Director, Technical Program Management (TPM) CoreAI

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This role will be based in Mountain View CA.

Core AI is at the heart of LinkedIns AI innovation incubating and delivering the companys most ambitious moonshot initiatives. The Director of Technical Program Management (TPM) will be accountable for driving successful outcomes across these high-impact cross-functional programs.

We are seeking a Director who is a master of the TPM craftsomeone who brings deep technical program leadership operational rigor and strategic judgmentwhile also being an inspiring people leader. This role will build mentor and lead a team of TPMs setting a high bar for execution collaboration and impact as Core AI turns bold ideas into reality.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Own delivery OKRs for all Core AI initiatives ensuring programs are executed on schedule meet quality and reliability standards and achieve committed outcomes

• Define track and report program-level OKRs and KPIs (e.g. delivery predictability milestone health risk burn-down dependency management) to ensure transparency and accountability across Core AI

• Build hire mentor and lead a high-performing TPM organization with clear people OKRs focused on capability growth leadership development and retention

• Drive execution excellence by establishing operating mechanisms (planning cadences reviews escalation paths and postmortems) that improve delivery velocity and execution efficiency

• Align engineering product research and business leaders around shared OKRs to ensure Core AI moonshots translate into measurable business and platform impact

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications

• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or a related field

• 10 years in Engineering leadership 

Preferred Qualifications

• Exceptional communication and persuasion skills capable of convincing and aligning executive-level stakeholders.

• Ability to identify technical disconnects and propose top options for resolution while taking ownership of driving alignment.

• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities with a passion for fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.

• Relevant certifications in program management and technology are advantageous.

• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous fast-evolving environments

• Strong capability to influence and collaborate across diverse stakeholders and cross-functional teams

• Proven experience navigating and driving outcomes within complex matrixed organizational structures

• Sharp focus on proactive risk identification rapid decision-making and a fail-fast learn-fast mindset

• Gen AI from modeling pre-mid and post training. Agentic applications. Responsible AI

• Involved in a life cycle of AI products from early stage and to success.

Suggested Skills

• Technical Program Management

• Leadership

• Collaboration

• Gen AI

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LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $194000 to $318000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information visit Information :

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