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Technical Program Manager, Network

Cape· Engineering
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Hybrid (Hybrid: Arlington, VA)$190k - $210kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Cape is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own task tracking, timeline accountability, and cross-functional coordination for the network team, including routing, regional connectivity, subscriber provisioning, and vendor-driven integrations. The role focuses on bringing structure to informal coordination, validating timelines, and aligning technical work with business goals in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own Jira hygiene and task tracking for the network team, bringing structure to work that is currently coordinated informally
  • Build a reliable system for tracking work, exposing dependencies, and catching timeline slips early, across network engineering, BD, and vendors
  • Partner closely with the network team's technical lead to roadmap infrastructure work like routing, regional connectivity, subscriber provisioning, and cloud/vendor integrations
  • Pressure-test proposed timelines and BD requests for technical feasibility before commitments are made externally
  • Host vendor meetings and hold vendors accountable to their delivery commitments
  • Deconflict priorities and dependencies across the network team and adjacent teams, including consumer-facing projects
  • Translate technical network work for non-technical stakeholders, and translate business requests back into realistic technical asks for engineering
  • Help define the org model for how program management, technical ownership, and execution responsibilities fit together on the network team as it scales

Qualifications

  • Technical program management experience in a fast-moving engineering environment, ideally at a startup
  • A track record of bringing structure to ambiguous, cross-team work without slowing it down
  • Comfort learning a new technical domain quickly and deeply enough to challenge engineering judgment and assess feasibility, not just track progress
  • Experience building systems for tracking work, surfacing dependencies, and holding owners accountable to deadlines
  • Strong communication skills; able to translate between technical teams and business/vendor stakeholders
  • Comfort engaging directly with external vendors and holding them to their commitments
  • (Bonus) Experience with network or telco infrastructure: traffic routing, cloud connectivity, configuration, or subscriber provisioning
  • (Bonus) Experience at a company building or operating physical/network infrastructure rather than pure software
  • (Bonus) Prior experience supporting consumer products alongside more technical/infrastructure work

Skills

Required:JiraCross-functional coordinationTechnical domain learningStakeholder communicationVendor management

Benefits

  • 401(k) match
  • 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision premiums for you and your dependents
  • 12 weeks paid parental leave (for all parents, no waiting period)
  • Stipends for family-forming needs
  • Gender-affirming care
  • Unlimited PTO
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Cape is premium wireless coverage with an added layer of personal security.

Cape is premium wireless coverage with an added layer of personal security. Talk, text, and live with the confidence that you’re protected.

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