Lead Technical Program Manager (Fully Remote)

Pencil; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Pencil builds an AI-powered SaaS platform for marketing, helping brands plan, produce, and deploy advertising.

Founded in 2018, Pencil embraces a remote-first culture across Canada, US, LATAM, and the UK, with Sequoia backing and part of The Brandtech Group.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of TPM experience in AI/ML or platform infrastructure.
• Proven track record running multi-team programs with hard deadlines.
• Strong technical fluency and mentoring experience.

Responsibilities

• Own complex cross-team programs like platform releases and client integrations.
• Set workback plans, dependency maps, and enforce readiness gates.
• Produce weekly status for stakeholders and leadership.

Skills

Program management

Cross-team leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Platform infrastructure

Job description

• Own complex cross-team programs like platform releases and client integrations.
• Manage Tier 1 client engineering requests from intake to delivery.
• Design operating cadences to align fast-moving engineering teams.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set workback plans, dependency maps, and enforce readiness gates.
• Support sprint rhythm and coordinate cross-team retrospectives.
• Produce weekly status for stakeholders and leadership.

Your Background:

• 8+ years of TPM experience in AI/ML or platform infrastructure.
• Track record running multi-team programs with hard deadlines.
• Technical fluency and mentoring experience.

Pencil builds an AI-powered SaaS platform for marketing, helping brands plan, produce, and deploy advertising. Founded in 2018, we are backed by Sequoia and part of The Brandtech Group, with a remote-first culture across Canada, US, LATAM, and the UK.