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Technical Program Manager

Aiven Deutschland GmbH

Location:
Portugal, Lisbon

Category:
IT - Administration

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Not provided

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Job Description:

This is a foundational and high-impact role for a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM), reporting to the Head of Product and Engineering Operations. Your primary purpose is to build the operational framework that allows our Product and Engineering teams to consistently deliver complex, high-quality products to developers. You'll be instrumental in establishing the TPM function and defining the pragmatic ways of working that link strategic vision to reliable execution. You are the operational backbone ensuring that security, reliability, and performance are central to everything we build.

Job Responsibility:

Establish the TPM Function: Help define the charter, standards, and practical best practices for the TPM discipline across the Product and Engineering organization
Define Delivery Workflows: Create, document, and embed scalable delivery frameworks, rituals, and communication standards (e.g., planning, dependency management, launch readiness) that drive predictable, high-quality outcomes
Drive Complex Programs: Own the end-to-end delivery of a major, long-term roadmap track or a set of highly complex, cross-functional products, acting as the operational owner
Manage Dependencies and Risk: Proactively identify, track, and mitigate critical technical and schedule dependencies across numerous teams, conducting deep-dive technical reviews with engineering leaders to address systemic risks (scaling, architecture, security)
Tooling Improvement: Work closely with the Operations team to continuously improve the tooling that enables accurate planning, tracking, and reporting for the product delivery teams
Improve Go-to-Market: Partner directly with the Go-To-Market (GTM) team to refine and execute product launch processes, ensuring seamless internal alignment and proper technical support for sales enablement and market release
Communicate & Report: Establish and monitor key delivery health metrics, providing clear, concise, and accurate status reporting on program progress to executive stakeholders
Champion Quality: Ensure non-functional requirements (Security, Reliability, Performance) are prioritized and integrated as critical milestones throughout the entire product delivery lifecycle

Requirements:

5+ years of experience in a Technical Program Manager, Technical Project Manager, or Senior Engineering Manager role, ideally within a high-growth PaaS, Cloud Infrastructure, or Developer Tools company
Demonstrated experience managing the delivery of highly technical products where deep understanding of infrastructure, data systems, or platform services was required
Proven ability to not just follow processes, but to design and implement simple, effective delivery and planning frameworks from scratch in a pragmatic, results-oriented manner
Expert capability in driving execution in an agile/lean environment, with a track record of successfully delivering complex, multi-quarter programs on time
Exceptional ability to lead and align diverse stakeholders, including Engineering, Product Management, Security, and Go-to-Market teams

Nice to have:

Experience operating within a scale-up environment and dealing with the inherent ambiguities
Familiarity with open-source technologies, Kubernetes, Kafka, PostgreSQL, or other core cloud-native technologies

What we offer:

Participate in Aiven’s equity plan
With Aiven locations spanning the globe, we want all of our crabs to find the right balance with our hybrid work policy
Get the equipment you need to set yourself up for success
Step up your career game with real employer support (use one of our learning platforms, annual learning budget, and more)
Get holistic wellbeing support through our global Employee Assistance Program
Contribute to open-source projects that you find meaningful outside of work - and get paid for it! Our Plankton program recognizes extra work to the open-source ecosystem for developers and non-developers alike
Use up to 5 days per year to volunteer for a good cause of your choice
Join one of our team member resource groups - empower yourself and others in missions that resonate with you

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 16, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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