What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Program Manager – NYC position at Medal?
Medal enables millions of gamers to capture and share their best gaming moments and create memories together. Every year, our players leverage Medal to capture billions of gameplay clips — so your work will have a real impact on millions of people around the world!
We're looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) with a strong engineering background and a passion for games. If you are an experienced full-stack developer who is willing to take a leadership role and streamline the work of a 20 engineering team, while also contributing to the product roadmap, this job is for you.
What You'll Do
We're looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) with a strong engineering background and a passion for games. If you are an experienced full-stack developer who is willing to take a leadership role and streamline the work of a 20 engineering team, while also contributing to the product roadmap, this job is for you.
What You'll Do
- Drive Product Development – Own the roadmap and execution of key features, tools, or platforms, ensuring alignment with business and player needs.
- Bridge Engineering & Product – Work closely with engineering teams, translating complex technical challenges into clear product requirements.
- Hands-on Tech Collaboration – Leverage your full-stack experience to engage deeply with engineers, reviewing architecture decisions, providing input on technical trade-offs, and ensuring high-quality execution.
- Agile Execution – Lead sprints, manage backlogs, and ensure the team delivers high-impact features efficiently.
- Startup-Style Problem Solving – Navigate ambiguity, identify opportunities, and iterate rapidly in a fast-paced environment.
- Cross-Functional Leadership – Work closely with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to bring product features to life.
- TPM experience – experience as a Technical Product Manager, Engineering Manager or a similar role, working closely with engineering teams.
- In-person – Looking to hire in NYC to contribute alongside the product team. 5 days in the office.
- Ownership & attention to detail – You see things through, and can be responsible for end-to-end quality of complex features.
- Be result-driven – Everything we do is driven by the metrics and performance of the feature. We move fast and ship regularly.
- Gaming Passion – Deep love for games, gaming culture, and understanding of what makes a great player experience. Experience working on gaming-related projects is a plus.
- Startup Experience (Preferred) – Comfortable in fast-paced, high-ambiguity environments where you wear multiple hats.
- Electron, React, Redux, Styled Components & other modern web-based technologies
- C# and C for native windows recording & more
- Swift for iOS, Kotlin for Android
- Java, Redis, RabbitMQ, Kubernetes for backend
- Terraform, Salt, GitHub Actions, CircleCI for IaC and CI/CD
- Work on cutting-edge tech and help shape the future of gaming.
- Passionate team that values ownership and innovation.
- Competitive salary, equity options, health insurance, 401k.
Salary : $150,000 - $220,000