Senior Engineering Program Manager
Leads cross-functional engineering initiatives from intake through delivery, translating strategic priorities into executable plans, removing blockers, and improving visibility across product and engineering pods. Requires strong technical literacy, Jira expertise, and influence without formal authority.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Represent Engineering during early intake and cross-functional triage meetings.
- Route urgent requests from leadership decisions through engineering Jira boards.
- Track dependencies with Operations and Product teams and follow initiatives through completion.
- Help drive the architectural transition from a monolith to services while supporting consistent product responses across BUILDER and OPERATOR interfaces.
- Coordinate engineering audits, including service resiliency questionnaires.
- Identify single points of failure and proactively flag business risks to leadership.
- Build, maintain, and scale engineering visibility dashboards for executive insights into product health and team velocity.
- Clarify ownership and alignment across 15+ product pods and support complex service rollouts.
- Promote and maintain company values of humility, passion, inclusion, and leadership.
- Continue learning about the company’s products and markets through internal and external training.
Requirements
- Strong understanding of software architecture concepts, including monoliths, microservices, API versioning, and data flows.
- Ability to discuss technical requirements with individual contributors, architects, and engineering managers.
- Proven ability to turn strategic vision or high-level meeting notes into structured, trackable project plans.
- Deep familiarity with Jira and workflows spanning high-level planning boards and team-level engineering boards.
- Ability to build cross-functional alignment and clarify ownership without formal authority.
- Proactive problem-solving skills and the ability to anticipate and remove bottlenecks.
- Experience in high-growth or pre-IPO technology companies.
Compensation and Benefits
- Metro 2 salary range: $190,000–$220,000.
- Metro 3 salary range: $175,000–$205,000.
- Variable commission or company bonus may apply.
- Equity plan.
- Modern Health financial, mental, and physical wellness support.
- 401(k) retirement plan and match for US offices.
- Unlimited vacation and flexible hours.
- Comprehensive medical benefits for employees and families.
- Employee assistance and wellness reimbursement programs.
- Office snacks and beverages at certain locations.
- Daily GrubHub lunch stipend when working from a US office.
Skills
Jira, Software Architecture, Microservices, Api Versioning, Data Flows, Project Planning, Risk Management, Engineering Dashboards, Monolith Migration, Service Resiliency
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