Technical Program Manager Engineering

Overview

Who we are

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Who were looking for

At TFS were building next-generation products that redefine mobility for millions of customers worldwide. Were looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) with strong technical depth and a bias for delivery to drive complex engineering programs across our full-stack and backend teams.

This role follows the AWS-style TPM model: youre not a project tracker or a meeting scheduler. Youre a technically fluent program leader who understands the systems your teams are building can break down ambiguous problems into executable plans manage cross-team dependencies and drive delivery end-to-end from concept through production. Youll partner directly with Engineering Managers Sr Lead Engineers Product and platform teams to keep programs on track surface risks early and ensure were shipping the right things at the right time with the right quality.

Think of this as the connective tissue between strategy and execution. You own the how and when so engineering teams can focus on the what.

This position is based in Plano TX. The selected candidate will be expected to reside within a commutable distance of this location.

What youll be doing:

• Own and drive the end-to-end delivery of complex cross-team engineering programs from scoping and planning through execution launch and retrospective

• Break down large ambiguous initiatives into well-defined milestones workstreams and deliverables with clear ownership and timelines

• Manage cross-team dependencies across backend full-stack front-end platform infrastructure and security teams identifying risks and resolving blockers before they become problems

• Partner closely with Engineering Managers and Sr Lead Engineers to align on technical approach sequencing and resource allocation

• Facilitate technical design reviews sprint planning and program-level syncs ensuring alignment without creating unnecessary process overhead

• Define and maintain program roadmaps status reporting and delivery metrics that give leadership clear visibility into progress risks and tradeoffs

• Drive release planning and deployment coordination for complex multi-service rollouts on AWS understanding the blast radius and rollback strategies for serverless and distributed systems

• Champion operational readiness: ensure launches include observability runbooks load testing and incident response plans

• Identify systemic delivery bottlenecks process gaps tooling friction unclear ownership and drive improvements that make teams faster

• Communicate program status technical risks and tradeoffs clearly to stakeholders at all levels from engineers to senior leadership

• Support agile practices across teams not as a ceremonial scrum master but as someone who ensures the right rituals exist to keep delivery predictable and teams aligned

• Contribute to the evolution of TFS engineering processes tooling and delivery culture

What you bring

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field or equivalent practical experience

• 8 years of experience in technical program management software engineering or a hybrid of both with at least 3 years in a TPM or technical delivery leadership role

• Strong technical fluency you can read architecture diagrams understand API contracts follow distributed system traces and have informed conversations about system design tradeoffs

• Working knowledge ofserverless architectures on AWS including:

  • LambdaAPI GatewayDynamoDBStep FunctionsEventBridgeSQS/SNS andS3

  • You dont need to write the code but you need to understand how these services compose where they break and what the operational implications are

• Familiarity withCI/CD pipelines deployment strategies (blue/green canary) and release management for distributed systems

• Experience managing programs that span multiple engineering teams with complex technical dependencies you know how to map dependencies sequence work and keep parallel workstreams moving

• Proven ability to operate in ambiguity: you can take a vague business objective work with engineering and product to define scope and turn it into a delivery plan

• Strong understanding ofagile and iterative delivery practices you know when to apply structure and when to get out of the way

• Experience withobservability and operational readiness you ensure teams arent just shipping features but shipping features that are production-ready

• Excellent written and verbal communication you can write a crisp program status update run a room of engineers through a dependency review and present tradeoffs to a VP

• Experience with program management tooling: Jira Confluence or similar you use tools to create clarity not bureaucracy

• Data-driven mindset you track delivery metrics identify patterns and use data to drive decisions and improvements

Added bonus if you have

• Masters degree in Computer Science Engineering or related field

• Experience in the financial services banking or insurance industry

• Hands-on software engineering background youve written production code and understand the realities of building and maintaining systems

• Experience withInfrastructure as Code(AWS CDK CloudFormation Terraform) and understanding of infrastructure delivery pipelines

• Familiarity withmulti-account AWS architectures governance patterns and cloud cost management

• Experience drivingplatform migrations system decompositions or large-scale re-architecture programs

• Experience withGenAI integrationprograms (e.g. Bedrock SageMaker LLM orchestration) understanding the unique delivery challenges of ML/AI workloads

• Familiarity withdata streamingpatterns (Kinesis MSK/Kafka) and event-driven architecture delivery

• AWS certifications (Solutions Architect Cloud Practitioner or similar)

• Experience runningoperational reviews incident retrospectives or COE (Correction of Error) processes

• Experience defining and rolling out engineering-wide processes mechanisms or delivery frameworks

What well bring

During your interview process our team can fill you in on all the details of our industry-leading benefits and career development opportunities. A few highlights
include:

• A work environment built on teamwork flexibility and respect

• Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career as well as tuition reimbursement

• Team Member Vehicle Purchase Discount

• Toyota Team Member Lease Vehicle Program (if applicable)

• Comprehensive health care and wellness plans for your entire family

• Toyota 401(k) Savings Plan featuring a company match as well as an annual retirement contribution from Toyota regardless of whether you contribute

• Paid holidays and paid time off

• Referral services related to prenatal services adoption childcare schools and more

• Tax-Advantaged Accounts (Health Savings Account Health Care FSA Dependent Care FSA)

• Relocation Assistance (if applicable).

Belonging at Toyota

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