Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager, Core Infrastructure

Sunnyvale, CA, United States · Staff+ · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$166k-$271kDetected 29 days ago

Distributed SystemsKubernetesCI/CDMachine LearningIncident ResponseLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

Join us to transform the way the world works.
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business.
The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

Define and drive strategy for large scale cross function, complex and high impact Compute platform, control plane and CI/CD platforms at Linkedin.
Partner closely with cross functional Infra engineering and product teams to define scope, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics.
Drive alignment across multiple organizations on technical architecture decisions, trade-offs, and delivery plans.
Own program planning and execution artifacts, including roadmaps, dependency maps, risk registers, and status reporting.
Identify, manage, and mitigate technical, operational, and delivery risks, escalating proactively when needed.
Lead high-risk launches, migrations, and cross-region deployments, ensuring availability, durability, and performance SLAs are met.
Establish and drive operational excellence, including incident response coordination, postmortems, and reliability improvements.
Influence without authority to resolve conflicts, unblock teams, and maintain delivery momentum in ambiguous environments.
It encompasses the essential systems and services that support the company's large-scale engineering operations and technology platforms.
The Core Infrastructure team is responsible for building, maintaining, and modernizing these systems to ensure reliability, scalability, and efficiency across LinkedIn's services.

8+ years of technical program management experience.
4+ years of technical program management experience in large distributed systems.

Experience working in cloud or hyperscale environments, including capacity planning, scaling strategies, and cost optimization.
Good understanding of storage or streaming systems (e.g., distributed file/object stores, replication pipelines, messaging or event-streaming platforms).
Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including consistency models, durability, fault tolerance, and performance trade-offs.
This includes using best practices for scheduling, monitoring, tracking, and executing technical programs, as well as initiating, planning, and executing large scale, cross-functional, and company-wide critical programs.
Excellent balance of people, organizational, and technical skills, enabling successful execution in high-ambiguity situations.
Strong interpersonal and cross-functional communication skills, fostering collaboration with Engineers, PMs, and Executives, and able to challenge leadership when necessary.
Organized, with attention to detail and a focus on elevating the TPM Craft to the highest standards.
Ability to traverse both vertically and horizontally in a large organization, balancing tactical and strategic objectives.

Cross Functional Collaboration
Technical Program Management
Infra Engineering
Kubernetes understanding
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices.
This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
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Track and report on program health using data and metrics, enabling informed decision-making at senior leadership levels.

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