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Sr. Program Manager, Engineering - Sensor Foundation (Hybrid)
USA - Sunnyvale, CA · Senior
Sponsorship not specified$140k-$215kDetected 4 days ago
PythonGoDistributed SystemsGitCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformCI/CDPlatform EngineeringAgentic AIA/B TestingAgileJiraStakeholder ManagementExcelLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingMentoring
About the role
- We're investing in program managers who are energetic, eager to learn, flexible and capable of managing large scale/complex engineering projects in a fast-paced environment through innovative program management and AI-enhanced approaches.
- As a Program Manager, you'll be responsible for directly supporting and engaging in the work and projects of the Sensor Foundations Platform Group.
- This role is hybrid, on-site in our Sunnyvale Office.
Responsibilities
- Partner and facilitate directly with platform engineering, cloud engineering, and sensor core teams at all levels
- Demonstrate deep technical fluency in architecture, cloud infrastructure, build systems, and platform engineering practices in order to align with business objectives and drive project deliverables, resources, and timelines.
- Drive technical decision-making processes, facilitating discussions between engineering teams to resolve architectural challenges, infrastructure dependencies, and build system optimizations, exercising sound judgment in decisions involving people, data, and technology trade-offs.
- Create and drive project delivery schedules for sensor platform initiatives, working with engineering management on task assignments and managing progress of portfolio phases through detailed implementation tasks, including dependencies within and across Product and Platform Groups.
- Collaborate with multiple worldwide business units (including platform engineers, cloud engineers, SREs, product management, and other engineering teams) to clearly identify, explain, and communicate project involvement, goals, expectations, and deliverables for sensor infrastructure programs, ensuring alignment with strategic imperatives and customer-facing security capabilities.
- Proactively track status of platform engineering activities and ensure schedules and priorities are met for sensor releases, infrastructure scaling, and build system improvements.
- Manage daily/weekly project communication and status reporting for complex sensor platform initiatives.
- Coach distributed teams and cross-functional partners on frameworks and shared accountability, synthesizing complex portfolio insights to drive aligned, executable outcomes across the organization.
- Build AI-powered dashboards and automated reporting systems using Claude skills and agentic workflows for project monitoring and program insights.
- Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
Requirements
- Expert-level Jira proficiency and Agile/Scrum methodology experience.
- Proven track record owning programs/portfolios of products/features, scoping requirements, and planning milestones.
- Ability to extrapolate context from complex technical conversations and provide teams with valuable summations around action items and next steps.
- Attention to detail with ability to make logical, timely decisions in fast-paced environments.
- Hands-on experience with agentic AI tools (Claude Code, GitHub, Copilot) as daily workflow accelerators.
- Experience integrating AI into existing enterprise workflows and infrastructure tools.
- Comfort with light development in Python or Go for AI automation scripts.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with ability to traverse seamlessly between strategic direction and tactical execution.
- Proven track record of mentoring and supporting other program managers while driving organizational change in platform engineering contexts.
- Knowledge of platform engineering languages and tools (Go, Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD).
Nice to have
- Experience with AI-enhanced infrastructure management platforms.
- Familiarity with enterprise AI deployment and change management in cloud environments.
- Experience with sensor technologies, endpoint security platforms, or distributed systems reliability engineering.
- Knowledge of cost optimization strategies for cloud infrastructure and platform engineering operations.
Skills
- Ready to join a mission that matters?
Compensation
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
Benefits
- Market leader in compensation and equity awards
- Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
- Paid parental and adoption leaves
- Create intelligent integrations between Jira, GitLab, monitoring tools, and build systems that surface platform health and program risks automatically.
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