Products & Solutions – Product Engineering Lead – Sr Manager – PWC

Job Description

A career in Products and Technology is an opportunity to bring PwC’s strategy to life by driving products and technology into everything we deliver. Our clients expect us to bring the right people and the right technology to solve their biggest problems; Products and Technology is here to help PwC meet that challenge and accelerate the growth of our business. We have skilled technologists, data scientists, product managers and business strategists who are using technology to accelerate change.

Our team plans, designs and implements the architectural vision for Infrastructure supporting the firm. Additionally, we support/troubleshoot issues related to the design and implementation of Infrastructure solutions.

To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you’ll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:
• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm’s code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Requirements and Preferences:

Basic Qualifications:

Minimum Degree Required:
Bachelor Degree

Additional Educational Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or in lieu of a degree, demonstrating, in addition to the minimum years of experience required for the role, three years of specialized training and/or progressively responsible work experience in technology for each missing year of college.

Minimum Years of Experience:
8 year(s)

Preferred Qualifications:

Degree Preferred:
Master Degree

Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
Demonstrates intimate abilities and/or a proven record of success as a team leader in modern software engineering approaches, technologies, and tools, including the following areas:
• Utilizing Mobile/Web architecture tech stacks;
• Utilizing languages runtimes NodeJS, Python;
• Utilizing Web Frameworks/Libraries such as Angular, React, D3;
• Utilizing GraphQL schema definition and service implementation;
• Utilizing event-driven and microservices architectures;
• Utilizing Messaging patterns and queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis);
• Utilizing Polyglot Persistence including RDBMS (MySQL, Postgres) and NoSQL (Mongo, Neo4j, Cassandra) data stores and appropriate use cases;
• Utilizing Cloud-ready architectures utilizing infrastructure and platform cloud services for AWS, GCP, or Azure;
• Utilizing containers & container management including Docker, Kubernetes;
• Utilizing rapid-prototyping workflows and development tools;
• Utilizing Configuration Management such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform;
• Utilizing Big Data or Analytics or AI tools;
• Utilizing DevOps including virtualization, automation, continuous integration;
• Utilizing Familiarity with Agile; and,
• Utilizing Familiarity Automatic Deployments. Demonstrates intimate-level abilities with, and/or a proven record of success managing efforts with identifying and addressing client needs:
• Utilizing Mobile/Web architecture tech stacks;
• Utilizing languages runtimes NodeJS, Python;
• Utilizing Web Frameworks/Libraries such as Angular, React, D3;
• Utilizing GraphQL schema definition and service implementation;
• Utilizing event-driven and microservices architectures;
• Utilizing Messaging patterns and queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis);
• Utilizing Polyglot Persistence including RDBMS (MySQL, Postgres) and NoSQL (Mongo, Neo4j, Cassandra) data stores and appropriate use cases;
• Utilizing Cloud-ready architectures utilizing infrastructure and platform cloud services for AWS, GCP, or Azure;
• Utilizing containers & container management including Docker, Kubernetes;
• Utilizing rapid-prototyping workflows and development tools;
• Utilizing Configuration Management such as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform;
• Utilizing Big Data or Analytics or AI tools;
• Utilizing DevOps including virtualization, automation, continuous integration;
• Utilizing Familiarity with Agile; and,
• Utilizing Familiarity Automatic Deployments.
• Communicating, verbally and written, with both business and technical stakeholders to achieve product engineering objectives;
• Leading across all aspects of a technology solution such as integration, data, services, front-end, back-end, network, deployment, scaling, security, performance and development;
• Managing rapid-prototyping efforts with new and emerging technologies leveraging agile development techniques;
• Designing successful technical/integration architectures for large-scale platforms with a mix of 3rd party vendor, open-source, custom software, including the documentation of technical assumptions and decisions;
• Contributing to and managing incubators/innovation lab environments, and working with small teams across a variety of new and emerging technologies;
• Working in an environment that leverages project management skills like planning and tracking, issue and risk management, multitasking, team organization, and activity prioritization;
• Developing front-end, back-end, and/or systems administration applications with proficiency in at least one scripting language (Javascript, Python, etc.); and,
• Demonstrating experience working in a venture backed software startup developing greenfield products.

At PwC, our work model includes three ways of working: virtual, in-person, and flex (a hybrid of in-person and virtual). Visit the following link to learn more: https://pwc.to/ways-we-work.

PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.

For positions based in San Francisco, consideration of qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records will be in a manner consistent with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

For positions in California, Colorado, New York City, Washington State, and Westchester County (NY), please visit the following link for pay range information: https://pwc.to/payrange-v1-productstechseniormanager 373084 373084WD

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