Senior Director, Technical Program Management

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GitLabDevSecOps
Remote, USFull-TimeDirector
Salary245,600 - 418,800 USD per year
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Requirements

  • Experience in technical program management, engineering leadership, or a combination of both in complex technical organizations.
  • Background as an engineer or strong technical foundation that builds credibility with engineering teams and stakeholders.
  • Experience building, scaling, and developing a technical program management function or team.
  • Track record delivering complex programs across multiple teams with urgency and a clear focus on customer impact.
  • Ability to define meaningful program metrics, use data to identify gaps, and present clear recommendations.
  • Strength in written and asynchronous communication within a distributed, all-remote environment.
  • Experience working across infrastructure, security, and platform engineering domains.
  • Ability to influence without formal authority and collaborate effectively with engineering, product, marketing, sales, and legal teams, including through transferable experience from adjacent leadership paths.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a global team of Technical Program Managers aligned to Engineering verticals including AI, Infrastructure, Data and Product Engineering.
  • Own the technical program management operating model, including team structure, hiring approach, and career framework for the function.
  • Drive end-to-end delivery of strategic cross-functional programs across infrastructure, security, product, and go-to-market teams.
  • Define program scope, milestones, success criteria, and staffing plans to move work from ambiguity to clear execution.
  • Establish program metrics focused on non-linear productivity gains and build a consistent, data-led reporting practice.
  • Partner with Engineering counterparts as an accountability partner for priorities, key choices, and follow-through.
  • Influence strategic planning for staffing, timelines, and cross-organizational priorities.
  • Create a reliable cadence for initiative reviews, prioritization, and staffing management across the technical program management function.
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