Lead Technical Program Manager, AI Hardware & Software

Ampere Computing LLC; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 182,000 - 273,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, wellness, and financial 1

Unlimited flextime

10+ paid holidays

Healthy snacks and beverages

Job summary

Ampere Computing LLC in Portland, Oregon seeks a highly skilled Technical Program Manager to lead software capability delivery for a physical AI program. You will coordinate across software, hardware, firmware, and external partners, establishing cadence and visibility to ensure high-quality, on-time releases.

You will drive roadmaps, dependencies, risk logs, and program metrics while using tools like Jama, Jira, and Confluence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, information systems, or a related technical discipline—or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience in technical program management, software development, systems engineering, product development, or a similar technical environment.
• Demonstrated success managing complex software programs across multiple engineering teams, stakeholders, suppliers, or partners.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles, delivery methodologies, and release processes.
• Proficiency with Jira, Jama Connect, Confluence, or similar requirements and work-management platforms.
• Ability to build and maintain integrated schedules, roadmaps, dependency maps, execution plans, and program-level reporting.
• Strong analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to identify risks early, establish accountability, and drive actions to closure.
• Comfortable working independently in a fast-paced, evolving, and ambiguous environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of software programs supporting physical AI products and systems.
• Translate program goals and product requirements into integrated plans, milestones, schedules, and roadmaps.
• Coordinate work across software, hardware, firmware, systems engineering, product, operations, security, quality, suppliers, and external partners.
• Establish and improve program operating mechanisms, including planning cadences, execution reviews, dependency reviews, and leadership updates.
• Create clarity around priorities, ownership, dependencies, and milestones across teams and workstreams.
• Manage requirements, traceability, dependencies, and change control using tools such as Jama Connect, Jira, and Confluence.
• Maintain risk, issue, action, and decision logs; drive ownership, escalation, and resolution.
• Build dashboards and automated reporting for milestone progress, scope changes, schedule confidence, quality trends, dependencies, risks, and issues.
• Use automation and data integrations—including Jama, Jira, spreadsheets, and APIs—to streamline roadmaps, reports, and program metrics.
• Communicate status, tradeoffs, and recommendations clearly to technical teams and senior leadership.
• Improve delivery processes without adding unnecessary bureaucracy, enabling predictable releases with appropriate quality and traceability.

Skills

Jira/Jama/Confluence proficiency

Cross-functional coordination

Roadmap planning

Risk management

Data reporting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering/IS

Tools

Jira

Jama Connect

Confluence

Job description

Ampere Computing LLC in Portland, Oregon seeks a highly skilled Technical Program Manager to lead software capability delivery for a physical AI program. You will coordinate across software, hardware, firmware, and external partners, establishing cadence and visibility to ensure high-quality, on-time releases.

You will drive roadmaps, dependencies, risk logs, and program metrics while using tools like Jama, Jira, and Confluence.