Senior Technical Program Manager - FinOps

Axon; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 131,250 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary and 401k with employer match

Discretionary paid time off

Paid parental leave

Medical, Dental, Vision plans

Fitness Programs

Job summary

Axon in Seattle is seeking a skilled Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional teams in delivering projects efficiently.

The role entails optimizing engineering and financial strategies while fostering team collaboration.

Preferred candidates will have extensive experience in cloud operations, strong analytical skills, and a proven track record in project management.

Qualifications

• 7+ years professional experience in leading and managing system/software delivery.
• At least 2 years specifically in a technical program management role.
• Experience with Agile Software Development Lifecycle methodology.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution across product management, engineering, and design teams.
• Drive process improvements for higher team effectiveness.
• Build trust with senior leaders by aligning priorities.

Skills

Cloud FinOps engineering analysis

Cloud cost optimization

Financial analysis

SQL querying

Excellent communication

Containerized environments

Automation/development languages

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Azure

Terraform

PowerShell

Bash

Python

Job description

Your Impact

As a Technical Program Manager, you will leverage your leadership skills and expertise to partner with engineering and product management teams to drive projects from inception, through design, development, and deployment.

This role will operate in a five person team at the intersection of Engineering, Product, and Finance, to optimize spending decisions that are aligned with our product and financial strategy. We’re not developing cost‑controls and approvals; we empower our engineering teams with budgets and help them understand, forecast, and optimize their spending while maintaining their development velocity.

We’re looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager who’s already worked for several years with engineering teams in cloud‑hosted distributed service environments. You should have a proven track record of executing and coordinating complex software deliverables across multiple teams and job roles. In this role, you’ll be partnered with engineering and finance VPs. You should be able to research how AWS and Azure charge for their services to guide teams during architectural design, ensuring financial feasibility. Success will be left‑shifting financial understanding into software design; failure would be launching a feature only to find it’s too expensive to run. Amazing success will be developing this function into a repeatable process that scales beyond your individual contributions.

What You’ll Do

Reports to: Director of Technical Program Management

Direct Reports: None

Location: This role is based out of our Seattle, WA office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in‑person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation.

• Lead execution across product management, engineering, and design teams to build excellent, data‑driven project plans and schedules.
• Drive process improvements in your space to build better faster so teams are more effective and can deliver with higher velocity because of your impact.
• Own your dependencies & invent and simplify as you face challenges pushing everyone toward the right outcome.
• Track all major risks/issues/roadmaps and ensure clear communication of issues.
• Build trust with senior leaders by aligning your priorities with theirs, providing timely, accurate, and succinct status updates, and helping other teams when needed.
• Lead by example with thoroughness, detail, and care for our customers.
• Work with all levels of technical staff across software and hardware engineering earning their trust, holding them accountable and problem‑solving alongside them.
• You’ll help teams capture and improve detailed process and software architectural documentation as needed.
• Working knowledge of the public cloud providers.
• Working knowledge of how networking works in AWS and Azure.
• 2+ years of experience in Cloud FinOps engineering analysis and Cloud cost optimization.
• 2+ years in cloud operations role managing Cloud environments, budgets, forecasts and implementing financial controls.
• Strong principles of financial analysis.
• Analytical skills and experience with cost optimization.
• Excellent SQL querying, Excel, and charting/graphing skills.
• Ability to gain trust querying and analyzing data accurately.
• Ability to communicate effectively and deliver presentations.
• Understanding of cloud cost management tools.
• Some experience with containerized environments and Terraform.
• Some experience with automation/development languages (PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Experience working on multi‑million‑dollar environments.
• Ability to influence engineering teams to optimize spending.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software/Electrical Engineering, Data Science, or other related field.
• 7+ years professional experience in leading and managing system/software delivery, with at least 2 specifically in a technical program management role.
• High degree of competency and proven success with project management including Agile Software Development Lifecycle methodology, identifying and managing risks, tracking dependencies and milestones, and communicating overall project status.
• Evidence in work history of owning and driving large, ambiguous technical software programs.
• You are able to learn quickly and can effectively partner with others to reduce ambiguity.
• You resonate with Axon’s Values and a mission that technology can apply to tackle public safety’s biggest challenges.
• Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, influencing and team building.
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
• Experienced with enterprise SaaS or other mission critical software product is a plus.
• Experienced with cloud IaaS and PaaS offering such as AWS and Azure is a plus.

Benefits That Benefit You

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match.
• Discretionary paid time off.
• Paid parental leave for all.
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans.
• Fitness Programs.
• Emotional & Mental Wellness support.
• Learning & Development programs.
• Snacks in our offices.

Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work. Axon is a total compensation company, meaning compensation is made up of base pay, bonus, and stock awards. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as level, function, training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs, geographic market, and often a combination of all these factors. Our benefits offer an array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life. To see more details on our benefits offerings please visit https://www.axon.com/careers.

Base Pay Range: $131,250—$210,000 USD

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