# Senior Technical Program Manager

**Company:** [Chainguard](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/chainguard)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Salary:** $153k – $180k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Program Management, Project Tracking, Dependency Management, Dashboarding, Stakeholder Management, Prioritization, Risk Management, Process Design, Cross-Functional Collaboration, Security Operations
**Posted:** 2026-08-27

> Leads cross-functional technical programs across the security organization, building workflows, dashboards, prioritization mechanisms, and operating processes. Requires at least five years of program management or operations experience, strong stakeholder skills, and comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own workflow, project tracking, and dependency management across Product Security, Cyber Resiliency, and Governance & Trust.
- Build and maintain dashboards and reporting on security risk, exposure, and program health for company leadership.
- Partner with a primary security team on day-to-day execution while supporting other security teams as priorities and capacity allow.
- Make and communicate prioritization decisions when demand exceeds capacity, identify alternatives, and explain trade-offs.
- Design and implement lightweight processes that improve security-team effectiveness without unnecessary engineering overhead.
- Establish effective ways of working with product, engineering, and other partner teams.
- Help shape broader company processes for planning, prioritization, and cross-functional execution.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in program management, technical program management, or operations roles.
- Experience in broad, cross-functional operations or program management supporting diverse stakeholders across an organization.
- Ability to operate effectively in a horizontal role with a large and varied stakeholder group.
- Demonstrated ability to build processes and exercise sound judgment in ambiguous environments.
- Strong stakeholder management and strategic partnership skills.
- Experience managing competing priorities and communicating difficult trade-offs clearly.
- Comfort working in a fast-moving, scaling environment where processes are still being built and refined.

## Nice-to-haves
- Security experience.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: $153,000–$180,000 USD annually.
- Remote-first culture with team meetups, destination summits, and a monthly coworking, phone, and internet stipend.
- Stock options upon hire and promotion, with participation in secondary offerings and a 10-year exercise period.
- 100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance premiums for employees and dependents.
- Flexible time off.
- Paid parental leave: 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.

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