Principal Technical Program Manager

• Ensure best practices and repeatable consistent processes for requirements definition, including the use of Jira to enable the traceability of tickets to our company roadmap, and the engagement with TPM-driven processes leading to engineering fulfillment
• Guide the appropriate funneling of requirements to Engineering teams by driving collaborations across all functional product and stakeholder orgs, including Product teams, Business stakeholders (Finance, Legal, Marketing), and Business areas (Automotive, Content, Martech)
• Contribute to executive-facing program reviews, utilizing Jira data, along with program insights, to create clear communication on health of product definition, technical executions, cross-team accountabilities and expectations
• Regularly contribute to conversations with leads across all functions, including the executive leadership team
• Manage and execute large-scale programs with a focus on improving deployment processes, project timelines, and delivery standards
• Lead cross-functional communications, inclusive of change management and initiative status reporting
• Provide escalation paths as appropriate, to identify risks, improve execution and remove barriers to execution
• Create and maintain comprehensive domain roadmaps, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives and enhancing process efficiencies
• Apply expert-level understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies and best practices to deliver high-impact programs
• Act as a technical knowledge repository, supporting engineering teams with precise and relevant information through a robust technical vocabulary
• Collaborate effectively with stakeholders to articulate the value of technical initiatives, advocate for their prioritization, and ensure their successful execution
• Function as a technical liaison, fostering productive partnerships between cross-functional teams to ensure smooth project progression and alignment
• Lead preparations and ceremonies with engineering and product for cross-domain program reviews relating to core technology initiatives
• Work closely with engineering teams to ensure clarification of work priorities, backlog and schedule management
• Drive a culture of innovation and be an agent of change
• Cultivate a culture that rewards aggressive pursuit of innovative solutions to problems

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 10 years of deep TPM experience leading large scale technology initiatives within tight deadlines, across multiple cross-functional teams, and building consumer facing applications across a variety of platforms
• Minimum 8 years experience managing engineering focused programs, building processes and coordinating release schedules
• Minimum 6 years of program experience in advertising technologies (advertiser and customer facing) and/or customer experience
• Minimum 5 years Atlassian (Jira) or similar tooling for managing product and engineering intake and fulfillment processes across large scale engineering initiatives
• Excellent managerial skills and interpersonal skills
• effectively communicate and collaborate with all areas of engineering, ability to interact and work with staff at all levels
• Expert-level understanding of SDLC methodologies and hands-on experience with Scrum, Kanban, and Waterfall practices
• Strong propensity towards relationship building
• Experience working with multiple Agile methodologies
• Architectural or systems design experience
• Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

people management is a plus

discretionary short-term and long-term incentives