Sr Technical Program Manager

Commergence; Seattle (WA); Presencial; USD 150.000 - 190.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Commergence in Seattle, WA is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional technical delivery across Commerce & Transactions platforms. You will establish program structure, governance, and reliable delivery with a focus on security, performance, and business value.

You will translate complex technical concepts into clear business impacts, partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Operations, and drive decisions through disciplined execution and executive-level

Formación

• 10+ years leading complex technical programs in retail, ecommerce, or tech.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams across Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Operations.
• Strong technical acumen in solution design and system architecture.

Responsabilidades

• Lead cross-functional technical programs across Commerce & Transactions platforms with measurable outcomes.
• Define strategy, scope, and delivery plans with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Operations teams.
• Manage integrated program plans across multiple teams, ensuring milestones and dependencies align.
• Drive governance, risk mitigation, and escalation frameworks to ensure quality and reliability.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Program management

Stakeholder mgmt

Agile methodologies

Cloud architectures

APIs & microservices

Security governance

Leadership

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

GitLab

Kubernetes

Kafka

Descripción del empleo

Job Tittle : Sr Technical Program Manager

Location: Seattle, WA

Duration: 12+ Months

Job Description

As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will lead complex technical delivery by coordinating across multiple engineering teams and technical domains, establishing clear program structure and delivery frameworks, and driving outcomes that deliver business value while managing complexity and risk. You demonstrate advanced technical acumen, with deep understanding of solution design and system architecture across multiple components and services, allowing you to anticipate architectural impacts, guide technical trade-offs, and drive informed program decisions. You will translate organizational objectives into effective program approaches, align delivery with engineering priorities, and support strategic decision-making through disciplined execution and stakeholder partnership.

Core Responsibilities

• Lead complex, cross-functional technical programs across Commerce & Transactions platforms, establishing measurable outcomes for delivery, scalability, reliability, security, performance, operational readiness, and business value.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture, and Operations teams to define program strategy, scope, delivery plans, and execution approaches for large-scale initiatives.
• Develop and manage integrated program plans across multiple engineering teams, platforms, and services, ensuring alignment on milestones, dependencies, and business objectives.
• Drive delivery execution through effective technical governance, clear accountability, architecture and security reviews, decision and escalation frameworks, quality gates, and proactive issue resolution.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate technical risks, architectural dependencies, platform constraints, technical debt, reliability and resilience gaps, security concerns, and scalability limitations to ensure predictable program outcomes.
• Translate complex technical concepts, trade-offs, and constraints into clear business impacts, enabling informed decision-making at all levels of the organization.
• Facilitate alignment across architects, engineers, product leaders, and executive stakeholders to drive clarity, prioritization, and successful program delivery.
• Partner closely with engineering and architecture leaders to validate technical approaches, challenge assumptions, and ensure strategic enabling work is appropriately prioritized.
• Lead multi-system integration efforts by coordinating API and data-contract alignment, end-to-end testing, performance and security validation, deployment and rollback readiness, production observability, operational handoffs, and post-launch stabilization.
• Drive resolution of cross-team dependencies, competing priorities, and delivery conflicts while balancing business objectives, technical quality, and organizational constraints.
• Provide clear, concise, and technically grounded updates to senior leadership, communicating program health, delivery and reliability metrics, risks, key decisions, architectural trade-offs, and business impacts.
• Influence investment decisions related to platforms, tooling, infrastructure, and technical modernization initiatives that support long-term business growth and operational excellence.
• Champion continuous improvement in technical program management practices, governance, planning, and execution across the organization.

Qualifications

Must-Have

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Business, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience leading complex technical programs within retail, eCommerce, digital, or technology-driven organizations.
• 12+ years of experience in technical delivery, software engineering, technical program management, or related technology leadership roles.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale, cross-functional programs across Product, Engineering, Architecture, Infrastructure, Data, and Operations teams.
• Experience leading technical initiatives across commerce platforms, including Checkout, Payments, Order Management, Fulfillment, Post-Purchase Experiences, Returns, Shipping, and Next Generation Commerce capabilities, with an understanding of order and payment integrations, data flows, API contracts, event-driven integrations, and end-to-end transaction lifecycle management.
• Strong technical acumen with a solid understanding of software development lifecycles, APIs, microservices, cloud technologies, integrations, distributed systems, platform architectures, system reliability, observability, performance engineering, scalability, and application security.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex dependencies, technical risk, organizational alignment, and large-scale program execution.
• Exceptional communication, executive stakeholder management, and influencing skills with the ability to drive alignment across technical and business teams.
• Experience establishing governance models, operating rhythms, escalation frameworks, and delivery mechanisms for complex programs.
• Technical program management experience across modern application and platform technologies, including Java-based services, GraphQL, Node.js, React, cloud platforms, Kubernetes, Kafka or comparable event-streaming technologies, and GitLab or comparable CI/CD tooling, with a strong understanding of DevSecOps, automated testing, deployment strategies, and engineering excellence practices.
• Strong experience with Agile delivery methodologies and tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, and related planning platforms.
• Experience leading platform modernization, cloud transformation, and highly distributed enterprise technology programs, including infrastructure as code, resilience and disaster-recovery planning, production observability, performance optimization, secure delivery practices, and operational readiness.

Preferred

• Experience within retail, eCommerce, omnichannel, supply chain, or digital commerce organizations.
• Knowledge of commerce ecosystems including checkout, payments, post-purchase journeys, order orchestration, fulfillment, returns, and customer experience platforms.
• Experience supporting global technology organizations and large-scale enterprise transformation initiatives.
• PMP, SAFe, Scrum Master, or equivalent program management certification.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments while influencing outcomes across multiple organizations and leadership levels.

Must Haves

• Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovate to achieve great results.
• Communicate with honesty and kindness and create the space for others to do the same.
• Lead with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure.
• Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships.
• Integrate fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka doesn’t take yourself too seriously.

Skills: retail,ecommerce,pmp