Launch-Focused TPM for AI in Finance

Salient; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k)

Catered lunches

Job summary

Salient is hiring a Technical Program Manager to scale Taylor, our flagship AI product for regulated financial services, as we onboard new customers.

You’ll drive execution across Taylor initiatives—improving reliability, scalability, and alignment between Forward Deployed Engineers and product teams.

This hands-on role values clear communication and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Join a team that moves quickly, with in-person collaboration at our San Francisco office.

Qualifications

• Experience running complex technical programs across multiple engineering teams.
• Technical depth in production systems, such as APIs, distributed systems, or data pipelines.
• Strong judgment around prioritization, risks, and tradeoffs.

Responsibilities

• Plans for key Taylor initiatives: scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, and status
• Reliability, performance, and scalability work tied to customer launch timelines
• Intake, triage, and ownership for customer requests and field fixes across FDE and product engineering
• Feature planning, release readiness, and launch checklists
• Alignment between customer commitments and engineering delivery
• Repeatable customer onboarding and go-live playbooks

Skills

Technical program management

Engineering leadership

System design

Prioritization & tradeoffs

Stakeholder alignment

Tools

APIs

Distributed systems

Data pipelines

Job description

Salient is hiring a Technical Program Manager to scale Taylor, our flagship AI product for regulated financial services, as we onboard new customers.

You’ll drive execution across Taylor initiatives—improving reliability, scalability, and alignment between Forward Deployed Engineers and product teams.

This hands-on role values clear communication and thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Join a team that moves quickly, with in-person collaboration at our San Francisco office.