What are the responsibilities and job description for the Technical Program Manager position at Optomi?
Optomi, in partnership with a leading financial services company, is looking for a Technical Program Manager (Enterprise Data & GCP) to join their team. This financial company is undertaking a multi-year enterprise program to consolidate data, tooling, and planning workstreams into Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The Technical Program Manager will drive program-level execution across multiple teams, ensuring end-to-end alignment, delivery, and regulatory/SDLC compliance within a mature SAFe environment. This role requires a technically credible leader to steer architectural discussions and ensure delivery feasibility.
What the right candidate will enjoy:
- Leading complex, cross-team technical programs with real business impact.
- Partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Architecture.
- Solving ambiguous problems and shaping scalable solutions.
- Driving Agile maturity, process improvements, and team performance.
- Influencing leadership and mentoring team members.
Experience of the right candidate:
- 6–9 years in Technical Program/Project/Delivery Management in enterprise environments.
- Strong Agile expertise (RTE preferred) and experience with PI planning and ceremonies.
- Solid technical foundation (system design, architecture, engineering concepts).
- Experience with Jira, Rally, Confluence.
- Familiarity with data systems (databases, data modeling, Hive/Spark/Python) and cloud (GCP preferred).
- Proven ability to manage multiple programs, budgets, and delivery metrics (OKRs/KPIs).
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
Responsibilities of the right candidate:
- Drive execution of complex programs, managing risks, dependencies, and delivery timelines.
- Lead technical discussions and contribute to solution design and documentation.
- Partner with Product/Engineering to define roadmaps and ensure alignment.
- Provide clear updates to leadership and support key decisions.
- Improve delivery processes, Agile practices, and team efficiency.
- Track KPIs/OKRs to generate insights and drive outcomes.
- Ensure SDLC, regulatory compliance, and high-quality releases.
- Mentor team members and coach teams to increase Agile maturity.
- Coordinate across teams to resolve technical dependencies and blockers.
- Support change management, release planning, and executive communications.