Kafka Events Program Lead

We are searching for a Senior Program Manager

This position is based at our office in Roskilde or Warsaw and you will join our Product Management team. The team oversees our product vision and program execution in the domain Shared Platforms & DevOps.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Program Manager to spearhead our strategic initiative aimed at opening our datacenter using Apache Kafka to produce and consume events. This high-profile program requires exceptional stakeholder management skills and an understanding of event-driven architectures.

The role offers a great opportunity to lead one of bec’s most important initiatives towards a more modern and scalable setup, where data is available and ready to be consumed by our customers and partners.

At bec, we prefer to collaborate often in the office, but we also keep the opportunity to work remotely up to 8 days per month. Your direct manager will be Michael Ager Carlsen.

Primary task and responsibilities include:

• Stakeholder management (20%)
• Planning and coordinating with teams (20%)
• Reporting and preparing presentations (20%)
• Communication (20%)
• Close collaboration with
  • Technical teams
  • Architects
  • Product organization
  • Customers
  • Service Partners
  • Finance
  • Directors
  
  
• Very limited travel if based in Roskilde otherwise expect 10 per year.

To succeed you will have:

• A curious mind with an open nature and desire to knowledge-share with others.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Program management experience
• Essential tech competencies preferred but not a must
  • Event driven architecture
  • Apache Kafka
  • Consumer / producer patterns
  • Open Architecture
  
  
• Personal traits required
  • Energetic
  • Positive mindset
  • Ready to go the extra mile
  • Goal oriented
  
  

It’s nice-to-have:

• Additional tech competencies
• Specific sector knowledge
• Specific project experience
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Be your best self with bec’s benefits!

We offer a diverse range of benefits for our employees. Here are just a few of them.

• Professional development
• Healthy, varied lunch and fruit in the canteen
• Active staff associations: yoga, cycling, go-karting, salsa dancing etc.
• Flexible working hours
• Health insurance
• Referral bonus
• Flexible working hours

What does the recruitment process look like?

1. Send us your CV: We want to get to know you
2. Screening call: Let’s chat and see if we’re a match
3. Meet your future manager and team: See who you’ll be working closely with.
4. Personality and cognitive test: Let’s learn more about you.
5. Meet our talent partner and your future manager once more: Get feedback on your test results.
6. Time to sign the contract: We’re ready to welcome to bec!

If you have any questions related to the position, please contact Robert Piec (Talent Attraction Partner) at [email protected]

Make us aware of your talent

We are an equal opportunities employer. We hire top talent regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, and age. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply. See our full list of vacancies at https://www.bec.dk/en/vacancies/

You can also learn more about bec by browsing our company culture book: wearebec.pdf