Staff Technical Program Manager

Role Overview

Staff Technical Program Manager at Teradata, driving delivery of significant, multi-team technical programs across the company’s product portfolio. Own execution from kickoff through launch while partnering closely with engineering, product, and business stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own planning, execution, and delivery tracking for complex technical programs across multiple engineering teams and product areas.
• Create and maintain program artifacts:
  • detailed program plans
  • dependency maps
  • risk registers
  • milestone tracking dashboards
• Facilitate cross-team coordination and decision-making (standups, program syncs, steering reviews) to keep delivery on track.
• Convert technical program status into clear stakeholder updates for product leadership and senior engineering audiences.
• Identify and escalate delivery risks early; lead retrospectives to drive continuous improvement.
• Coordinate launch readiness across engineering, QA, documentation, support, and go-to-market teams.
• Maintain program metrics and surface trade-off analysis to support data-driven prioritization.
• Apply foundational AI skills to explore how AI can improve productivity and innovation across the workforce.

Collaboration

• Work embedded within Teradata’s Product organization.
• Partner daily with:
  • Product Managers and Principal TPMs
  • Engineering managers, tech leads, and QA teams (Vantage platform, cloud services, analytics)
  • Design, Technical Writing, Support, and Marketing teams
  • Finance and TA partners for resourcing and onboarding coordination

Requirements

• 6+ years of technical program management experience, including at least 3 years in enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, or data analytics.
• Experience managing multi-team delivery programs with engineering teams of 20+.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), data systems, and/or SaaS delivery cycles.
• Hands-on experience with Agile delivery (sprint planning) and program tracking tools.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills (run meetings, surface issues, provide crisp status reports).
• Foundational AI skills to understand how AI can be applied to improve outcomes.

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with data warehousing and SQL analytics / cloud data infrastructure concepts.
• Experience coordinating programs across US and international engineering teams (India experience a plus).
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, or similar tools.
• Background in enterprise SaaS, B2B analytics, or open-source data ecosystem delivery.

Location

• Washington, United States