Technical Program Manager

Summary

The Technical Program Manager is responsible for the successful definition, implementation, and delivery of complex, cross‑functional programs involving multiple interdependent projects. This role requires strategic planning, strong communication, and collaboration across engineering, vendor partners, and internal business teams to ensure delivery within scope, quality, time, and budget constraints.

Responsibilities

• Deliver programs within defined scope, quality, schedule, and budget constraints, navigating moderate‑probability and moderate‑impact risk factors.
• Lead cross‑functional, multi‑project initiatives requiring broad alignment and coordination across engineering, operations, and vendor teams.
• Oversee all phases from design through “OK to Fab,” including work with flexes, rigid boards, and hardware design processes.
• Ensure effective implementation planning and project tracking in large‑scale enterprise environments.
• Provide program‑level strategic planning and partner with executive‑level leadership for direction‑setting and status communication.
• Manage and influence internal exempt employees, matrixed teams, and contractors to deliver high‑quality systems and enhancements.
• Foster strong team collaboration, uphold accountability, and drive issue resolution.
• Engage with vendors, ensuring expectations, schedules, and deliverables are clearly aligned and managed.
• Lead scope definition, requirements gathering, documentation, and timeline estimation.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, status reports, and communication plans across multiple organizational levels.
• Oversee budget management, resource allocation, contingency planning, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Drive the use of program‑level issue/bug tracking and risk management tools.
• Manage creation and maintenance of build matrixes across multiple configurations.

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in technical program management.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field required.
• MBA or a related advanced degree preferred.
• PMP or PMI certification preferred.

Skills

• Full lifecycle TPM experience overseeing hardware design through “OK to Fab” (including flexes and rigid boards).
• Proven track record managing cross‑functional programs, complex schedules, risk management frameworks, and bug/issue tracking in large organizations.
• Strong vendor management, matrixed team leadership, and stakeholder communication skills up to executive leadership.
• Experience managing overseas contract manufacturing vendors and interfacing with them and their engineering team.
• Mandarin language proficiency is a plus.
• Additional experience developing field matrices with a wide range of configuration options.
• Supply chain management, scheduling, roadmapping, and budget tracking experience.

Pay

Pay range: $75.00 – $85.00 per hour. Non‑exempt positions are eligible for overtime at 1.5 × the base hourly rate for hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts within the stated range are determined by factors including relevant skills, education, and experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment
• 10 paid days off
• 3 days paid bereavement leave
• 401(k) plan participation with employer match
• Life and disability insurance
• Commuter benefits
• Dependent care flexible spending account
• Accident insurance
• Critical illness insurance
• Hospital indemnity insurance
• Accommodations and reimbursement for work travel
• Discretionary performance or recognition bonus
• Sick leave (provided based on state or local law)
• Mobile phone reimbursement (provided based on state or local law)