Engineering Program Manager

The Engineering Program Manager (EPM) is an expert technical leader responsible for the successful execution of complex, high-impact technical programs and cross-functional, dependent products.

Operating with a high degree of autonomy, this role bridges the gap between business strategy, product management, and engineering execution.

The EPM possesses a deep architectural understanding of the entire project ecosystem, its integration points, and future scalability needs.

Responsibilities

Technical Acumen & Architectural Alignment

• Conduct technical deep-dives to understand root causes, evaluate trade-offs, and propose strategic, scalable solutions.
• Maintain a robust, end-to-end architectural understanding of the project ecosystem, integration points, and future scalability needs.
• Analyze project and engineering plans for potential impacts on other products, systems, or the broader platform.
• Quickly develop technical depth in unfamiliar or emerging technologies to understand proposed solutions and highlight technical risks or concerns.
• Identify technical dependencies or solution misalignments across multiple products.

Program Leadership & Execution

• Lead and manage complex, high-impact programs of a highly technical nature.
• Anticipate less-common technical and business risks that engineering teams encounter.
• Design and implement sophisticated capacity management models and resource allocation strategies.
• Champion agile execution and data integrity.

Strategic Influence & Collaboration

• Work closely with engineers to translate high-level product strategy into detailed requirements.
• Lead and facilitate complex collaboration across diverse stakeholders on complex technical topics.

Documentation, Change Control & Data Integrity

• Author comprehensive, highly technical, and business-centric project documentation.
• Ensure robust change control documentation, audit trails, and historical context are maintained.
• Establish and enforce standards for data integrity in relevant tools.

Innovation, Learning & Mentorship

• Design and implement innovative project management strategies, frameworks, and governance models.
• Stay current with industry trends in product management, agile methodologies, and the evolving technical landscape.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
• 5+ years of experience leading complex, high-impact, and highly technical programs.
• 5+ years as a Technical Product/Program Manager with skills including:
• Proven ability to operate autonomously.
• Strong track record of influencing multiple teams, product lines, and leadership decisions.
• Strong architectural understanding of software development lifecycles, data science lifecycles, cloud platforms, integration points, and enterprise scalability.
• 5+ years of expert-level proficiency in program management methodologies and advanced Jira configuration.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.