Senior Technical Program Manager

Chainguard; United States; Remote; USD 153,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Chainguard is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead high-impact initiatives across teams, steering complex projects from conception to delivery. The ideal candidate will have strong technical acumen, exceptional communication skills, and a track record of influencing teams without authority. This role will help shape how secure software is executed, ensuring projects are delivered on time and aligned with strategic goals.

Benefits

Flexible & Remote-First Culture

100% Covered Health Insurance

∞ Flexible Time Off

18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave

Qualifications

• 5+ years in high-growth or technical environments.
• Experience working closely with engineering teams.
• Ability to influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Help break down complex ideas into achievable plans.
• Translate vision into shared goals and drive alignment.
• Track progress and manage risk from kickoff to launch.

Skills

Technical fluency

Cross-functional leadership

Influence without authority

Communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Job description

Great security starts with solid execution. At Chainguard, that means delivering the right outcomes without the chaos.

We’re looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager who can help steer important, high-impact initiatives across teams. If you’ve worked in fast-moving engineering environments, know how to herd cats without breaking their stride, and can turn ambiguity into momentum, you’ll fit right in.

You’ll be a key partner to engineering, product, and security teams to keep work unblocked, aligned, and steadily shipping. You’ll translate strategy into motion, and motion into results.

This is a hands-on role for someone who’s equal parts planner, doer, and communicator. You’ll be building the foundation for how secure software gets delivered at Chainguard and across the industry.

What You’ll Do:

• Wrangle complexity: Help break down big ideas and thorny problems into well-scoped, achievable plans.
  
  
• Drive alignment. Translate vision into shared goals across teams, then keep those efforts focused and moving forward.
  
  
• Own delivery. From kickoff through launch, you’ll track progress, manage risk, and make sure we ship with confidence.
  
  
• Bring clarity. Keep stakeholders informed, flag blockers early, and use data to guide decisions when tradeoffs are tough.
  
  
• Be the duct tape. Work across engineering, product, security, and leadership to keep everyone on the same page.

What We’re Looking For:

• You’ve led cross-functional programs before with ideally 5+ years in high-growth or technical environments.
  
  
• You’re technically fluent: maybe you’ve got a degree in Computer Science or just years of real-world experience with engineering teams.
  
  
• You’ve worked closely with infrastructure, platform, or developer tooling teams and understand how they tick.
  
  
• You know how to influence without authority and bring structure without red tape.

Bonus Points:

• Experience with security-focused or compliance-driven engineering orgs.
  
  
• Familiarity with frameworks like SOC 2, ISO 27001, SLSA, GDPR, or HIPAA.
  
  
• A deep respect for secure-by-default systems and a genuine love for open source communities.
  
  

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

We’re a team that cares deeply about doing the right work and doing it well.

• You’ll shape how the modern software supply chain stays secure (yep, the whole dang supply chain).
  
  
• You’ll work with sharp people who want to do the right thing and actually do.
  
  
• We trust each other to do great work, we value autonomy, and we are not afraid to laugh while pushing the envelope (securely of course).
  
  

Base Salary Range

$153,000 - $180,000 USD

About Us

Chainguard is the secure foundation for software development and deployment. By providing guarded open source software, built from source and updated continuously, Chainguard helps organizations eliminate threats in their software supply chains.

Founded by the industry's leading experts on open source software, security and cloud native development, Chainguard has built the largest library of open source software that is secure by default.

Chainguard’s mission is to be the safe source for open source.

We live and breathe our company values:

We are customer obsessed - We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.

We have a bias for intentional action - We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.

We don’t take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) - We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.

We trust each other and assume good intentions - We’re transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.

A few of the benefits we offer:

• Flexible & Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a $400 monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
• Our Approach to Equity: Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).
• 100% Covered Health Insurance: We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
• ∞ Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
• 18 Weeks Paid Parental Leave: We offer 18 weeks for birthing parents and 12 weeks for non-birthing parents, with the option to use it all at once or throughout your child's first year.
• For a full list of our benefits and rewards, click here .

If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. We’re building the best team in technology and are focused on hiring “Chainguardians'' with unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.

Chainguard is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, reproductive health decisions, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information, political views or activity, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law.

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