Senior Technical Program Manager

Oakland, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About the Job:

LaunchDarkly is looking for an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to drive complex cross-functional engineering initiatives across our platform and product organization. You will be instrumental in defining and optimizing processes ensuring effective communication and successfully delivering critical high-impact technical programs that shape the future of our product and business.

Responsibilities:

Program Leadership: Own and drive the end-to-end execution of large complex technical programs (e.g. core platform migrations security and compliance initiatives new product launches) across multiple engineering and product teams.
Planning and Scoping: Work closely with Engineering Product and Design leadership to define program scope objectives success metrics and realistic delivery schedules.
Process Optimization: Implement refine and champion lightweight effective program management best practices and development processes (e.g. agile methodologies release management) to increase engineering efficiency and predictability.
Risk Management: Proactively identify prioritize and mitigate program risks and dependencies ensuring alignment and clear accountability across all stakeholders.
Communication: Serve as the central communication hub providing regular clear and concise status updates to executive leadership engineering teams and cross-functional partners.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Facilitate effective decision-making and alignment among diverse teams including Product Management Sales Marketing and Customer Success.

Qualifications:

8 years of experience as a Technical Program Manager Engineering Manager or similar role driving technical programs within a fast-paced high-growth technology company.
Demonstrated experience managing large-scale complex software engineering projects particularly in a SaaS cloud-native or distributed systems environment.
Deep understanding of software development life cycles (SDLC) and program management methodologies (e.g. Agile Scrum Kanban).
Exceptional communication presentation and interpersonal skills capable of influencing and negotiating with technical and non-technical stakeholders including senior leadership.
Proven ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with engineering teams serving as a trusted partner and advisor.
Proficiency with program and project management tools (e.g. Jira Asana Google Workspace).

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience in the Feature Flagging DevOps CI/CD or Developer Tools space is a plus.
A strong technical background having previously worked as a software engineer or in a highly technical role.
Experience driving programs with compliance and regulatory requirements (e.g. SOC 2 ISO 27001).

Pay:

Target pay ranges based on Geographic Zones* for Level 4:

Zone 1: San Francisco/Bay Area or NYC Metropolitan Area Boston Seattle - $171200 - $235400**
Zone 2: Irvine LA Monterey Santa Barbara Santa Rosa Austin Portland Philadelphia Chicago - $154100 - $211860**
Zone 3: All other US locations - $145500 - $200090*

LaunchDarkly operates from a place of high trust and transparency; we are happy to state the pay range for our open roles to best align with your needs. Exact compensation may vary based on skills experience and location.

*Within the United States our geographic pay zones are defined by counties surrounding major metropolitan areas.
**Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) health vision and dental insurance and mental health benefits in addition to salary.

About LaunchDarkly:

Modern software delivery was supposed to be the foundation for a thriving digital business but reality has proven otherwise. Slow inefficient development cycles costly outages and fragmented customer experiences are preventing developers from building their best software. The LaunchDarkly platform helps developers innovate on new features faster while protecting them with a safety valve to instantly rewind when things go wrong. Developers can target product experiences to any customer segment and maximize the business impact of every feature. And by gradually rolling out new application components they escape nightmare big-bang technology migrations.

The LaunchDarkly platform was built to guide engineers to the next frontier of DevOps by:

Improving the velocity and stability of software releases without the fear of end customer outages
Delivering targeted experiences by easily personalizing features to customer cohorts
Maximizing the business impact of every feature through the ability to experiment and optimize
Coordinating the release and optimization of software to provide consistent experiences across mobile platforms and device types
Improving the effectiveness and productivity of engineering teams by providing insights into engineering cadence and stability

At LaunchDarkly we believe in the power of teams. Were building a team that is humble open collaborative respectful and kind. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race religion color national origin gender gender identity sexual orientation age marital status veteran status or disability status. LD invites any applicant to review our written Affirmative Action Plan. To do so contact People Ops at .

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About the Job:LaunchDarkly is looking for an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to drive complex cross-functional engineering initiatives across our platform and product organization. You will be instrumental in defining and optimizing processes ensuring effective communication and success...