Senior TPM, Forward Deployed Engineering

Docker, Inc

United States

Remote

USD 163,000 - 255,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Learning & development stipend

Parental leave

Job summary

Docker, Inc. is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager for Forward Deployed Engineering (FDE). You will define delivery standards, ownership of commitments, and the operating rhythm across senior engineers embedded with strategic customers.

You will lead capacity planning, risk management, and cross-team collaboration to ensure on-time delivery and customer success. The role emphasizes executive communication, autonomy in a distributed, remote-first company, and a focus on building

Qualifications

10+ years of technical program management experience, including 4+ years at Staff level or above.
Track record delivering commitments on schedule for enterprise customers.
Experience defining standards and operating processes across teams.
Executive communication with Docker leaders and customers.
Comfort working autonomously in a distributed, remote-first environment.

Responsibilities

Define FDE delivery standards and engagement model to ensure consistency across customers.
Run capacity planning, staffing plans, and executive-facing updates for FDE.0
Instrument commitments and surface risks early to act on them.
Lead cross-team collaboration and ensure dates are met across teams.