Staff Technical Program Manager

Job Title: Staff Technical Program Manager

Location: Remote

Salary: $175,000-$200,000

About the Technology Company / The Opportunity:

Join an innovative technology, information and media organization delivering scalable digital platforms and intelligent solutions to millions of users. As the first dedicated Technical Program Manager, you will establish strong program management practices while leading high-impact platform transformations, complex product launches, technical integrations, and AI-driven initiatives. This influential remote opportunity is ideal for a technically fluent program leader who thrives on creating structure, aligning teams, anticipating risks, and delivering meaningful business outcomes without relying on formal authority.

Responsibilities:

• Lead complex, multi-team technical programs from strategy and planning through successful delivery.
• Translate ambiguous initiatives into actionable plans with defined milestones, ownership, dependencies, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Coordinate Engineering, Product, Design, Infrastructure, Security, QA, Operations, external partners, and executive stakeholders.
• Develop sufficient architecture and systems fluency to identify technical gaps, constraints, dependencies, and execution risks.
• Partner with Engineering and Product leadership on quarterly, annual, roadmap, portfolio, and capacity planning.
• Balance scope, timelines, quality, technical considerations, resources, and business priorities while managing trade-offs.
• Establish scalable governance frameworks, operating rhythms, delivery standards, and execution practices that improve predictability.
• Provide transparent executive communication, data-driven recommendations, risk mitigation plans, and actionable escalation support.

Must-Have Skills:

• 12 years of experience leading large-scale technical programs within software engineering organizations.
• Demonstrated success delivering complex initiatives involving multiple engineering teams, technical dependencies, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of software systems, architecture, the software development lifecycle, Agile methodologies, and engineering execution.
• Ability to understand architectural discussions, ask informed technical questions, identify gaps, and assess delivery risks.
• Experience partnering with senior Engineering, Architecture, Product, and executive leaders on strategic initiatives.
• Proven ability to influence teams, create accountability, and drive execution without direct organizational authority.
• Strong systems thinking, prioritization, dependency management, risk management, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, conflict resolution, relationship-building, and executive communication skills.
• Strong analytical and data-driven approach to program health, delivery metrics, KPIs, and decision-making.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Previous experience as a software engineer or in another deeply technical engineering role.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms, distributed systems, platform modernization, or architecture transformation.
• Background partnering across Engineering, Product, Infrastructure, Security, QA, and Operations organizations.
• Experience with AI-driven initiatives, AI-powered planning, engineering analytics, or emerging technologies.
• Experience in travel technology, online travel, marketplaces, lodging, hospitality, consumer technology, or other high-scale platforms.
• Expert-level proficiency with Jira and Confluence, including workflow optimization and adoption best practices.
• Experience defining engineering delivery metrics, organizational KPIs, governance models, and operating rhythms.
• Experience establishing or maturing a Technical Program Management function within an engineering organization.