Description

Job Title: Agile Program Manager (Mandarin Required)

Location: Port Washington, New York or Austin, Texas

Reports to: Associate Director of Smart Technology

Team: R&D IoT

WAC Group has disrupted our industry by challenging conventions and building sustainable products and systems with integrity. With multiple thriving brands, our unparalleled, world-class organization includes WAC Lighting, WAC Architectural, WAC Home, Modern Forms Luminaires + Smart Fans, Schonbek, dweLED, WAC Landscape, AiSPiRE, VENTRIX, Colorscaping and WAC Limited brands. WAC Group makes significant investments in breakthrough technologies, electronics research and development, and advanced engineering. Through eco-friendly manufacturing and giving back to our local and global communities, we are overcoming challenges with creativity and innovation!

Position Summary: 

The Agile Program Manager leverages deep expertise in Agile methodologies to drive multiple integrated projects across international and cross-functional hardware, firmware, application, and cloud development teams. The Program Manager is responsible for aligning delivery with strategic objectives, driving execution through Agile frameworks, managing risks and dependencies, and ensuring consistent value delivery at scale.

Key Responsibilities: 

-Own and lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex, multi-project programs aligned with business strategy.
-Define program vision, execution roadmap, milestones, and success metrics.
-Manage interdependencies, risks, issues, and escalation across projects.
-Ensure alignment between business stakeholders, engineering, R&D, Product Management, Tech support and sales teams.
-Provide clear, data-driven status reporting on progress, risks, and outcomes.
-Translate business objectives into executable plans.
-Manage stakeholder expectations and drive alignment across competing priorities.
-Manage forecasts and provide guidance on resources to be allocated.
-Identify and execute opportunities to improve delivery efficiency, predictability, and quality.
-Leverage metrics such as velocity, lead time, throughput, and KPIs.
-Drive process improvements and department agility at scale.
-Empower the team to make actionable decisions based on data.
 

Critical Success Factors: 

-Deliver alignment between hardware, firmware, app and cloud roadmaps.
-Provide explicit dependency tracking between US and China teams.
-Create well-defined ownership of platforms, services, and interfaces.
-Deliver shared program goals, definitions of “done,” and success metrics across regions.
-Define clear decision rights (what is global vs. local).
-Drive and influence trust between regional leads despite time zone and cultural gaps.
  

The expected salary is 120,000.00 - 135,000.00. The actual compensation will be determined based on experience and other factors allowed by law.

Requirements

Requirements: 

-Bachelor degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field of study.

-Chinese Mandarin language skills (verbal and written) are a requirement.
-5+ years of experience in program management or project management in complex business environments.
-3+ years owning and managing programs in Agile or scaled Agile environments.
-3+ years managing international, cross-functional programs in Jira.
-Demonstrated strong understanding of Agile frameworks (Scrum, Kanban, etc.).
-Documented experience driving cross-functional, distributed teams.
-Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
-Agile certification is a big plus.