Position: Technical Program Manager
Location: SAN JOSE, CA *Onsite *
Duration: 1 Years
Technical Program Manager (TPM) Custom Apps Development
Detailed JD & Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities
- Project Velocity & Orchestration: Manage the throughput of custom application development cycles across multiple squads. Ensure engineers effectively balance feature development, technical debt reduction, and bug fixes to optimize sprint outcomes.
- Deadlock Escalation & Resolution: Identify and track architectural bottlenecks, resource constraints, and complex cross-team dependencies. Escalate hard blockers to Leadership or core stakeholders to minimize pipeline idle time.
- Stakeholder & Release Communication: Manage communications with dependent internal and external teams impacted by application releases. Enforce standard release notices, migration paths, and deployment timelines.
- Risk Mitigation & Resource Planning: Proactively plan sprint allocations around production freezes (such as holiday chills) and team capacities to ensure predictable deployment velocity.
- Metrics & Reporting: Provide regular reports on burn-down rates, milestone tracking, release health metrics, and automated tool success rates.
Mandatory Technical Operational Skills
Skill
Description
Target Proficiency (1-5)
Pipeline/Issue Tracking
High-level mastery of project tracking tools like Buganizer, TaskFlow, or Jira.
5
SDLC & Dependency Concepts
Understanding application deployment graphs, upstream/downstream dependencies, and blast radius management.
4
Automated Workflows
Using CI/CD tooling and automation scripts to track build statuses and file batch issues.
4
Risk Management
Tracking SLOs, release milestones, and compliance with deployment freezes.
5