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Staff Technical Program Manager

Rippling· Rippling
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Hybrid (Bangalore)full-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Senior Staff-level Technical Program Manager to lead product development and geographic expansion initiatives, owning execution plans, mitigating risks, and driving cross-team engineering initiatives with a focus on predictable, timely delivery.

Responsibilities

  • 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.
  • Translate high-level business and product requirements into actionable engineering tasks, milestones, and technical specifications.
  • Contribute to the definition and tracking of technical metrics to optimize engineering operating performance and system health.
  • Lead and facilitate regular program-level meetings and reviews with Product and Engineering leadership to ensure successful outcomes.
  • Monitor program health, track status, risks, issues, and complex technical dependencies across engineering teams.
  • Deep dive into technical issues to facilitate resolution and drive executive escalations and change management as needed.
  • Take ownership of engineering roadblocks and delays, escalating and driving timely closure with engineering leads.
  • Manage high-level program communications to all stakeholders, including roadmap changes, release plans, and delivery status, with clear trade-offs and risks.
  • Establish and champion new program frameworks, tools, and best practices across the R&D organization.
  • Act as an agent of change to strengthen the Technical Program Management function across the company.

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience as TPM, Engineering Lead, Manager, or equivalent with software engineering teams.
  • Proven ability to communicate technical issues effectively to technical and non-technical partners at different organizational levels.
  • Ability to build and implement detailed plans accounting for ambiguity, dependencies, and technical complexity in a fast-moving environment.
  • Demonstrated excellence in technical program management, including establishing TPM processes from scratch.
  • Strong skill in identifying, tracking and reporting cross-team dependencies and coordinating with involved teams to address them.
  • Attention to detail with a hands-on disposition.
  • Excellent problem solving and troubleshooting skills.
  • Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Outstanding cross-level communication skills from engineers to executives.
  • Four-year degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business or related field, or equivalent work experience.

Skills

Required:Technical program managementCross-functional leadershipRoadmapping & planning
Last updated Sep 2, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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