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The Principal, Technical Program Manager leads large-scale programs involving multiple dependencies across various work areas. This role involves defining goals, stage gates, and critical delivery paths while securing commitments for scopes, dates, and resources. You will manage cross-functional dependencies, resolve conflicting business strategies, and mentor team members. Key responsibilities include translating requirements into technical designs, managing software lifecycles, and overseeing cloud infrastructure, database, and network system platform designs. You will utilize program management frameworks, risk management methodologies, and tools for tracking dashboards and budgets. The work focuses on high-level system solution designs for medium-complexity systems, ensuring scalability, high availability, and performance. You will also drive automation, manage incident management processes, and oversee migrations or legacy system retirements to ensure operational excellence across the product lifecycle.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn in California?
Median $200000 from 105 postings across 25 companies.
Define goals, stage gates, critical delivery paths, and key deliverables for large-scale programs with complex dependencies.
Secure commitments for program scopes, delivery dates, and resources while managing cross-functional dependencies.
Translate product feature requirements into technical designs and clarify requirements with engineering teams.
Identify synergies, overlaps, and waste across program tracks while mentoring team members on best practices.
Drive monitoring for multiple programs by decomposing performance metrics into measurable project-level indicators.
Identify key risks, determine severity, and create mitigation plans to unblock programs with minimal guidance.
Establish end-to-end delivery plans based on impacts between applications, infrastructure, and security components.
Proactively communicate progress and risks to stakeholders while using various communication styles to achieve consensus.
What we're looking for
Must have a Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology, engineering, or a related area and 6 years of experience in engineering or program management.
Must have 8 years of experience in engineering, engineering program management, technical program management, or product management.
Requires knowledge of program management techniques, tools, frameworks, and benefits analysis.
Requires knowledge of software requirements translation, system design, cloud infrastructure, and database/network concepts.
Requires knowledge of Site Reliability Engineering concepts, including observability, monitoring, and incident management.
Requires knowledge of risk management, project tracking, budgeting, and change management methodologies.
Requires knowledge of data analysis, research, and fact-based decision-making techniques.
Requires knowledge of stakeholder identification, engagement, and relationship management techniques.
Certification in Project Management (preferred).
Master’s degree in Business Administration with a specialization in strategy, supply chain, finance, or information systems and 4 years of experience in product design (preferred).
Knowledge of implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards and assistive technologies (preferred).