Technical Program Manager (Tech Saas) ML AI

Were looking for a Technical Program Manager (internally known as Technical Product Delivery Manager someone who sits at the intersection of engineering and delivery and who gets a genuine kick out of making complex technical programs happen and delivering sophisticated technical products.

This role requires someone who understands ML and AI systems at a fundamental level with proven experience delivering complex API-based products.

What Youll Be Doing

Delivery Ownership

• Take full ownership of on-time in-scope delivery outcomes across your area of responsibility
• Proactively manage programs of work identify risks and dependencies early and keep commitments on track
• Be the Product Owner for your development team write clear user stories run sprint ceremonies and keep things moving

Requirements & Analysis

• Work closely with Product Managers and technical leads to translate product requirements into clear actionable technical requirements
• Ask the right questions a lot of them before committing to a direction
• Synthesise competing priorities and inputs into practical delivery decisions grounded in data

Stakeholder Management

• Manage the boundary between agreed scope and incoming ad hoc requests confidently and constructively
• Keep stakeholders informed on progress risks and dates without surprises
• Navigate the tension between product and engineering with resilience and good judgment

Process & Improvement

• Contribute to team-wide process improvement were actively building out our ways of working and we want someone wholl bring ideas to the table
• Help shape templates rituals and delivery frameworks as the team scales

Qualifications :

What Youll Bring

Required

• 5 years in a technical delivery product owner or technical program management role hands-on not just So hows the project going
• Background as a software developer or technical IC who moved into delivery
• Strong technical depth and experience in SaaS development and deployment enough to understand and facilitate discussion on architecture technical constraints and effort/quality trade-offs
• Demonstrated experience with APIs design integration or working closely with teams building and consuming them
• Background in software development or a technical discipline youve either written code or worked closely enough with engineers to know whats hard and why
• Exposure to AI/ML products or delivery you understand the development lifecycle is different and youre not fazed by it
• Proven experience in Agile/Scrum delivery environments ceremonies backlog management sprint planning
• Excellent requirements elicitation and analytical skills you ask why before you act
• Strong stakeholder management you can push back firmly and keep relationships intact
• High tolerance for ambiguity and the drive to reduce it over time
• Experience in a SaaS tech or scale-up environment (1000 employees strongly preferred)
• East Coast Australia based; full working rights

Highly Desired

• Experience with geospatial computer vision or data-heavy platforms
• Familiarity with AWS cloud infrastructure or data pipelines
• Experience scaling products or platforms across regions

What This Role Is Not

This is a delivery role not a product management role but that doesnt mean that you dont have influence. Youll hold Product Managers accountable for solid business requirements bring expertise to structuring and sequencing the product roadmap and informing the user research direction and use your technical delivery insight to propose the most effective path to market. At Nearmap sizing and time-to-market are critical planning inputs and thats your territory.

Additional Information :

Why youll love working at Nearmap:

We move fast we care about craft and were proud of what were building. If youre energised by turning hard problems into real-world impact wed love to meet you.

In addition to your annual leave Nearmap offers:

• 4 extra YOU days off each yeartake a break no questions asked!
• Company-sponsored volunteering days to give back.
• Generous parental leave policies for growing families.
• Work from Overseas Policyexplore the world in the approved list of cities while you work!
• Discounted Private Health Insurance plans.
• Monthly wellbeing and technology allowance.
• Annual flu vaccinations and skin checks.
• Hybrid flexibilitytruly flexible with no mandatory office days!
• A Nearmap subscription (naturally!).
• Unlimited snacks drinks and weekly catered lunches at the office
• Showers available for cyclists and gym enthusiasts.

At Nearmap you can chart your own career path and see where our journey together might take you. With complex and fascinating work to challenge and inspire you you might be surprised by the opportunities you discover. Weve got so much more to sharecome and explore with us!

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time