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Principal Technical Program Manager

Rippling· Rippling / Bizops
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$159k - $265kFull-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Senior TPM (Staff/Principal) to lead product development and geographic expansion initiatives, owning execution plans, mitigating risks, and ensuring predictable delivery across multiple engineering and product teams.

Responsibilities

  • Drive strategic, cross-functional planning and prioritization with Product and Engineering leadership to develop program plans, roadmaps, dependency mapping, and resourcing models.
  • Translate high-level business and product requirements into actionable engineering tasks, milestones, and technical specifications.
  • Contribute to defining and tracking technical metrics to optimize engineering performance and system health.
  • Lead and facilitate regular program-level meetings with Product and Engineering leadership to ensure project success.
  • Monitor program health, risks, issues, and complex technical dependencies; escalate as needed.
  • Deep dive into technical issues to facilitate resolution and drive executive escalations and change management.
  • Own engineering roadblocks and delays, driving them to timely closure with engineering leads.
  • Manage high-level program communications to stakeholders, including roadmap changes, release plans, and delivery status, with clear technical trade-offs.
  • Establish and champion new program frameworks, tools, and best practices across R&D.
  • Act as an agent of change to strengthen the Technical Program Management function.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience as TPM, Engineering Lead, Manager, or equivalent with software engineering teams.
  • Proven ability to communicate technical issues to technical and non-technical partners at various levels.
  • Experience building and implementing detailed plans in ambiguous, complex environments.
  • Excellence in technical program management, including establishing TPM processes from scratch.
  • Skilled at identifying, tracking, and resolving cross-team dependencies with stakeholders.
  • Attention to detail and hands-on disposition.
  • Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Outstanding cross-level communication from engineers to executives.
  • Four-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field, or equivalent work experience.

Skills

Required:Program managementTechnical leadershipRequirements translationrisk management

Benefits

  • Competitive salary plus benefits and equity.
  • Office-based employees expected to work in-office at least three days a week where applicable.
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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