Principal Technical Program Manager, Performance

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $260,800–$365,100 / yr
Posted: 114 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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This role $313k

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TL;DR · Principal Technical Program Manager, Performance

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Principal Technical Program Manager, Performance will lead company-wide programs to improve the speed, reliability, and quality of the user experience across mobile and web platforms. Working within the Engineering Operations organization, this role involves partnering with engineering leaders in product engineering, infrastructure, client platforms, and data science to translate performance strategy into executable programs. The individual will build operating models for sustained improvement, develop measurement systems that distinguish real user experience improvements from shallow metrics, and drive organizational change to embed performance into the engineering culture. Key responsibilities include managing portfolio items like observability, experimentation guardrails, release quality, and critical user journeys. The role requires expertise in client platforms, app health, infrastructure modernization, and production readiness to solve complex technical challenges while ensuring that reliability and performance remain core components of the software development lifecycle.

What does a Technical Program Manager earn in Remote?

Median $210285 from 30 postings across 17 companies.

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Skills

Performance Engineering Observability Infrastructure Web Platforms Client Platforms Data Science Release Quality Experimentation Systems Technical Program Management Product Engineering Networking Caching

What you'll do

Translate performance strategy into executable programs across mobile, web, and shared platform systems.
Define the operating model for sustained performance improvement, including prioritization, measurement, and risk escalation.
Drive organizational change to embed performance standards and repeatable mechanisms into the engineering culture.
Develop communication and enablement tools like leadership forums and working groups to align cross-functional teams.
Build measurement systems that distinguish genuine user experience improvements from superficial metric movements.
Enforce performance governance to ensure reliability, release quality, and experimentation guardrails are prioritized.
Use technical judgment to identify systemic risks and guide trade-offs across client architecture and infrastructure.

What we're looking for

You must have 14+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering, infrastructure, client platforms, or related technical domains.
You must demonstrate deep fluency in performance and reliability systems including app health, observability, and production readiness.
You must have experience leading multi-year, multi-organization technical programs with executive visibility and ambiguous ownership.
You must be able to translate complex technical and organizational changes into clear narratives for cross-functional stakeholders.
You must possess the ability to build measurement systems that connect technical improvements to user and business outcomes.
You should have experience leading performance or infrastructure modernization programs at a large scale.
You should have experience with mobile or web performance metrics such as startup, rendering, and networking.
You should have experience building durable operating mechanisms following incident responses or high-pressure mobilizations.

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