Senior TPM: AI-Driven Developer Productivity

Socotra, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 148,000 - 185,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

401(k) with company match

Discretionary paid time off

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Lyft credits

Lyft Pink membership

Job summary

Lyft is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead our AI transformation in developer productivity. You will shape the strategy for AI-enhanced engineering workflows, own the roadmap, and drive end-to-end programs across infrastructure and developer platforms.

You will partner with engineering teams to implement AI-native workflows, define success metrics, and ensure products genuinely solve developer pain. This hybrid, in-office role in San Francisco emphasizes collaboration and impact.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in Technical Program Management or a TPM/PM hybrid role.
• Background in software, data, or systems engineering to engage deeply with engineers.
• Experience owning a roadmap: setting strategy, prioritizing, defining success.
• Experience with developer productivity, developer tooling, or engineering platforms.
• Hands-on familiarity with AI coding tools (Cursor, Copilot, Claude Code).
• Bonus: experience building or shipping AI-native or agentic workflows.
• Strong track record leading cross-functional programs with dependencies and tight timelines.
• Experience owning customer relationships across engineering teams and translating needs into roadmaps.
• Ability to glean meaningful insights from usage and productivity data.
• Comfortable defining and tracking success metrics and adoption.
• Clear communicator across the stack, from engineer to VP.

Responsibilities

• Lead Lyft's AI transformation in developer productivity: shape strategy for AI-enhanced engineering workflows and AI-native tooling.
• Own the roadmap: sequence work, set priorities, define success for AI-driven engineering productivity.
• Partner with engineering teams to build AI-native workflows that address real developer pain.
• Run programs end-to-end from kickoff to delivery, coordinating across teams.
• Be the voice of the customer; surface pain points and feed back into roadmaps.
• Define success metrics and adoption goals; gather and document customer requirements.
• Partner with engineering/infrastructure leads to build plans and manage risks.
• Own program health: track milestones and blockers, keep stakeholders informed.
• Use technical background to ask sharp questions and build credible plans.
• Share in the team's release on-call rotation.

Skills

Technical program management

Roadmap ownership

Developer productivity

AI coding tools

Cross-functional leadership

Customer relationship management

Data-driven decision making

Communication across senior levels

AI-native workflows

Agentic tooling

Team collaboration

Job description

Lyft is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead our AI transformation in developer productivity. You will shape the strategy for AI-enhanced engineering workflows, own the roadmap, and drive end-to-end programs across infrastructure and developer platforms.

You will partner with engineering teams to implement AI-native workflows, define success metrics, and ensure products genuinely solve developer pain. This hybrid, in-office role in San Francisco emphasizes collaboration and impact.