Senior Technical Program Manager - Identity & Platform

Beacon Hill; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill is seeking a lead Technical Program Manager to drive identity and platform initiatives across a multi-team engineering environment. The role emphasizes strong technical aptitude, disciplined delivery, and the ability to align product, engineering, and platform teams on backend/API-driven programs.

The ideal candidate brings 7+ years of program leadership in complex settings, excels at cross-team collaboration, stakeholder management, and executive communication, and can operate

Qualifications

• 7+ years leading large-scale technical programs in complex environments
• Experience supporting backend, API-driven, or identity-adjacent platforms
• Proven success managing cross-team initiatives without direct authority
• Strong sprint planning, backlog management, and delivery forecasting
• Hands-on experience using Airtable (or similar tools) for roadmap and delivery tracking
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive-level communication skills
• Ability to operate in ambiguous, high-pressure, fast-moving environments
• Strong attention to detail and ownership mindset
• Nice-to-have: identity, profile, authentication, or orchestration platforms
• Nice-to-have: media/consumer-facing platforms or large platform ecosystems
• Nice-to-have: high-availability, performance-critical systems

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-team technical programs from planning through production release
• Partner with Engineering and Product to translate technical requirements into execution plans, timelines, milestones
• Drive sprint planning, backlog grooming, delivery forecasting, and disciplined delivery
• Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and shifting priorities in a fast-changing environment
• Facilitate technical discussions, document decisions, and communicate status, risks, mitigation plans
• Maintain roadmap hygiene, delivery tracking, and reporting using Airtable and Agile tools
• Support release planning across build, QA, UAT, and deployment phases
• Represent engineering teams in program and stakeholder forums

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Sprint planning

Backlog management

Delivery forecasting

Cross-team collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

Ownership mindset

Airtable

API-driven platforms

Identity platforms

Tools

Airtable

Job description

Senior Technical Program Manager - Identity & Platform

Overview

Lead-level Technical Program Manager supporting large-scale identity and platform initiatives within a complex, multi-team engineering environment. This role is highly visible and requires strong technical aptitude, disciplined delivery execution, and the ability to drive alignment across product, engineering, and platform teams. Experience working on backend, API-driven, or identity-adjacent platforms is strongly preferred.

Must-Have Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience leading large-scale, highly technical programs in complex engineering environments
• Proven experience supporting backend, API-driven, or platform teams (identity experience strongly preferred)
• Proven success managing cross-team initiatives without direct authority
• Demonstrated strength in sprint planning, backlog management, and delivery forecasting
• Hands-on experience using Airtable (or similar tools) for roadmap and delivery tracking
• Exceptional stakeholder management and executive-level communication skills
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, high-pressure, fast-moving environments
• Strong attention to detail and ownership mindset

Nice-to-Have

• Experience supporting identity, profile, authentication, or orchestration platforms
• Background in media, consumer-facing applications, or large platform ecosystems
• Experience working with high-availability, performance-critical systems

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-team technical programs from planning through production release
• Partner closely with Engineering and Product to translate technical requirements into clear execution plans, timelines, and milestones
• Drive sprint planning, backlog grooming, delivery forecasting, and execution discipline
• Manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and shifting priorities in a fast-changing environment
• Facilitate technical discussions, document decisions, and communicate status, risks, and mitigation plans to stakeholders
• Maintain roadmap hygiene, delivery tracking, and reporting using Airtable and Agile tools
• Support release planning across build, QA, UAT, and deployment phases
• Represent engineering teams in program and stakeholder forums

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Benefits Information:

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.