Program Manager - Cicero Product Engineering

Lead the development of our library software solution while building and empowering high-performing teams in a structured, quality-driven environment.

The job

Our Library Business delivers our professional software solution – Cicero - for public and school libraries across the Nordics and Germany with further expansion in the horizon. In the role as Program Manager, you will play a key role in ensuring that Cicero Product Development delivers the right solutions with the agreed quality, time, and cost. You will drive structured planning, KPI-based decision-making, and alignment across an internationally distributed organisation while strengthening Systematic's commitment to process excellence and continuous improvement in our development process. 
In short, you can look forward to:

•    Leading end-to-end Cicero Product Engineering across specification, development, release, and maintenance
•    Managing and developing project managers and adhering teams, ensuring their ongoing growth and well-being – approx 30 employee’s total 
•    Building and sustaining a high-performance culture rooted in trust and professionalism
•    Lead PI-planning and ensure cross-team alignment and dependency management
•    Drive KPI-based governance, including delivery predictability, backlog health, team satisfaction, and defect trends

Joining the team

You will become part of Cicero Product Engineering, consisting of cross-functional, distributed agile teams across Aarhus, Copenhagen, and Romania. Teams collaborate within SAFe and Systematic's CMMI- and ISO-certified process frameworks. Besides heading the Product Engineering Team you will  be part of the Library Management-group and work closely with both the Library Services & Implementation Department and our Product Management-team, who are responsible for our product roadmap. 

Your qualifications and experience

To succeed in this role, you bring strong experience in leading and developing software products in well-structured organisations - and preferably for an international customer base. You excel at people leadership and stakeholder management across all levels of the business. You are passionate about developing ways of working and delivering exceptional value to our customers – and see AI as an enabler to do so. 

We are also looking for:
•    5+ years of experience in a similar role - and a background/education in software development 
•    Proven people leadership experience, including development of employees
•    Experience with agile frameworks such as SAFe and/or PI Planning and cross-team facilitation
•    Experience with KPIs, burn-down charts, and performance reporting

Please note that you must be able to present a clean criminal record and have lived in a NATO and/or an EU country for the past seven years as we work with security-classified projects. Read more here.

Welcome to Systematic Aarhus
At our Aarhus office, you can look forward to joining our Employees Club, which offers nearly 100 events a year of both social and professional character. Here, you can take advantage of a range of on-site perks from physiotherapist-led massages and an in-house hairdresser to sports clubs, game tables and even our own padel court. Our canteen is a standout feature, serving a daily selection of delicious and healthy dishes. Beyond the office, you'll also enjoy benefits like free ARoS +1 access and various shopping discounts. Systematic is not just a place to work but a place to belong.

Never stop developing
Systematic is uniquely people-centric, truly international and proudly rooted in Denmark with more than 1100 employees. Together, we write intelligent and innovative code to drive progress and improve lives. We develop IT solutions that make a real difference where it matters most. This is why we never stop developing. Here, there is room to be professional and personal. It is not just a place to work but a place to belong.

Start your development here
We will be assessing applications on an ongoing basis as we wish to welcome our new colleague as soon as possible, so click Apply Now and send us your CV today. If you have any questions, you are always welcome to contact us on tel. +45 8943 2000 and ask for Maria Stenholdt Christensen, Program Manager.