Engineering Program Manager

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a Program Manager for a contract assignment with one of our premier SaaS clients in San Jose, CA.

Responsibilities:

• Program Leadership & Delivery
• Drive planning and execution of the product roadmap in partnership with Product Management, Design, Architecture, Engineering, and business enablement teams.
• Develop and manage all aspects of large, multi‐team programs: detailed plans, schedules, risks, mitigations, status reporting, executive updates, and roadmap alignment.
• Serve as the authoritative source of truth for program state, dependencies, risks, and opportunities across in‐flight and upcoming work.
• Navigate competing priorities and tight timelines to deliver high‐impact outcomes.
• Technical & Strategic Insight
• Maintain a deep, end‐to‐end technical understanding of the solutions being built - including upstream and downstream dependencies - and drive the organizational changes needed to support them.
• Guide programs through the full lifecycle of AI feature development: hypothesis validation, fine‐tuning, evaluations, velocity improvements, requirements gathering, risk assessment, and resource planning.
• Understand and influence strategies for early feature market‐fit identification.
• Cross‐Functional Influence & Communication
• Engage and influence stakeholders at all levels - from individual contributors to VPs -ensuring alignment, clarity, and momentum.
• Develop materials tailored for diverse audiences, from executive‐level presentations to detailed documentation for engineering teams.
• Facilitate cross‐team collaboration, surfacing and resolving assumptions, gaps, and blockers across a complex matrixed environment.
• Operational Excellence
• Define and drive the processes (both new and current) to coordinate, communicate, and resolve cross‐team issues.
• Proactively identify risks and work with teams to mitigate them before they become issues.
• Continuously inspect what's working and what's not, adapting processes to improve velocity and outcomes.
• Establish and lead a coalition of cross‐functional leaders to ensure cohesive execution of the overall plan.
  
  

Required Skills:

• Leads complex engineering programs from concept through delivery, aligning technical execution with business strategy
• Drives cross‐functional collaboration across engineering, product, design, and operations to deliver scalable solutions
• Translates ambiguous requirements into structured roadmaps, milestones, and measurable success criteria
• Manages program scope, risks, dependencies, and budgets across multiple concurrent technical workstreams
• Implements engineering‐focused program governance, reporting, and decision‐making frameworks
• Optimizes development processes using Agile, Scrum, and Lean practices to improve velocity and quality
• Partners with engineering leaders to plan capacity, allocate resources, and balance short‐term delivery with long‐term architecture needs
• Leads organizational change initiatives, enabling teams to adopt new tools, processes, and operating models
• Facilitates clear communication between technical and non‐technical stakeholders, ensuring alignment at all levels
• Champions continuous improvement, operational excellence, and data‐driven decision‐making across engineering programs
  
  

SGA is a technology and resource solutions provider driven to stand out. We are a women-owned business. Our mission: to solve big IT problems with a more personal, boutique approach. Each year, we match consultants like you to more than 1,000 engagements. When we say let's work better together, we mean it. You'll join a diverse team built on these core values: customer service, employee development, and quality and integrity in everything we do. Be yourself, love what you do and find your passion at work. Please find us at https://sgainc.com/ .

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