Technical Program Manager

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Where we work
Udemy is a global company headquartered in San Francisco with additional U.S. offices in Denver and Austin and international hubs in Australia India Ireland Mexico and Türkiye. This is an in-office position requiring three days a week in the office (Tuesday Wednesday Thursday) and flexibility on Mondays and Fridays.

About your skills

• You bring strong program management fundamentals and a product mindset thriving at driving clarity alignment and execution across cross-functional teams.
  
  
• Youre technically fluent and comfortable working with Product Engineering and Design to turn strategy into executable plans.
  
  
• You use data and metrics to track progress inform decision-making and continuously improve outcomes.
  
  
• Youre collaborative and proactive with strong communication skills that adapt to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  
  

About this role
As a Technical Program Manager youll help drive the successful planning and execution of high-impact cross-functional initiatives across our product portfolios. This role partners closely with Product Engineering and Design to shape product strategy translate it into executable roadmaps and drive measurable user and business outcomes. Youll work closely with teams to align priorities clarify requirements and ensure scalable efficient delivery. This role is designed for someone who thrives on bringing order to complexity enabling teams to focus on what they do best while improving processes and removing roadblocks along the way.

What youll be doing

• Leading cross-functional technical programs from initiation through delivery aligning roadmap priorities clarifying trade-offs and ensuring delivery connects back to product and user outcomes.
  
  
• Partnering with product and engineering leads to align on roadmaps capacity and delivery priorities.
  
  
• Supporting technical discovery and scoping by helping clarify requirements constraints and trade-offs early in the development lifecycle.
  
  
• Promoting operational excellence by maintaining and iterating on frameworks tools and rituals that improve how we plan prioritize and measure product outcomes scaling both delivery efficiency and impact.
  
  
• Identifying and managing interdependencies across workstreams proactively unblocking teams to keep programs on track.
  
  
• Communicating program status and decisions to stakeholders at all levels with clarity and confidence.
  
  
• Facilitating retrospectives and post-launch reviews turning lessons learned into process improvements.
  
  
• Collaborating with other TPMs on cross-cutting initiatives while independently managing assigned programs.
  
  
• Supporting teams through change management as tools processes and structures evolve.
  
  
• Connecting the dots across Product Engineering and Design shaping clarity around what we build why we build it and how it delivers measurable value to learners.
  
  

What youll have

• 4 years of experience as a Technical Program Manager (or equivalent) in a fast-paced software-focused organization.
  
  
• A track record of delivering successful cross-functional programs with clear outcomes.
  
  
• Experience working closely with product and engineering teams with exposure to design or creative workflows.
  
  
• Experience collaborating with business teams such as GTM and Customer Success to drive alignment and execution.
  
  
• Proficiency with program management tools such as Jira and Confluence including configuration for workflows and reporting.
  
  
• Excellent communication organizational and problem-solving skillsyou bring structure to complex ambiguous situations.
  
  
• A collaborative proactive mindset with the ability to roll up your sleeves and help remove blockers.
  
  
• Comfort using data and metrics to monitor progress and inform decision-making.
  
  
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives in a dynamic evolving 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.

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