TPM, Release Management and Cloud Platform

About the role

ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering company with 3,000+ experts across North America, partnering with leading firms in aerospace, medical devices, robotics, automotive, commercial vehicles, EVs, rail, and more. As part of the global ALTEN Group (57,000+ engineers in 30 countries), we support the full product development cycle from consulting to outsourcing. The Technical Program Manager role splits time between release management for upcoming infotainment software releases and hands‑on technical program management for the cloud‑gateway service on the vehicle software team, working with engineering managers, developers, cloud and middleware partners, and PMO leadership.

Responsibilities

• Define and report on metrics that highlight the health of upcoming software releases
• Drive closure and provide daily updates for open tickets on the critical path for upcoming software releases
• Escalate risks and decisions needed to the heads of PMO
• Drive tactical sprint execution for the cloud‑gateway service on the vehicle software team
• Work with the engineering manager and developers to ensure a steady flow of actionable tickets are groomed and ready for implementation
• Define and maintain a long‑term roadmap for the cloud relevant integrations
• Work with cloud partners to finalize vehicle‑cloud data contracts for all relevant integrations
• Work with middleware partners to finalize cloud‑gateway interfaces with the rest of the vehicle

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
• 5+ years of technical program management on software products, with experience in both release management and sprint‑level execution
• Demonstrated ownership of a software release process: defining health metrics, tracking critical path items to closure, running daily status, and driving go/no‑go decisions
• Experience running agile execution alongside an engineering manager, including backlog grooming and writing tickets that are genuinely actionable for developers
• Working knowledge of client‑server and cloud integration patterns, with direct experience defining or governing data contracts and API interfaces between systems
• Experience coordinating across partner teams and external vendors to close interface definitions, not just track them
• Ability to escalate clearly and early to executive stakeholders, with judgment to know which risks belong at that level
• Strong written communication, comfortable producing both a daily update and a long‑term roadmap

Preferred Qualifications

• Automotive software experience, particularly infotainment, telematics, or connected vehicle services
• Familiarity with vehicle‑to‑cloud architectures: gateway services, message schemas, MQTT or gRPC, REST APIs, and data contract versioning
• Exposure to vehicle middleware and the interfaces between a gateway service and the rest of the vehicle software stack
• Experience with over‑the‑air update programs or connected features such as remote lock/unlock, vehicle status, or vehicle tracking
• Background working with a major cloud provider's IoT or device management services
• Familiarity with Automotive SPICE, functional safety, or cybersecurity requirements as they touch software release readiness
• Tooling: Jira, Confluence, and dashboard or reporting tools used for release health metrics
• Prior experience in a split or dual‑scope TPM role, or scaling a part‑time scope into a full program

Pay

$140,000 - $155,000 (actual salary dependent on location, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience)

Schedule

On‑site Monday‑Thursday; remote on Friday.