# Technical Program Manager, Platform Services

**Company:** [Motive](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/motive)
**Location:** Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $200k – $245k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Technical Program Management, Roadmapping, Risk Management, Dependency Management, Executive Communication, Program Governance, Gantt Charts, Jira, Metricsense, Datadog, SLOs, Cost Analysis, Ai Developer Tooling, Agentic Automation
**Posted:** 2026-08-27

> Leads complex, cross-functional platform engineering programs, aligning senior stakeholders, managing dependencies and risks, and improving execution across the organization. Requires 7+ years of technical program management experience, strong technical fluency, executive communication, and a technical bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Partner with the VP of Platform Services and engineering managers to translate organizational priorities into executable program roadmaps with measurable outcomes.
- Lead complex, cross-functional technical programs from definition and planning through delivery and adoption.
- Manage goals, milestones, dependencies, decisions, execution risks, and operating rhythms across engineering and partner teams.
- Build scalable program mechanisms, including roadmap reviews, status reporting, escalation paths, and success metrics.
- Identify systemic issues and execution gaps, and lead teams toward durable solutions.
- Influence technical and business stakeholders on trade-offs and strategic decisions.
- Mentor others on program management practices and improve engineering execution standards.
- Drive monthly and quarterly business reviews, executive reporting, and cross-organizational communications.
- Collaborate with Product leadership to translate product roadmaps into programs spanning multiple engineering teams.
- Implement program tracking frameworks, including Gantt charts and single-source-of-truth models, to identify delivery risks early.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program management, or a related role in software, infrastructure, or platform organizations.
- Experience leading large, ambiguous, multi-team programs with significant dependencies and measurable business or platform impact.
- Strong technical fluency, including the ability to discuss architecture, trade-offs, delivery risks, and execution plans with engineering leaders.
- Demonstrated ability to structure programs, drive decisions, and solve complex problems in fast-paced environments.
- Experience aligning senior stakeholders and improving communication, governance, and execution across interdependent teams.
- Bias for action and root-cause problem solving, with experience actively unblocking delivery beyond administrative tracking.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including synthesizing technical complexity into executive summaries and trade-off matrices.
- Experience establishing objective metrics to govern program success, including dashboards, SLO attainment, and cost trends.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

## Nice-to-haves
- 15+ years of experience in the technology industry.
- Prior experience as a Software Engineer, Systems or Delivery Architect, or Technical Product Manager.
- Experience driving AI-assisted developer workflow tooling or agentic automation in developer environments.

## Compensation and Benefits
- United States compensation range: **$200,000–$245,000 USD**, dependent on location and other factors.
- Total compensation may include restricted stock units.
- Benefits may include health, pharmacy, optical and dental coverage, paid time off, sick time off, short- and long-term disability coverage, life insurance, and 401(k) contributions, subject to eligibility.

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