# Technical Program Management Lead

**Company:** [Retool](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/retool)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $232k – $290k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Technical Program Management, Agile Delivery, Program Planning, Linear, Cross-Functional Coordination, Risk Management, Stakeholder Communication
**Posted:** 2026-06-30

> Own end-to-end delivery of complex cross-functional engineering, product, and design initiatives at Retool. Define program structure, track dependencies, surface risks, facilitate ceremonies, and drive alignment across teams with strong technical intuition and communication skills.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
As a Technical Program Manager at Retool, you'll be the connective tissue across our engineering, product, and design organizations - keeping complex, multi-team programs on track and ensuring we ship the right things at the right time. You'll own end-to-end delivery of our most critical cross-functional initiatives, from scoping and planning through launch and retrospective.

This role sits at the intersection of execution and communication. You'll work across product, engineering, design, and go-to-market teams to drive alignment, surface risks early, and remove blockers before they slow us down. You’re a force multiplier for the teams you support.

## Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end program management for large, cross-functional EPD initiatives—from kickoff through retrospective
- Define program structure, milestones, and success metrics in partnership with engineering leads and product managers
- Track dependencies, surface risks proactively, and drive resolution before they become blockers
- Run planning and coordination ceremonies (kickoffs, weekly syncs, milestone reviews) that are actually useful—not just status updates
- Build transparency across teams through clear, consistent communication on program health, decisions, and tradeoffs
- Partner with EPD leadership to improve how we plan, prioritize, and execute across the org
- Support hiring and onboarding readiness for EPD teams as we scale

## Requirements
- 5+ years of technical program management or related experience (engineering, product operations, or similar)
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, cross-functional programs in a fast-moving environment
- Strong technical intuition - you can hold your own in technical conversations, understand architectural tradeoffs, and know when to ask the right questions
- Excellent written and verbal communication; you can tailor your message to engineers, executives, and everyone in between
- High ownership mentality: you treat the programs you run as your own and do whatever it takes to make them succeed
- Experience with agile delivery, program planning, and tooling like Linear, or similar

## Compensation
The base pay range for this role is $232,000 – $290,000 per year.

Retool offers generous benefits to all employees and hybrid work location. For more information, please visit the benefits and perks section of our careers page!

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