Senior Technical Program Manager II

Join Axon and be a Force for Good. At Axon, we're on a mission to Protect Life. We're explorers, pursuing society's most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you'll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

About the role

As a Technical Program Manager, you will leverage your leadership skills and expertise to partner with engineering and product management teams to drive projects from inception, through design, development, and deployment. You'll collaborate with product management and engineering teams to translate initial proposals into executable plans, ensuring that requirements are clear. Once plans are developed, you ensure they stay on track by leveraging mechanisms that manage scope, risks, and maintain a healthy execution heartbeat to ensure initiatives develop new products and features on-time, on-budget, delight our customers, and make a measurable social impact. You'll also have an outsized force-multiplier impact working across all pillars (business units) at Axon.

The ideal candidate is an experienced technical program manager who has a proven track record of executing and coordinating complex software deliverables across multiple teams and job roles. Sitting at the intersection of product, design, and engineering, you should love to build relationships across a wide variety of personalities while driving the execution of the product. You leverage your technical expertise and detail-oriented mindset to help the team identify, prioritize, and troubleshoot blockers and manage cross-team dependencies.

This role is based out of our Seattle, WA office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution across product management, engineering, and design teams to build excellent, data-driven project plans and schedules.
• Drive process improvements to build better, faster, and more effective teams, increasing delivery velocity through your impact.
• Own your dependencies and invent and simplify as you face challenges, pushing everyone toward the right outcome.
• Track all major risks, issues, and roadmaps, ensuring clear communication of challenges.
• Build trust with senior leaders by aligning your priorities with theirs, providing timely, accurate, and succinct status updates, and helping other teams when needed.
• Lead by example with thoroughness, detail, and care for our customers.
• Work with all levels of technical staff across software and hardware engineering, earning their trust, holding them accountable, and problem-solving alongside them.
• Help teams capture and improve detailed process and software architectural documentation as needed.
• Communicate regularly and effectively with our teams in Seattle, Scottsdale, Vietnam, and Finland.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software/Electrical Engineering, Data Science, or other related field.
• 10+ years of professional experience in leading and managing system/software delivery, with at least 7+ years specifically in a technical program management role.
• High degree of competency and proven success with project management, including Agile Software Development Lifecycle methodology, identifying and managing risks, tracking dependencies and milestones, and communicating overall project status.
• Evidence in your work history of owning and driving large, ambiguous technical software programs.
• Ability to learn quickly and not only deal with ambiguity but effectively partner with others to reduce it.
• Alignment with Axon's Values and our mission that technology can be applied to tackle public safety's biggest challenges.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, influencing, and team building.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.

Skills

• Experience with enterprise SaaS or other mission-critical software products is a plus.
• Experience with cloud IaaS and PaaS offerings such as AWS and Azure is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match.
• Discretionary paid time off.
• Paid parental leave for all.
• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans.
• Fitness Programs.
• Emotional & Mental Wellness support.
• Learning & Development programs.
• Snacks in our offices.

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.

Pay

Base Pay Range: $151,714–$242,742 USD

Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors.