Spotify
Senior Technical Program Manager
New York, NY · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$144k-$180kDetected 20 days ago
Machine LearningData EngineeringData ScienceA/B TestingLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role
- The Personalization team makes deciding what to play next easier and more enjoyable for every listener.
- From Blend to Discover Weekly, we're behind some of Spotify's most-loved features.
- We built them by understanding the world of music and podcasts better than anyone else.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end program management for large-scale ML and personalization initiatives, bringing together engineering, data science, product, and design.
- Drive the delivery of recommendation systems and personalization models used by listeners around the world, with clear accountability for outcomes.
- Own program roadmaps, milestones, dependency maps, and risk plans, identifying risks early and working with teams to resolve them before they become blockers.
- Partner with engineering leaders on capacity planning, resourcing, and technical trade-off decisions.
- Drive alignment across ML engineering, data science, product, platform, and UX teams so everyone is working toward the same goals.
- You build trusted relationships with engineering and product leaders, especially in distributed, cross-functional organizations.
Requirements
- You have 8+ years of experience in technical program management, including meaningful time on ML, AI, data platforms, or similarly complex technical work.
- You have a track record of delivering multi-team technical programs from early planning through production launch, and you hold yourself accountable for results.
- You enjoy helping others grow and bring curiosity and openness to how programs can run better.
- You are welcome at Spotify for who you are, no matter where you come from, what you look like, or what's playing in your headphones.
Compensation
- The United States base range for this position is $143,659–$179,574 USD, plus equity.
Company info
- We're looking for a Technical Program Manager to help bring some of our most meaningful machine learning and personalisation work to life.
- Where You'll Be - We offer you the flexibility to work where you work best!
- At Spotify, we are passionate about inclusivity and making sure our entire recruitment process is accessible to everyone.
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