Technical Program Manager II
Leads technically complex, cross-functional programs across engineering, product, and business teams while automating program lifecycles with AI. The role requires technical depth in areas such as observability, infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML, plus strong executive communication and program delivery skills.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own large, cross-functional programs spanning multiple engineering organizations, product, and business functions.
- Surface systemic risks, cross-pod dependencies, and organizational friction before escalation.
- Build and maintain SVP-level visibility through KPIs for high-priority initiatives.
- Bridge functions using technical credibility, trusted relationships, and product-domain expertise.
- Identify repeatable program archetypes and engineer their lifecycles end-to-end with AI solutions.
- Build automation for risk synthesis, dependency tracking, stakeholder mapping, and program templates.
- Lead deep technical, large cross-functional, product delivery, and operational programs.
- Drive alignment, make escalation and technical-judgment calls, and own outcomes through completion.
Requirements
- 3+ years of technical program management experience at a high-growth technology company.
- Experience driving large, ambiguous, cross-functional programs to completion with minimal direction.
- Hands-on technical experience in observability, infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML systems, including model-training pipelines, ML infrastructure, and GPU compute.
- Ability to discuss architecture and system design and challenge technical decisions.
- Proven ability to earn trust with senior engineering and product leadership.
- Strong written and verbal communication, including communication at VP+ levels.
- Active use of AI tools in daily work.
- Experience building a tool, template, or automated workflow used by others.
Nice-to-haves
- Identified a systemic problem and built an operating system to solve it.
- Automated a program lifecycle or workflow that previously required manual coordination.
- Experience with technical architecture in observability, infrastructure, data platforms, or AI/ML environments.
- Experience managing programs with unit-economics implications such as cloud cost, capacity, or margin.
Compensation & Benefits
- Annual salary: $145,600–$182,000 USD.
- New-hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
- Professional development, product training, and career pathing.
- Assigned TPM mentor and engineering buddy program.
- Inclusive culture, employee resource groups, team summits, and local office programming.
- Benefits may include healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health benefits, 401(k) with match, paid time off, fitness reimbursements, and discounted employee stock purchase plan.
Skills
Technical Program Management, AI, Observability, Infrastructure, Data Platforms, Machine Learning, ML Infrastructure, Gpu Compute, Model Training Pipelines, System Design, Program Automation, KPI Tracking, Dependency Tracking, Cloud Cost Management
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