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ApolloApolloSan Francisco, CA

Director, TPM

Leads Engineering’s highest-impact cross-functional programs, establishing planning, dependency, risk, and delivery mechanisms that make execution predictable. The role requires deep technical program management experience, strong engineering credibility, executive-level communication, and fluency with AI tools.

274k – 393k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOETechnical Program Management

About the role

Responsibilities

  • Drive the largest and most complex cross-functional programs end-to-end, from framing the problem through to landing the outcome.
  • Set the standard for how complex programs are run and raise the bar for program execution across engineering.
  • Own delivery mechanics, including planning, dependency and risk management, and the operating cadence that keeps programs on track.
  • Make delivery predictable and visible, with clear owners, timelines, and status that leadership can trust.
  • Drive cross-team coordination, unblock dependencies, and surface and manage risk early.
  • Partner with engineering and product leadership to turn strategy into sequenced, resourced plans and keep them honest.
  • Use AI tools to run large programs, from planning and tracking to status and reporting.
  • Build AI-driven workflows that increase leverage and improve organizational speed.

Requirements

  • Deep experience as a technical program manager driving large, complex, cross-functional engineering programs to delivery in a fast-moving software company.
  • Strong technical grounding and credibility with senior engineers, including the ability to go deep on tradeoffs.
  • Excellent written communication and stakeholder management across engineering, product, and executive leadership.
  • Strong judgment regarding planning, dependencies, risk, and operating cadence.
  • Genuine fluency with AI tools and a habit of using them to increase leverage.

Compensation and Benefits

  • Total cash compensation: $273,600–$393,400 USD, inclusive of annual base salary and annual bonus as applicable.
  • Tier 1 pay range for San Francisco, New York City, and Seattle: $314,600–$393,400 USD.
  • Tier 2 pay range for all other US locations: $273,600–$342,000 USD.
  • Additional benefits may include equity, company bonus, 401(k), paid holidays, flexible PTO, parental leave, employee assistance and wellbeing benefits, global travel coverage, life/AD&D/STD/LTD insurance, and FSA/HSA, medical, dental, and vision benefits.

Skills

Technical Program ManagementProgram ManagementCross-Functional Coordinationdependency managementRisk Managementproject planningStakeholder Managementwritten communicationAI Toolsengineering delivery
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