivering complex programs on time and within budget. This role requires a strategic thinker with excellent leadership and communication skills, attention to detail, an organized methodology, and the ability to navigate complex situations with a calm and decisive approach.

　　This leader will mature and maintain critical programs, initiatives, and projects for the enterprise resilience programs across a matrixed environment. You will partner closely with our Enterprise Resilience team, key stakeholder groups across F5, and all levels of leadership to ensure that F5 is adequately prepared for a critical business disruption so that its people, processes, systems, facilities, and other assets are able to respond, recover, and resume operations safely and efficiently.

　　Primary Responsibilities:

　　Responsible for planning and managing multiple simultaneous initiatives and projects to meet Enterprise Resilience program commitments.

　　Establish and maintain a multi-year program roadmap with multiple workstreams and projects aligned to commitments required by executive leadership

　　Provide advice, counsel, and training to business and corporate units on resilience, continuity, risk, and crisis program management topics; including policies, standards, procedures and reporting metrics.

　　Ensure that initiatives have clear outcomes, scope, success criteria, and alignment with overall business objectives.

　　Develop and maintain a program plan, roadmap, and timelines - identify workstreams and monitor the execution of the program per scope, schedule, resourcing, and budget.

　　Establish team structure for each workstream, providing direction to project leads and coordinators on various workstreams to manage scope, timelines, deliverables, and risks to the overall program.

　　Create and monitor measures of success / KPIs for the program, initiatives, and projects.

　　Partner with Change Management to identify a change management strategy and plan to ensure business readiness, engagement, and adoption.

　　Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across various business units and stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.

　　Serve as an escalation point on risks, issues, and decisions, course-correcting as needed.

　　Regularly update stakeholders and leadership on program status, milestones, and critical performance metrics.

　　Establish program rhythm of business - including communications, status reports, and readouts to stakeholders and leadership.

　　Design and deliver executive-level presentations as needed.

　　Bring an outstanding blend of business and technical acumen.

　　Ensure program management best practices, methodologies, and tools are used to enhance project execution efficiency and effectiveness.

　　Perform other related duties as assigned.

　　Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

　　Experience program/project managing initiatives related to enterprise resilience, business continuity, disaster recovery, and/or enterprise risk.

　　Demonstrated knowledge of program and project management methodologies - waterfall, agile, kanban, etc.

　　Demonstrated experience in strategic planning, program development, resource allocation, budget management, and risk assessment.

　　Proficiency in program management software and tools to facilitate efficient program planning, tracking, and reporting.

　　Strong interpersonal skills, high emotional intelligence, and ability to develop effective partnerships across the company to engage, align, and gain stakeholder buy-in.

　　Analytical mindset with the ability to synthesize information, solve problems, and make data-driven decisions under pressure.

　　Ability to communicate effectively across written, verbal, and presentation formats to all levels of the organization from team members to executives

　　Ability to give executive summaries to any level of leadership is key

　　Strong organization and time management skills to keep programs on track

　　Ability to manage effectively in fast paced environment with multiple deadlines and competing priorities

　　Strong business acumen and understanding of enterprise-level processes and the interplay between functions

　　Ability to think strategically and act tactically as needed and be willing to roll your sleeves up.

　　Has a learning mindset, keeps up on industry trends, research, and best practices.

　　Qualifications

　　Bachelor degree or equivalent experience

　　6+ years of experience in program management, with a proven track record of successfully leading and delivering complex, high-impact projects at technology-based companies or within technical domains

　　PMP, PgMP, or other relevant project management certifications are highly desirable

　　Governance, Risk, Compliance, Continuity, and/or Emergency management certifications are a plus

　　Our Values

　　At F5, we live and breathe our core values, Excellence, Integrity, Collaboration, Customer Dedication, Profitable Growth, Innovation, Employee Success, and Diversity. We help each other achieve our goals, value the diversity of ideas different backgrounds can bring, emphasize teamwork over rock-stars, work hard and most of all have fun.

　　We offer work/life integration programs like Freedom to Flex, dynamic employee inclusion groups, paid maternity/paternity leave, tuition assistance for professional development, a comprehensive mentoring program, rewards/recognition, and so much more. At F5, we truly do help each other thrive and it shows: F5 has been named one of the "World's Most Admired Companies" by Fortune magazine for the past two years.

　　And this dedication to living our culture doesn't just exist within our offices; it extends into our communities through Global Good initiatives such as employee matching, volunteer opportunities, and the F5 Foundation. Our employees are passionate about making a difference in the world.

　　This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become part of a company that's on the forefront of transformation. And because we know that a more diverse F5 is a more powerful F5, we're looking for smart, passionate, determined individuals to join us. If you make thoughtful decisions quickly, obsess over your customers' needs, take ownership of your work (the mistakes as well as the successes), and embrace different perspectives by putting the human first, then we want to talk to you.

　　The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

　　The annual U.S. base pay range for this position is: $114,046.00 - $171,070.00

　　F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5's differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

　　You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5's benefits can be found at the following link:https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

　　Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Yello/Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com).

　　Equal Employment Opportunity

　　It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting [email protected].