• Lead End-to-End Program Management: Own the planning, execution, and delivery of complex technical programs from conception through launch, including defining scope, setting timelines, and managing risks. • Drive Cross-Functional Coordination: Facilitate effective communication and collaboration between multiple engineering teams, product managers, design, operations, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment and shared understanding. • Optimize Development Processes: Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, predictability, and quality across the product development lifecycle. • Manage Stakeholder Expectations: Proactively communicate program status, risks, and dependencies to all relevant stakeholders, ensuring transparency and alignment. • Mitigate Risks and Resolve Issues: Identify potential roadblocks and actively work to resolve technical, operational, and organizational challenges that may impact program delivery. • Define and Track Metrics: Establish clear success metrics for programs and regularly track progress, providing data-driven insights to inform decision-making. • Contribute to Team Growth: As our second TPM, you'll have a unique opportunity to help define the vision, strategy, and best practices for the TPM function at Valon.

• Lead complex, cross-functional programs spanning product launches, platform modernization, operational tooling, and strategic infrastructure initiatives. • Partner closely with Product and Engineering leaders to define roadmaps, sequence priorities, and make thoughtful trade-offs across features, scalability, and technical investments. • Coordinate execution across multiple engineering squads and partner teams, ensuring dependencies, ownership, and delivery milestones stay aligned. • Drive large-scale transformation initiatives involving process redesign, automation, system migrations, and third-party integrations. • Collaborate with teams across Security, Infrastructure, Legal, Compliance, Finance, Risk, Analytics, and Operations to deliver resilient, scalable solutions. • Manage delivery with external vendors and financial partners, proactively identifying risks and ensuring programs stay on track. • Improve how work gets done by strengthening Agile delivery practices, CI/CD processes, governance frameworks, and program reporting. • Provide clear, actionable communication to senior leadership on program health, risks, trade-offs, and execution progress. • Mentor TPMs and cross-functional partners, helping elevate delivery discipline and operational maturity across the organization.

Role Description The Technical Program Manager for Communications Domain will: - Work with the product and technology teams focused on the delivery pipeline. - Enjoy being of service to the teams and to the larger organization, with the leadership grounded in trust, transparency, and kindness. - Play a key role in ensuring a seamless planning, execution, and delivery of functionality and data through a particular system (or systems), and tools. - Be responsible for organizing, driving, improving, and accounting for insights into the technology we develop while building cross-functional relationships through stellar communication and collaboration. - Help projects stay on schedule, on spec, and ultimately on an upward trajectory of success and growth. - Identify areas for process improvement and recommend solutions to optimize workflows. - Work closely with other stakeholders & teams across Ford Credit. This position reports to the Sr Software Engineering Manager of Communications Domain. Company Description Key Ford Credit TSP Organization Facts: - Over 1,000 global team members. - Spread across 8 locations: USA, Argentina, Brazil, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, India, and China.

Title: Landowner Relations Program Specialist Job No: 540875 Work Type: Full-time Location: MESA Categories: Environment/Air/Water/Waste, Communication/Community Relations, Fish/Game/Wildlife, Real Estate and Land Management, Research, Scientific/Technical Support, Program Management Job Description: GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT Join the only state agency in Arizona responsible for conserving and protecting more than 800 wildlife species. Be part of a passionate group of people who want to make a positive impact on outdoor recreation in Arizona by managing resources for safe, compatible opportunities for current and future generations. From fishing, boating and off-highway vehicle use to shooting sports, hunting and wildlife watching, Arizona Game and Fish supports it all. Our biologists use the best available science in their management actions, and our wildlife managers are on the ground in your communities making a difference every day. Opportunities abound beyond the field at AZGFD, so check us out and see what we’re all about! Consider joining our workforce today. AZGFD celebrates the diversity of Arizona's people, landscapes and of course, wildlife. However you choose to enjoy Arizona’s wildlife and wild places, the outdoors is open for all. The Arizona Game and Fish Department manages fish and wildlife in Arizona and under the authority of the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, creates and implements scientific methods and regulations to effectively manage fish and wildlife habitat via conservation, enforcement, hunting, fishing, watercraft and off-highway vehicle recreation, and shooting sports. The Arizona Game and Fish Department dedicates itself to excellence, values its employees and supports a culture of stewardship, teamwork and partnerships. The Arizona Game and Fish Department is an Equal Employment Opportunity agency. Landowner Relations Program Specialist Job Location: FIELD OPERATIONS DIVISION / REGION 6 / MESA, ARIZONA BASED 7200 E. University Dr. Mesa, AZ 85207 Posting Details: Salary: $48,000 - $55,000 Grade: 22 Job Summary: Are you a conservation professional who thrives at the intersection of technical expertise and community partnership? As our Landowner Relations Program Specialist, you won't just manage projects—you will shape the future of Arizona’s landscapes. You will be the regional lead driving habitat improvements and expanding public access, ensuring that wildlife thrives and our communities can connect with the great outdoors! The Impact You Will Make • For Wildlife: You will lead the charge in restoring and enhancing vital habitats. From analyzing southwest ecosystems to implementing best management practices, your work directly supports the health and diversity of Arizona’s iconic fish and wildlife species. • For the Community: You are the key to unlocking new opportunities for outdoor recreation. By building trust and negotiating consensus with private landowners, agencies, and conservation groups, you ensure that public lands remain accessible and cherished by all. • For the Future: Your technical leadership in environmental inventories, GIS mapping, and ecological evaluations provides the roadmap for long-term conservation success in the region. What You’ll Do • Lead Regional Initiatives: Own the planning and implementation of high-priority habitat projects and conservation program funds. • Build Partnerships: Influence land management decisions by maintaining meaningful relationships with landowners, lessees, and partner agencies. • Be the Expert Voice: Represent the Department at public information sessions and technical meetings, providing consultation and technical advice on wildlife management. • Field & Office Excellence: Balance data-driven reporting and budget tracking with hands-on field work, including wildlife surveys and site evaluations using UTVs and 4WD vehicles. What You Bring • Conservation Roots: A Bachelor’s or advanced degree in wildlife/fisheries science and at least 2 years of professional management experience. • Southwest Expertise: Deep knowledge of Arizona’s unique ecosystems and wildlife management principles. • The "Human" Element: Exceptional skills in conflict resolution and the ability to negotiate consensus among diverse stakeholders. • Tech Savvy: Proficiency in GIS software and technical equipment to plot and track project success. Why AZGFD? At Arizona Game and Fish, conservation is personal. Our employees are deeply connected to the landscapes and wildlife they protect, and this role is at the very heart of that connection. We value stewardship, teamwork, partnerships, and professional growth. We don’t just hire experts; we invest in them. We support our staff with ongoing training and career development opportunities to ensure you remain a leader in the field. If you’re ready to make a measurable impact on desert wildlife conservation and become a vital part of Arizona’s conservation mission, we encourage you to apply! Job Duties: Serves as the Regional lead and manager for habitat improvement projects and access projects implementation. Plans, organizes, analyzes, conducts and coordinates fish and wildlife management related activities and projects associated with private and public lands. Builds new and maintains existing relationships with landowners, lessee, wildlife conservation organizations and land management agencies to influence planning and implementation decisions that enable the implementation of new and existing habitat and wildlife related projects. Develops and uses best management practices in wildlife and habitat projects. Develops and/or reviews recommendations and reports on wildlife research, wildlife surveys, habitat evaluations, special studies and/or environmental inventories and estimates. Will work with co-workers and/or may lead volunteers to complete assigned work projects. Performs other duties as assigned. Employee works under general supervision, exercising discretion and independent judgment within agency guidelines. This position provides consultation and technical advice within specialty area and are expected to make public presentations. This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures with a requirement to come into the office a minimum of 2 days each week at 7200 E. University Drive Mesa, AZ 85207. Major duties will include: • Administer, plan, organize, monitor, and implement habitat and access projects based on Regional and Department level priorities, as well as implementing activities associated with conservation program funds at a regional level. • Writes, maintains and tracks project environmental compliance based on project type through internal reviews. Reports project completion and budget tracking. • Represents the Department at technical meetings and public information sessions. • Works closely with other governmental agencies, conservation organizations and landowners to resolve issues, concerns and problems with habitat and/or access agreements. • Use technical equipment to plan, plot, monitor and track projects and assist customers with map making. Maintain and increase proficiencies in technology through ongoing training. • Performs other duties as assigned. Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs): The position requires knowledge of/in: wildlife and associated habitats; knowledge of southwest ecosystems, wildlife biology, application of management and conservation principles; knowledge of project management; knowledge of Department policies and administrative procedures; experience in procurement and the execution of cooperative agreements; report writing and basic mapping techniques. Candidates must be skilled in: wildlife identification; project management and budget tracking; restoration ecology and ecological evaluations; GIS software; strong written and oral communication skills. Use various equipment including 4-wheel drive vehicles, computers, UTV and cameras. Candidates must have the ability to: work independently or as part of a team; develop working relationships with public, federal and state agencies, and special interest groups; conflict resolution skills and negotiate consensus through partnerships; manage project proposals, tracking and budgets; work irregular hours, including weekends, to benefit wildlife and maintain positive relationships. Selective Preference(s): Experience in project management is desired. Our work environment offers training opportunities and encourages career development. Pre-Employment Requirements: The candidate must have a Bachelors or advanced degree in wildlife and/or fisheries sciences or closely related field from an accredited college or university and two years professional experience in fisheries and/or wildlife research/management. This position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job. If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job to conduct State business, then the following requirements apply: Driver’s License Requirements. All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify). Benefits: The State of Arizona offers an outstanding comprehensive benefits package including: * 13 days of vacation * 12 sick days with accumulation benefits * 10 paid holidays * Participation in the nationally recognized Arizona State Retirement System * Superior health care options * Vision care, dental care, pharmacy benefits, and flexible spending account (options available) * Life, long-term disability, and short-term disability insurance options are available * Many more benefit programs are available By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion. Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page Retirement: Positions in this classification participate in the Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS). Please note, enrollment eligibility will become effective after 27 weeks of employment.