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of similar roles. Most pay
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Employer
About Zip
Zip Co is a global buy-now, pay-later company offering flexible installment payment solutions to consumers and merchants, enabling interest-free purchases across retail, travel, and healthcare. Industry: Financial Technology & Consumer Lending
Zip currently has
19 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$165,000–$210,000
across 18 roles with salary data.
As a Technical Program Manager, you will join the engineering team to own and operate core programs that enable development speed, quality, and consistent delivery. You will manage the Managed Release Process by coordinating monthly feature releases, tracking feature flags, and aligning launch timelines with marketing and customer enablement teams. Your daily responsibilities include overseeing technical quality OKRs, managing incident and bug follow-ups, tracking performance regressions, and handling vendor oversight tasks like usage forecasting and access management. To succeed, you must possess a strong understanding of software development lifecycles, continuous integration, and deployment management. You will utilize tools such as Linear, Zendesk, Notion, Snowflake, GitHub, and Claude Cowork to manage workflows. This role solves the challenge of maintaining reliability and velocity while scaling complex product infrastructure and application-level engineering dependencies.
What does a Technical Program Manager earn in California?
Median $211325 from 72 postings across 20 companies.
Coordinate the monthly managed release process by tracking feature flags and aligning engineering launch timelines.
Manage the lifecycle of feature flags including creation, usage monitoring, and cleanup processes.
Own follow-up processes for engineering incidents, top bugs, and associated corrective actions.
Track performance regressions and coordinate with owners to ensure prompt resolution.
Identify and resolve cross-team engineering dependencies regarding architecture, timing, and integration needs.
Manage technical vendor operations including usage forecasting, access management, renewals, and credit tracking.
Drive operational improvements to improve software quality, reliability, and development velocity.
What we're looking for
1-3 years of experience in Technical Program Management, Engineering Operations, Product Operations, or a similar role at a fast-paced technology company.
Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree, preferably in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Economics, or equivalent.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, continuous integration practices, incident management, and deployment/release management.
Ability to drive clarity and accountability in cross-functional environments while defining success metrics and reporting on them.
Process-oriented mindset with the ability to identify and close operational gaps.
Fluency in technical concepts such as feature flags, incidents, and bug ticket lifecycles (preferred).
Familiarity with vendor management and usage forecasting (preferred).
Experience working across product infrastructure and application-level teams; familiarity with tools like Linear, Zendesk, Notion, Snowflake, GitHub, and AI tools (preferred).
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