Staff Technical Program Manager

Job Summary

The Technical Program Management team at Box is seeking a seasoned Staff Technical Program Manager to lead complex, high-impact programs that accelerate Box's transition into the modern AI-powered development ecosystem for both our teams and customers. This role requires autonomy, strategic influence, and the ability to foster operational excellence.

What You'll Do

• Autonomously manage and drive alignment and execution for successful delivery of strategic, cross-functional and complex technical programs across Box.
• Independently manage programs and portfolios by breaking down ambitious objectives into interconnected workstreams with clear milestones, success criteria, dependencies, and execution plans.
• Clearly identify constraints and needed trade-offs and proactively manage risks.
• Act as a key partner to executive leadership, influencing product roadmaps, championing critical technical initiatives, and driving organizational change across cross-functional teams.
• Mentor and coach other TPMs by facilitating knowledge sharing, providing guidance on complex program execution, and guiding the adoption of best practices.

Who You Are

• Proactive, self-driven, and thrive in ambiguity.
• Strong track record of driving complex cross-functional initiatives.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills with a strong ability to lead with influence and partner with executive stakeholders across multiple organizations to ensure alignment, mitigate risks, manage competing priorities, and allocate resources.
• Independent, critical thinker to navigate through ambiguity from a vague problem to a detailed solution.
• Self-motivated and proactive with a proven ability to adapt well in a fast-paced tech company and collaborate closely with teams on different operating cadences.
• Detail-oriented and able to understand the bigger picture by using technical expertise and problem-solving abilities to prioritize and manage key challenges.
• Extensive experience and proficient understanding of standard Agile and Software Development Lifecycle and program management tools including Confluence, Jira, and Smartsheet.
• Demonstrated in your career deep technical experience in software development engineering or system reliability engineering.
• Experience with working Agent Orchestrated software development and/or experience building AI into products.
• Experience using AI and tool chain (e.g. cursor, claude, codex) to automate manual processes to improve productivity.
• 7+ years in technical program management, driving large cross-functional programs and initiatives in fast-paced tech companies.
• 12+ years experience in a tech field.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Demonstrated ability to coach and mentor TPM teammates.