Program Manager III, Engineering (Hybrid)

CrowdStrike; Virginia (MN); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Wellness programs

Vacation & holidays

Parental leave

Professional development

Employee networks

Great Place to Work certification

Job summary

CrowdStrike is seeking a Program Manager III in the Technology Excellence & Resilience organization to lead complex cross-functional engineering programs across TER. You will drive end-to-end delivery, manage dependencies, and surface risks while partnering with engineering leaders globally.

The role includes AI tooling creation, building automated dashboards, and AI-powered workflows to scale impact, with hybrid work requiring 2–3 days on-site at posted locations. U.S.

Qualifications

• US Citizenship or Green Card Holder Status.
• 7+ years managing complex, cross-functional engineering programs with end-to-end delivery.
• Ability to influence, mobilize stakeholders, and connect work to enterprise strategy.
• Ability to work independently in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
• Expert-level Jira proficiency and Agile/Scrum experience with process improvements.
• Hands-on AI development experience: Claude, GitHub Copilot; scripting in Python/Go.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; mentoring and cross-time-zone collaboration.
• Domain knowledge across infrastructure, cloud operations, site reliability, developer tooling, platform tooling.

Responsibilities

• Program Management (70%): own cross-functional programs end-to-end; manage schedules, dependencies, and milestones; coordinate with engineering and leadership; ensure alignment with business objectives.
• AI Tooling Creation (30%): build AI-powered dashboards and integrations; surface risks and automate documentation and reporting.

Skills

Program management

Influence without authority

Cross-functional leadership

Agile/Scrum

Jira proficiency

AI tooling experience

Communication

Cloud/Infrastructure knowledge

Tools

Jira

GitLab

Go

Python

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

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As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn’t changed — we’re here to stop breaches, and we’ve redefined modern security with the world’s most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily. Our customers span all industries, and they count on CrowdStrike to keep their businesses running, their communities safe and their lives moving forward. We're proud to work for a mission-driven company leveraging AI to transform the way we work. CrowdStrikers drive their careers through flexibility and autonomy while also being expected to contribute to a culture of responsible AI adoption, experimentation, and innovation. We use an AI-first mindset as a force multiplier to proactively and continuously accelerate execution, build expertise, uncover insights, and solve complex problems. We’re always looking to add talented CrowdStrikers to the team who have limitless passion, a relentless focus on innovation and a fanatical commitment to our customers, our community and each other. Ready to join a mission that matters? The future of cybersecurity starts with you.

About the Role:

As a Program Manager III in our Technology Excellence & Resilience (TER) organization — the team that ensures CrowdStrike's availability, reliability, and resilience through best-in-class infrastructure and engineering practices — you will own and drive complex, cross-functional engineering programs spanning multiple teams and organizations. You'll mobilize stakeholders across organizational boundaries, manage dependencies and competing priorities, ensure every team understands its role and commitments, and partner closely with engineering managers, technical leads, and cross-functional teams globally to surface critical issues early and drive programs to resolution with quality, consistency, and urgency. This role pairs hands-on program leadership with building AI-powered solutions that automate routine work, surface insights, and enhance decision-making for the teams you support. We're seeking program managers who are energetic, eager to learn, and flexible, and who thrive in a fast-paced environment through innovative, AI-enhanced program management.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at one of the posted locations.

What You'll Do:

Program Management (70%)

• Own and drive complex, cross-functional engineering programs end-to-end across TER and the broader organization — scoping requirements, building delivery schedules, managing dependencies within and across teams, and driving milestones to completion. You'll partner directly with engineering teams and cross-functional stakeholders at all levels, moving fluidly between unblocking engineers on technical issues and delivering clear, actionable program updates to leadership. Success requires technical fluency across infrastructure, cloud operations, observability, and platform engineering so you can align programs to business objectives, facilitate technical decision-making, and exercise sound judgment on operational trade-offs. You'll proactively track program health across a distributed, global stakeholder landscape, surface risks and blockers before they impact delivery, elevate and drive critical issues to resolution with urgency, and keep all participating teams aligned and accountable to their commitments. You'll also contribute to strategic planning and roadmap discussions, coach teams on program management frameworks and shared accountability, and identify and operationalize improvements to program delivery processes.

AI Tooling Creation (30%)

• Build AI-powered solutions that scale your impact: automated dashboards and reporting systems using Claude skills and agentic workflows; intelligent integrations across Jira, GitLab, monitoring, and infrastructure systems that automatically surface program health, risks, and dependencies; AI agents that proactively flag operational risks, deployment blockers, and cross-org dependencies; and reusable prompts and workflows that automate documentation, status reporting, and data extraction for you, your team, and your peers — freeing time for stakeholder management, problem-solving, and relationship building.

What You'll Need:

• US Citizenship or Green Card Holder Status
• 7+ years managing complex, cross-functional engineering programs requiring active delivery from multiple teams across large, matrixed organizations, with a proven track record of owning programs end-to-end.
• Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, mobilize stakeholders across organizational boundaries, drive accountability amid competing priorities, and connect program work to enterprise strategy.
• Ability to work independently in ambiguous, fast-paced environments — learning quickly, extrapolating context from complex technical conversations, and translating it into clear action items and next steps.
• Expert-level Jira proficiency (complex workflows, automations, queries, dashboards) and Agile/Scrum experience, plus a record of operationalizing process improvements that lift delivery quality.
• Hands-on AI development experience is required: daily use of agentic AI tools (Claude Code, GitHub Copilot); ability to build Claude skills, AI workflows, and prompt engineering solutions; experience integrating AI into enterprise workflows and tooling; comfort with light Python or Go scripting; and a demonstrated track record of using AI to enhance decision-making, streamline processes, and drive measurable business outcomes.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication, with the ability to shift between strategic direction and tactical execution and tailor detail to the audience. Proven success coaching distributed teams across time zones, mentoring junior program managers, and building relationships that create impact beyond individual contributions.
• Domain knowledge: experience supporting engineering portfolios spanning infrastructure, cloud operations, site reliability, developer tooling or operational excellence at scale; familiarity with operational resilience practices (monitoring/alerting, change safety, scalability, observability, business continuity), multi-cloud environments, developer experience and testing practices, and platform tooling (Go, Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD) sufficient to engage credibly with engineers and assess technical risk.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Bonus Points:

• Experience supporting programs across infrastructure, site reliability engineering, cloud operations, or developer tooling organizations that required broad cross-organizational participation.
• Background in incident management, business continuity, or operational readiness programs that spanned multiple organizations.
• Experience building AI prompts, agents, or workflows that have been adopted by peers or broader engineering teams.
• Experience working in or alongside regulated or government cloud environments.
• Background in cybersecurity or security-adjacent engineering organizations.

Benefits Of Working At CrowdStrike:

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
• Paid parental and adoption leaves
• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
• Paid parental and adoption leaves
• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Great Place to Work Certified™ across the globe

CrowdStrike is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering a culture of belonging where everyone is valued for who they are and empowered to succeed. We support veterans and individuals with disabilities through our affirmative action program.

CrowdStrike is committed to providing equal employment opportunity for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, creed, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy or pregnancy-related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical disability (including HIV and AIDS), mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, status with regard to public assistance, or any other characteristic protected by law. We base all employment decisions--including recruitment, selection, training, compensation, benefits, discipline, promotions, transfers, lay-offs, return from lay-off, termination and social/recreational programs--on valid job requirements.

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Right to Work

CrowdStrike, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Placement within the pay range is dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location. The base salary range for this position for all U.S. candidates is $120,000 - $180,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off.

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CrowdStrike was founded in 2011 to fix a fundamental problem: The sophisticated attacks that were forcing the world’s leading businesses into the headlines could not be solved with existing malware-based defenses. Founder George Kurtz realized that a brand new approach was needed — one that combines the most advanced endpoint protection with expert intelligence to pinpoint the adversaries perpetrating the attacks, not just the malware.

There’s much more to the story of how Falcon has redefined endpoint protection but there’s only one thing to remember about CrowdStrike: We stop breaches.