Senior Technical Program Manager II

About the role

At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012, we're revolutionizing the real estate industry with our end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients.

Responsibilities

• Lead large scale initiatives aimed at building the new products or platform for Compass.
• Manage the full life cycle of key programs including coordination of detailed functional plans, communication with key stakeholders, and issue resolution. Create awareness of cross-functional inter-dependencies and establish prioritization for plan execution to minimize disruption on daily operations.
• Champion with product, design, engineers, and operation leadership. Communicate with Executive Leadership on progress and risk.
• Drive the strategic planning and execution of high-impact programs within our product development teams, collaborating closely with infrastructure and cross-functional groups across the company.
• Plan, manage, and deliver multiple technical programs that may span multiple organizations and locations.
• Act as a key contributor to the agile practice at Compass and high-level planning, both quarterly and yearly.
• Create clarity and drive decision making with data and metrics through well-written executive-level and team-level narratives.

Requirements

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related engineering field.
• 7+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a large high pace tech environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication — excellent ability to influence stakeholders and leadership through data-driven reporting.
• Experience in overseeing large scale complex migrations and integrations.
• Familiarity with cross-functional technical programs across core enterprise platforms (e.g., corporate systems, identity governance, collaboration/productivity tools) and large-scale infrastructure transformations.
• Experience with scripting languages & sql queries.
• Proven track record of successful technical program management in high-performance teams, directing initiatives across multiple teams and managers.
• Experience managing initiatives within large scale systems in rapid growth environments.
• Familiarity with modern software development practices and technologies (e.g containerization, microservices architecture, continuous integration, and delivery).
• Knowledge of AWS and modern cloud architectures as well as security platforms and frameworks.
• Self-drive and ability to create a sense of urgency in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Qualifications

• BS/MS in Computer Science or related engineering field.
• 7+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a large high pace tech environment.
• Strong verbal and written communication — excellent ability to influence stakeholders and leadership through data-driven reporting.
• Experience in overseeing large scale complex migrations and integrations.
• Familiarity with cross-functional technical programs across core enterprise platforms (e.g., corporate systems, identity governance, collaboration/productivity tools) and large-scale infrastructure transformations.
• Experience with scripting languages & sql queries.
• Proven track record of successful technical program management in high-performance teams, directing initiatives across multiple teams and managers.
• Experience managing initiatives within large scale systems in rapid growth environments.
• Familiarity with modern software development practices and technologies (e.g containerization, microservices architecture, continuous integration, and delivery).
• Knowledge of AWS and modern cloud architectures as well as security platforms and frameworks.
• Self-drive and ability to create a sense of urgency in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.

Skills

• Technical Program Management
• Strategic Planning
• Communication
• Data-Driven Reporting
• Complex Migrations and Integrations
• Scripting Languages
• Cloud Architectures
• Software Development Practices

Benefits

• Paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and recharge leave
• Medical, tele-health, dental and vision benefits
• 401(k) plan
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Commuter program
• Life and disability insurance
• Maven (a support system for new parents)
• Carrot (fertility benefits)
• UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pet insurance

Pay

The base pay range for this position is $173,430-$192,700; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Bonuses and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of benefits. Base pay is based on market location. Minimum wage for the position will always be met.

Schedule

Not specified.