Staff Technical Program Manager

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💎 Seniority level: Staff, 8+ years

📍 Location: USA

💸 Salary: 136000.0 - 213000.0 USD per year

🔍 Industry: Financial Services

🏢 Company: Addepar👥 501-1000💰 $166,262,336 Series F almost 4 years ago🫂 Last layoff over 2 years agoFinancial Services SaaS FinTech Software

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 8+ years

🪄 Skills: Project ManagementAgileJiraCross-functional Team LeadershipProduct DevelopmentCommunication SkillsAnalytical SkillsCI/CDRESTful APIsOrganizational skillsRisk ManagementStakeholder managementStrategic thinkingSaaS

Requirements:

8+ years technical program management or similar relevant experience
5+ years of successfully implementing and managing SaaS product development programs; experience in product management or engineering roles preferred
Solid technical foundation with ability to understand and digest new technical concepts and technologies quickly
Experience in practicing Agile, with the ability to adjust effectively based on current needs and team dynamics
Strong experience with program management tools; proficiency in Jira required
Strong influencing and negotiating skills at all levels
Comfortable adjusting between the need to be tactical vs. strategic
Expert in navigating through, and working with ambiguity by bringing structure to large/complex problems
Organized and detail oriented; comfortable managing multiple initiatives and priorities in parallel

Responsibilities:

Drive a portfolio of high-priority R&D Initiatives, including the creation and management of detailed plans and artifacts
Lead strategic and tactical weekly cross-functional technical delivery forums across Product, Engineering, Risk and other key stakeholders, as well as monthly Steering Committee forums (SteerCos) with senior leadership
Develop strong partnerships with cross-functional teams to drive progress, facilitate collaboration, and remove obstacles
Identify program risks and establish escalation process for facilitating “Return to Green” plan for initiatives that are off-track
Flex technical expertise and emotional intelligence to align discussions to business outcomes; influence strategy and trade-off decisions to optimize impact and time-to-market
Coordinate, design, and implement improvements to the quarterly R&D-wide Planning process
Establish program management standards and best practices, including systems and tools
Create a collaborative environment that values transparency, learning, efficiency, and creativity
Standardize JIRA use and operating metrics across teams to drive consistent telemetry, while building velocity measuring tools to track initiative and OKR progress
Manage user permissions to R&D Ops-managed systems

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