Sr. Technical Program Manager, Technology Resilience

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Program Leadership: Define, own, and drive the enterprise-wide Technology Resilience strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Lead large-scale programs that enhance HA, DR, and Backup capabilities across our on-premises and multi-cloud environments.
• Serve as the primary thought leader for resilience, guiding engineering and operations teams toward robust and efficient solutions.
• Unified Resilience Governance: Establish and manage a holistic governance framework that includes policies, standards, and controls for HA, DR, and Backup and ensure that resilience investments are appropriately aligned with business criticality.
• Resilience Assurance & Continuous Improvement: Oversee a comprehensive assurance program that includes HA failover testing, backup/restore validation, DR simulations, and tabletop exercises. Analyze program data, test results, and industry trends to identify gaps and drive a continuous cycle of improvement, risk mitigation, and maturation.
• Budget and Vendor Management: Manage the end-to-end program budget, including forecasting, monthly tracking, and reporting on expenditures for resilience-related initiatives, tools, and services. Oversee relationships and contracts with key third-party vendors for resilience technology and services.
• Stakeholder Management and Executive Communication: Act as the central point of communication for the Technology Resilience program. Develop and present clear, concise updates on program status, risks, and overall resilience posture to executive leadership and governance committees. Build strong, collaborative relationships with leaders across Application Development, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Business Units.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience: 10+ years of experience in technical program management, IT operations, or technology leadership, with a proven track record of managing large, complex, cross-functional enterprise programs.
• Domain Expertise: Deep understanding of the principles of Technology Resilience. Expert-level knowledge in at least one core pillar (HA/Site Reliability, DR, or Enterprise Backup) and strong familiarity with the others.
• TPM Acumen: Mastery of program and project management methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, PMP). Expertise in using project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence) to manage complex roadmaps and provide clear status.
• Financial Acumen: Demonstrated experience managing program budgets, developing business cases, and handling vendor negotiations and relationships.
• Leadership & Influence: Exceptional ability to influence without authority, from individual engineers to senior executives. A confident and effective communicator who can articulate complex technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Cloud Proficiency: Strong experience with resilience patterns and services within major public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field. An MBA or other advanced degree is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PgMP, or other relevant program management certification.
• Industry certifications in DR, Business Continuity, or Cloud Architecture (e.g., CBCP, AWS Solutions Architect).

Pay Range

The base pay range per annum for this position is: $161,900 - $242,900.

Equal Employment Opportunity

F5 is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable accommodations for candidates. F5 does not contact candidates via email or phone unless they have been contacted previously in the application process. For more information about F5’s benefits, visit here.