Manager, Technical Program Management

Role Overview

Manager, Technical Program Management

Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise data product initiatives, translating business needs into scalable, governed, high-quality data solutions. Drive cross-functional execution across engineering, analytics, and business stakeholders in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Responsibilities

• Define and manage end-to-end program roadmaps from discovery through production deployment for enterprise data products.
• Create and maintain integrated project plans with milestones, dependencies, resourcing, risks, and mitigations across multiple workstreams.
• Run and support Agile/Scrum ceremonies (sprint planning, backlog refinement, retrospectives, quarterly planning).
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across data engineering, analytics, data science, architecture, and product/business stakeholders.
• Track and report program performance using KPIs and OKRs for senior leadership/executives.
• Partner with product/domain leaders to define requirements, acceptance criteria, and success metrics aligned to business outcomes.
• Oversee technical design reviews, architecture discussions, and data modeling practices to ensure scalability and enterprise standards.
• Act as the primary liaison between data/analytics teams and business units to ensure delivery alignment.
• Maintain program documentation (e.g., decision logs, governance artifacts, RACI matrices) for transparency and audit readiness.
• Lead organizational change management (communication, training, adoption) for new data products.
• Mentor junior program managers, scrum masters, and technical leads to improve delivery maturity.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, or related.
• 7+ years technical program management experience, including 3+ years focused on data product/data platform delivery.
• Experience managing large-scale, multi-stream, cross-functional programs.
• Strong background in data ecosystems: cloud data warehouses, lakehouse architectures, orchestration tools, and BI platforms.
• Experience leading Agile/Scrum delivery at scale.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills (including senior executives).
• Analytical problem-solving with a focus on delivery quality and risk management.
• Ability to manage competing priorities across concurrent initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Prior experience in regulated industries (e.g., financial services) or professional services is preferred.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications: PMP, PgMP, SAFe, PMI-ACP, or cloud certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience mentoring teams and driving organizational change in data-driven environments.