Senior Technical Program Manager
Senior Technical Program Manager
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Join Udemy. Help define the future of learning.
Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform built to help people and teams grow. Its personalized practical and focused on real-world impact.
Our mission is simple: to transform lives through learning. Your work helps people around the world build skills they can use whether theyre picking up something new or leveling up to stay ahead.
Over 80 million learners and 17000 businesses already learn with Udemy. If youre excited by change energized by learning and ready to have a real impact youll feel right at home.
Learn more about us on our company page.
About This Role
Were looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join our growing team and lead high-impact initiatives across our product and technology portfolios. This role is designed for a seasoned TPM who thrives in navigating ambiguity driving alignment across multiple teams and enabling scalable execution across the organization.
As a TPM embedded within our broader program management function youll play a critical role in managing interdependencies across teams aligning capacity with priorities and implementing scalable processes to support execution at every stage of the product development lifecycle. While this is not a design-only role prior experience working with design teams and understanding creative workflows will be a strong asset as you contribute to portfolio-level coordination.
This is a highly visible role with significant opportunity to influence how we plan execute and scale product delivery. If youre someone who brings a balance of strategic insight technical fluency and tactical execution - and you love connecting the dots across people systems and priorities wed love to hear from you.
What Youll Be Doing
- Own and lead complex cross-functional programs from inception through delivery - managing scope schedules risks and stakeholder alignment.
- Partner closely with other lead TPMs and senior leaders across Product Engineering and Design to translate strategy into executable roadmaps ensuring prioritization and capacity alignment.
- Facilitate technical discovery and scoping processes helping teams clarify goals assess feasibility and make informed trade-offs early.
- Identify and manage interdependencies across multiple workstreams proactively removing blockers and enabling seamless execution.
- Help evolve program delivery frameworks tools and rituals to improve team effectiveness and consistency at scale.
- Champion operational excellence by refining workflows automating reporting and supporting metrics-driven decision-making.
- Communicate clearly and effectively at all levels of the organizationadapting communication style for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborate with other TPMs to align on shared practices scale cross-functional processes and lead portfolio-level initiatives.
Were Excited About You Because You Have:
- 6 years of experience (or equivalent) as a Technical Program Manager or similar role in a fast-paced product-driven environment.
- A proven track record of managing and delivering complex multi-team initiatives with high strategic value.
- Deep experience working with engineering and product teams and comfort interfacing with creative or design organizations.
- Strong fluency with technical concepts and systems thinking - you can understand technical architecture and ask the right questions to align on approach.
- Expertise with project management tools (e.g. Jira Confluence) with the ability to configure workflows and dashboards for clarity and insight.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills - you bring structure and clarity in ambiguous situations and build trust across teams.
- A bias for action and a proactive mindset - youre energized by solving problems and creating leverage for others.
- Ability to operate at multiple altitudes - from strategic planning to executional details.
- Comfort working across a broad portfolio of initiatives even outside your domain expertise.
Nice to Have:
- Experience contributing to organizational-level practices (e.g. onboarding programs documentation standards cross-functional rituals).
- Exposure to user-facing product development and a passion for improving customer experiences.
- Familiarity with scaling teams and processes in a high-growth or evolving organizational environment.
Why work here
Youll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. Youll get full access to Udemy courses a monthly UDay to invest in yourself and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately but what you focus on is up to you.
AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. Youll have the space and tools to experiment apply and get better at using AI in practical ways.
Youll own your work.
We trust people to lead make decisions and follow through. You dont need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.
Youll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.
Youll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills change their careers or find a path forward. Youve got the experience why not use it to help others gain theirs
Bring your curiosity. Well bring the platform and the support. Lets LEARNtogether.
Our Benefits Start with U
Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region and we encourage applicants to review our Australia Benefits India Benefits Ireland Benefits Mexico BenefitsTurkiye Benefits & US Benefitspages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits please refer to the information provided during the hiring process.
At Udemy we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race color religion sex national origin ancestry age genetic information sexual orientation gender identity marital or family status veteran status medical condition or disability. We understand that not everyone will match each of the qualifications. However we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align wed love to hear from you!
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Required Experience:
Manager
Employment Type
Full Time
