Senior Technical Engagement Manager (Fully Remote)

Redpanda; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

AI tools budget

Job summary

Redpanda is seeking an experienced Engagement Manager to drive strategic projects with customers as they implement our Agentic Data Plane. You will serve as the senior escalation point for customer and internal delivery teams, ensuring projects are resourced and delivered on plan.

In this role you will build out playbooks and toolkits to drive repeatability across engagements, manage stakeholder relationships, and guide risk governance with PMP/Scrum practices while maintaining technical fluency

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in engagement management, delivery leadership, or technical program management.
• PMP or Scrum certification and experience running formal risk governance.
• Technical fluency in distributed systems, streaming, or data infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the senior escalation point for both customer and internal delivery teams.
• Ensure projects within your pod are resourced and delivered against plan.
• Build out program playbooks and toolkits to drive repeatability across engagements.

Skills

Engagement management

Delivery leadership

Technical program management

PMP or Scrum

Distributed systems knowledge

Job description

• Drive strategic projects with customers as they implement our Agentic Data Plane.
• Manage relationships with key stakeholders and own project plans to ensure delivery.

You Will:

• Serve as the senior escalation point for both customer and internal delivery teams.
• Ensure projects within your pod are resourced and delivered against plan.
• Build out program playbooks and toolkits to drive repeatability across engagements.

You Have:

• 8+ years in engagement management, delivery leadership, or technical program management.
• PMP or Scrum certification and experience running formal risk governance.
• Technical fluency in distributed systems, streaming, or data infrastructure.

Why Redpanda:

• Remote-first, people-first culture with global team members.
• Nimble, high-impact team with budget for the latest AI tools.

Redpanda

Redpanda is a unified platform for agent-data interaction, combining streaming, SQL analytics, and intelligent connectivity with enterprise-grade governance. It is a remote-first, people-first organization with a global team and a culture of trust, transparency, communication, and kindness.