Manager, Technical Program Management - Foundations
Core
Lead and grow the Foundations TPM team to ensure stability and velocity for DoorDash's core engineering services including Data Engineering, Data Platform, Core Infrastructure, and Developer Platforms.
Role type
Manager, Technical Program Management (Foundations Engineering)
Builds
Foundational technology services enabling company-wide velocity for consumers, merchants, and dashers
Domain
Food delivery logistics / Cloud Infrastructure / Data Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Technical depth in distributed systems and cloud infrastructure, program management in data engineering or infrastructure, team leadership and mentorship, strategic partnership with engineering leaders, stakeholder management, process optimization for OKRs and resource allocation
Preferred skills
Experience managing programs in rapidly evolving engineering landscapes, ability to operate at low level of detail for technical specs, empathetic management style
Technologies
Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, Data Engineering platforms
Responsibilities
Lead and mentor a team of high-performing TPMs, define roadmaps for foundational services, own planning and execution of programs in quality, reliability, compliance, and vendor/cost management, provide hands-on support for high-risk programs, manage expectations across the organization, develop frameworks for tracking OKRs and resource allocation
Seniority
Manager, people leadership
