Senior Technical Program Manager

Ramp

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
New York City, NY
Salary
$180,000–$250,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
11 days ago
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Confirmed live today

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Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role pays more than 78% of similar roles. Most pay $174,950–$214,237 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $215k versus about $195k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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About Ramp

Ramp is a corporate spend management platform providing corporate cards, expense management, and accounts payable automation tools to help businesses control spending and operate more efficiently. Industry: Financial Technology & Corporate Spend Management

Ramp currently has 25 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $189,000–$325,000 across 21 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Technical Program Manager

The Senior Technical Program Manager joins the engineering organization to lead large technical programs across engineering and partner teams. This role involves managing infrastructure scaling, reliability, and incident response while connecting platform and product engineering teams to surface dependencies and drive execution. The successful candidate will own programs from scoping through delivery, partner with leaders on roadmaps, and establish standards for program practices. Key requirements include a BA/BS in a technical field and five years of experience. Candidates must demonstrate fluency with AI tools like Cursor or Claude Code and possess systems thinking to connect architecture, product, and compliance. The work focuses on solving high-stakes, data-dense problems within the financial transaction flow, specifically improving software development workflows and managing complex infrastructure and reliability programs.

What does a Technical Program Manager earn?

Median $190350 from 282 postings across 45 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Lead large technical programs across engineering and partner teams, including infrastructure scaling and incident response.
  • Connect platform and product engineering teams to surface dependencies and drive execution.
  • Own programs from initial scoping and kickoff through delivery, measurement, and retrospective.
  • Partner with engineering leaders to align project roadmaps with organizational goals.
  • Facilitate communication of business and engineering priorities across the organization.
  • Strengthen the incident response program by improving processes and facilitating retrospectives.
  • Define TPM standards and playbooks to improve program practices across the company.

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of technical program management experience, ideally in a high-growth startup.
  • BA/BS in computer science, engineering, information systems, analytics, or another technical or analytical field.
  • Hands-on fluency with AI tools such as Cursor or Claude Code and a point of view on improving software development.
  • Strong systems thinking to connect architecture, product, compliance, and timelines while spotting risks early.
  • Experience leading cross-functional programs toward ambitious goals with urgency and ownership.
  • Ability to build trust quickly and work effectively across engineering, product, and business teams.
  • Experience with cell-based or multi-region architectures, international expansion, or leading reliability programs (preferred).
  • Hands-on experience with infrastructure, CI/CD, observability tools, or a background in software engineering (preferred).

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