Lead Technical Program Manager for Complex Software

Optomi; Burbank (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 262,000; Full time

Job summary

Optomi, in partnership with a leading technology organization, is seeking a Technical Program Manager for a contractor role within the Business Operations - Global Program Management group, supporting Ad Platforms. You will plan and execute complex programs across multiple Ad Platforms areas, coordinating schedules, deliverables, and dependencies with project managers and technical leads.

You will autonomously manage activities, communicate progress and risks to business and technical audiences,

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience managing large-scale software development programs.
• Expertise in Agile or Waterfall program management methods.
• Strong planning, delivery, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive activities for large, strategic, technically complex, priority programs.
• Develop plans and timelines, accounting for all dependencies.
• Ensure transparency of progress and issues/risks; drive risk mitigation and contingency planning.
• Communicate status, updates, and program summaries via presentations, email, and direct communication with stakeholders and leadership.
• Ensure roles and responsibilities are understood and upheld by all involved parties.
• Facilitate all build activities (including QA) as per plan.
• Proactively drive, track, and report budgets.
• Perform capacity planning for teams.
• Collaborate with other program management colleagues to coordinate across multiple technology teams.
• Understand architecture, tools, and deployment practices used by the development team and their cross-system interactions.
• Track and report key program metrics to inform stakeholders.
• Independently manage activities and resolve conflicts with minimal supervision.
• Navigate scope uncertainty and drive progress toward results.
• Demonstrate leadership through collaboration, work ethic, and creative thinking.
• Coordinate with external vendors where applicable.
• May manage Agile ceremonies and team-of-teams processes.

Skills

Program management

Agile methodologies

Waterfall methodologies

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Tools

Architecture concepts

Deployment practices

Job description

Optomi, in partnership with a leading technology organization, is seeking a Technical Program Manager for a contractor role within the Business Operations - Global Program Management group, supporting Ad Platforms. You will plan and execute complex programs across multiple Ad Platforms areas, coordinating schedules, deliverables, and dependencies with project managers and technical leads.

You will autonomously manage activities, communicate progress and risks to business and technical audiences,