Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager, Core Infrastructure

LinkedIn; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 166,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

LinkedIn is looking for a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager to join its infrastructure engineering team. This hybrid role requires a seasoned manager to define strategies for complex cross-functional projects impacting their core infrastructure.

The candidate will work closely with engineering teams, leading high-impact initiatives and ensuring reliability across LinkedIn's systems. Applicants should have at least 8 years of program management experience, with strong interpersonal skills.

The compensation range for this position is $166,000 to $271,000 depending on experience and location.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical program management experience.
• 4+ years in large distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Define strategy for large-scale cross-functional projects.
• Partner with engineering teams for project planning.

Skills

Cross Functional Collaboration

Technical Program Management

Infra Engineering

Kubernetes understanding

Education

B.S./B.A. in a technical field or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM)

The LinkedIn Infrastructure Engineering Technical Program Management Group is looking for a Senior Staff Technical Program Manager (TPM) in our infrastructure engineering organization. Infrastructure engineering consists of over 2,000 engineers responsible for infrastructure that runs linkedin.com. The org builds and operates massive‑scale systems: physical data centers, networking, storage, compute, observability, and Data and AI/ML platforms.

Work location is hybrid, meaning this role is performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

Engineering Team this TPM will support

Core Infrastructure refers to the foundational layer of LinkedIn's infrastructure. It encompasses the essential systems and services that support the company's large-scale engineering operations and technology platforms. The Core Infrastructure team builds, maintains, and modernizes these systems to ensure reliability, scalability, and efficiency across LinkedIn's services.

The Senior Staff TPM will drive cutting‑edge improvements to our advanced Compute, CI/CD platform. You will own and drive key areas of LinkedIn’s Core Infra infrastructure and platforms that power all of the major applications across LinkedIn’s products serving hundreds of millions of users.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive strategy for large‑scale cross‑function, complex and high‑impact Compute platform, control plane and CI/CD platforms at LinkedIn.
• Partner closely with cross‑functional Infra engineering and product teams to define scope, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics.
• Drive alignment across multiple organizations on technical architecture decisions, trade‑offs, and delivery plans.
• Own program planning and execution artifacts, including roadmaps, dependency maps, risk registers, and status reporting.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate technical, operational, and delivery risks, escalating proactively when needed.
• Lead high‑risk launches, migrations, and cross‑region deployments, ensuring availability, durability, and performance SLAs are met.
• Establish and drive operational excellence, including incident response coordination, postmortems, and reliability improvements.
• Track and report on program health using data and metrics, enabling informed decision‑making at senior leadership levels.
• Influence without authority to resolve conflicts, unblock teams, and maintain delivery momentum in ambiguous environments.
• Communicate clearly and concisely with executive and senior technical stakeholders, translating complex technical details into actionable insights.

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical program management experience.
• 4+ years of technical program management experience in large distributed systems.
• B.S./B.A. in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience leading teams and technical programs to deliver successful outcomes at the intersection of areas such as Storage/streaming platforms, Infrastructure, and Hardware.
• Experience working in cloud or hyperscale environments, including capacity planning, scaling strategies, and cost optimization.
• Good understanding of storage or streaming systems (e.g., distributed file/object stores, replication pipelines, messaging or event‑streaming platforms).
• Deep understanding of distributed systems fundamentals, including consistency models, durability, fault tolerance, and performance trade‑offs.
• Proven track record of leading teams and programs to deliver successful outcomes. This includes using best practices for scheduling, monitoring, tracking, and executing technical programs, as well as initiating, planning, and executing large‑scale, cross‑functional, and company‑wide critical programs.
• Excellent balance of people, organizational, and technical skills, enabling successful execution in high‑ambiguity situations.
• Strong interpersonal and cross‑functional communication skills, fostering collaboration with Engineers, PMs, and Executives, and able to challenge leadership when necessary.
• Organized, with attention to detail and a focus on elevating the TPM Craft to the highest standards.
• Ability to traverse both vertically and horizontally in a large organization, balancing tactical and strategic objectives.
• Previous experience working with geographically‑distributed teams.
• Experience operating in ambiguous, fast‑moving environments and making data‑driven trade‑off decisions.

Suggested Skills

• Cross Functional Collaboration
• Technical Program Management
• Infra Engineering
• Kubernetes understanding

Compensation

The pay range for this role is $166,000 to $271,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor. The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information, visit https://careers.linkedin.com/benefits.

Equal Opportunity Statement

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