Senior Agile TPM – Backlog & Delivery Lead

Apium Swarm Robotics, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 133,000 - 199,000; Full time

Job summary

Apium Swarm Robotics, Inc. in San Diego, CA is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own the engineering backlog and drive agile execution. You will groom and sequence work, run scrum ceremonies, and manage estimates and delivery from multiple teams while reporting progress to leadership.

You will coordinate with engineering leadership to identify risks, maintain a single source of truth in Jira/Confluence, and ensure timely delivery with accountability and structured risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Must be a US Person and able to obtain needed clearances.
• 7+ years in product/program management or delivery leadership in a software/hardware+software environment.
• Strong Agile background with experience as a technical scrum master and back-log management.
• Proven ability to elicit needs from multiple stakeholders and convert them into executable plans.
• Experience with story-point estimates and backlog management with delivery focus.
• Expert proficiency in Jira and Confluence.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills; able to work independently under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Act as the sole owner of the engineering backlog in Jira, grooming, sequencing, and prioritizing committed work for clarity and executability.
• Elicit requirements and constraints from multiple stakeholders and synthesize into actionable execution plans.
• Serve as technical scrum master, running daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives; remove blockers.
• Collaborate with developers to build/refine estimates and maintain realistic delivery forecasts.
• Maintain accountability for timelines, escalating risks early to leadership.
• Track delivery metrics (velocity, burndown, cycle time, reliability).
• Drive continuous improvement of ASR’s Agile processes and cross-team coordination.

Skills

US Person

Agile / Scrum Master

Stakeholder management

Jira

Confluence

Risk management

Story point estimation

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Lucidchart / Lucidspark

Job description

Apium Swarm Robotics, Inc. in San Diego, CA is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to own the engineering backlog and drive agile execution. You will groom and sequence work, run scrum ceremonies, and manage estimates and delivery from multiple teams while reporting progress to leadership.

You will coordinate with engineering leadership to identify risks, maintain a single source of truth in Jira/Confluence, and ensure timely delivery with accountability and structured risk mitigation.