Senior Manager - Technical Program Management
Core
Stand up and scale the Technical Program Management function to own the cross-functional interface fabric between Engineering, Product, Design, and downstream functions (Customer Success, Support, GTM, PMM) for a fast-moving distributed software company.
Role type
Senior Manager, Technical Program Management (Founding role)
Builds
The operating model, standards, and dependency graph infrastructure for cross-functional programs and launches.
Domain
Postgres development platform / Developer tools / SaaS
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Technical program management (10+ years), building/scaling TPM functions, team management, technical fluency (reading code/architecture), cross-functional interface design, Linear/Jira scale operations, async communication, high judgment without positional authority
Preferred skills
Experience in high-growth software companies, managing senior IC TPMs, defining project management standards in Linear
Technologies
Linear, Jira
Responsibilities
Define the TPM operating model and standards; hire and grow the TPM team; own the cross-functional interface fabric and hand-off contracts; author the company standard for project management in Linear; manage the dependency graph for large cross-functional programs; operate program-level rollup infrastructure.
Seniority
Senior Manager, Founding role, hands-on leadership
