Technical Program Manager
San Francisco, CA
|Remote
|Contract
|Job ID 71902|Posted Oct 2, 2025JOB DESCRIPTION
Technical program Manager
SKILLS:
- Proven experience as a Technical Program Manager (TPM) leading complex technical projects from conception to completion.
- Strong background in Technical Program Management with a track record of successfully delivering large-scale projects.
- Exceptional leadership abilities with experience managing cross-functional teams and stakeholder expectations.
- Skilled in developing detailed project plans, including scope, objectives, timelines, milestones, and resource allocation.
- Expertise in risk management, resource coordination, and project quality standards.
- Proficient in using tools like JIRA and Smartsheet.
- Strong advocate for agile principles with experience promoting agile methodologies.
- Skilled in managing impediments and facilitating cross-team collaboration for continuous integration and delivery.
SKILLS:
- Proven experience as a Technical Program Manager (TPM) leading complex technical projects from conception to completion
- Strong background in Technical Program Management with a track record of successfully delivering large-scale projects
- Exceptional leadership abilities with experience managing cross-functional teams and stakeholder expectations
- Skilled in developing detailed project plans including scope, objectives, timelines, milestones, and resource allocation
- Expertise in risk management, including identifying, assessing, and mitigating project risks
- Proficient in resource coordination and efficient allocation, ensuring well-supported project teams
- Experience in overseeing project quality standards through rigorous testing and validation processes
- Demonstrated ability to drive continuous improvement in project management processes, tools, and methodologies
- Experienced in generating and maintaining project forecasts in PM systems, including monitoring actualization and analyzing resource needs
- Expertise in vendor management and selection
- Ability to facilitate quarterly planning processes and coordinate various teams for strategic task planning and dependency management
- Proficient in using tools like JIRA and Smartsheet to streamline planning and execution
- Strong advocate for agile principles with experience promoting and advancing agile methodologies
- Skilled in managing and resolving impediments, with effective status reporting at multiple levels
- Ability to facilitate cross-team collaboration and communication to mitigate dependencies and promote continuous integration and delivery
- Experience ensuring alignment and synchronization of multiple agile teams towards common program goals
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