Technical Program Manager - AI Systems Architect - Wearables

Responsibilities

• Partner with organization leaders to define and drive technical strategy, program roadmaps, and long-term organizational priorities across a portfolio of highly complex, cross-functional programs
• Translate ambiguous technical challenges into structured program plans with clear milestones, success metrics, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies
• Serve as a subject matter expert consulted by engineering and cross-functional leaders on technical direction, architectural trade-offs, and program sequencing
• Identify systematic technical risks and opportunities across the program portfolio and drive proactive resolution in partnership with engineering and product leadership
• Build and maintain best-in-class communication frameworks that bring clarity to technically complex topics for audiences ranging from individual contributors to executive leadership
• Anticipate and mitigate cross-organizational conflicts, close alignment and commitment gaps, and drive decisions that unblock critical workstreams with confounding factors such as undefined goals, new technology integration, or aggressive schedules
• Develop playbooks, program templates, and best practices that improve execution efficiency across the broader Technical Program Management community
• Leverage AI tools and workflows to redesign program operations, accelerate analysis, and drive measurable improvements in delivery quality and speed
• Represent the Technical Program Management function in company-wide and organization-wide forums, contributing to hiring, planning, and community-building initiatives
• Evaluate program direction across the portfolio, including launching new initiatives and sunsetting programs when appropriate, based on organizational priorities and mission alignment

Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program leadership, or a related role combining deep technical depth with cross-functional program execution at scale
• Experience leading portfolio-defining programs spanning multiple engineering organizations, with demonstrated ability to manage ambiguity, undefined goals, and complex interdependencies
• Experience partnering with director-level and above engineering and product leaders to set technical strategy, influence roadmaps, and drive organizational alignment
• Experience designing and implementing program structures, risk management frameworks, and communication strategies adopted across an organization
• Experience identifying and resolving systematic technical risks across large, complex program portfolios with cross-organizational impact