Sr. Technical Program Manager

About the role

As part of the Product and Engineering team at PitchBook, you will be part of a team of big thinkers, innovators, and problem solvers who strive to deepen the positive impact we have on our customers and our company every day. We value curiosity and the drive to find better ways of doing things. We thrive on customer empathy, which remains our focus when creating excellent customer experiences through product innovation.

Primary Job Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end execution of strategic, cross-functional initiatives across Product, Design, Engineering, and Go-to-Market teams, aligning vision to execution and ensuring successful delivery and market readiness
• Translate technical strategy into structured execution plans, defining milestones, deliverables, success metrics, resource needs, and measurable business outcomes
• Identify and drive resolution of execution roadblocks, surfacing risks early, challenging misaligned assumptions, clarifying tradeoffs, and presenting solution paths that enable timely, well-informed leadership decisions
• Drive cross-team alignment and dependency management, mapping system, roadmap, and integration dependencies while proactively managing sequencing risks and tradeoffs across scope, schedule, and resources
• Identify and mitigate execution risks and blockers, escalating when appropriate to maintain delivery predictability and momentum
• Serve as the primary communication bridge between technical teams and executive leadership, including C-suite stakeholders distilling program status, risks, and strategic decisions
• Drive program visibility and governance through executive and steering committee facilitation and decision-ready written communications (status reports, executive briefs, decision memos, and risk summaries) ensuring clear decisions and accountable outcomes
• Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships across all levels of the organization from engineers to executives fostering transparency, managing expectations proactively, and ensuring consistent alignment on priorities and progress
• Bring structure to ambiguity and improve delivery rigor, coaching teams on planning discipline, and continuous improvement of program management standards
• Support the vision and values of the company through role modeling and encouraging desired behaviors
• Participate in various company initiatives and projects as requested

Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of experience in technical program management leading complex, cross-functional software or platform initiatives
• Strong technical fluency with the ability to engage in architecture and system design discussions and translate technical concepts into business impact
• Demonstrated experience delivering enterprise-scale, platform, or vendor-integrated systems across multiple teams
• Proven ability to manage dependencies, integration challenges, and risk across interconnected systems and roadmaps
• Experience partnering with engineering leadership and enterprise architects to influence design decisions and ensure cross-system alignment
• Strong program management fundamentals, including planning, prioritization, risk management, and stakeholder communication
• Proven track record of engaging directly with C-suite and senior executive stakeholders presenting program updates, escalating risks, and facilitating high-stakes decisions with clarity and confidence
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively across all organizational levels tailoring messaging from highly technical engineering discussions to board-level strategic narratives
• Analytical mindset with experience building reporting frameworks and using data to drive prioritization and execution decisions
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments while managing competing priorities
• Experience leading cross-functional delivery of AI-powered product capabilities, with working knowledge of large language models (LLMs), model evaluation frameworks, and key production trade-offs such as latency, cost, reliability, and integration complexity
• Strong executive presence with polished written and verbal communication skills; comfortable leading high-visibility meetings, steering committees, and executive briefings
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience engaging stakeholders across varying levels of seniority