Rippling

Principal Technical Program Manager

San Francisco, CA · Principal

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About the role

We are looking for a highly accomplished Technical Program Manager (TPM) - at the Staff or Principal level - to play a pivotal role in spearheading our product development and geographic expansion initiatives.

Responsibilities

Technical Strategy & Planning Drive strategic, cross-functional planning and prioritization, partnering with Product and Engineering leadership to develop comprehensive program plans, including roadmap definition, dependency mapping, and resourcing models.
Drive the process of translating high-level business and product requirements into actionable, concrete engineering tasks, milestones, and technical specifications.
Technical Execution & Delivery Lead and facilitate regular program-level meetings and reviews with Product and Engineering leadership to ensure projects achieve successful outcomes.
Deep dive into technical issues to facilitate resolution, and drive appropriate executive-level escalations and program-level change management processes as-needed.
Take personal ownership of engineering roadblocks and technical delays, escalating issues appropriately and driving them to timely closure by working directly with engineering leads.
Process & Communication Manage high-level program communications, ensuring all stakeholders-from delivery teams to executive management-are consistently informed of roadmap changes, release plans, and delivery status, with a clear explanation of technical trade-offs and risks.
Establish, document, and champion the adoption of new program frameworks, tools, and best practices across the R&D organization.
Proven track record to communicate technical issues effectively to technical and non-technical partners at different levels of the organization.
Proven ability to build and implement detailed plans accounting for ambiguity, dependencies, and technical complexity in a fast-moving environment.
For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Requirements

7+ years of experience as TPM, Engineering Lead, Manager, or equivalent working directly with software engineering teams.
Four-year Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related degree, or equivalent work experience.

Benefits

It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers.
With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365-all within 90 seconds.
Contribute to the definition and tracking of effective technical metrics, driving improvements that optimize engineering operating performance and system health.
Proactively monitor program health, tracking status, risks, issues, and complex technical dependencies across engineering teams.

Company info

To request a reasonable accommodation, please email accomodations@rippling.com Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture.

Equal opportunity

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer.

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