Staff Technical Program Manager, AI

Medallia, Inc.; McLean (VA); Hybrid; USD 139,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

401(k) plan

Paid holidays

Job summary

Medallia, Inc. seeks a Staff TPM (AI) to drive critical product programs with embedded AI across the lifecycle. You will partner with Product and Engineering to lead GenAI initiatives, automate workflows, and improve decision-making through AI-driven processes.

This role emphasizes strong TPM discipline, executive communication, and cross-functional leadership. Hybrid work with onsite three days weekly is preferred for candidates near Tysons.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership experience in Product / Engineering / PMO.
• 5+ years of experience working with C-level executives.
• 3+ years of experience in Cloud / SaaS.
• Experience delivering AI/ML or GenAI products from use-case to production.
• Experience with AI model lifecycle and responsible AI governance.
• Hands-on experience with GenAI development and productivity tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent strategic initiatives with cross-functional dependencies.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering across platform and applications.
• Drive operational efficiencies into process, people and tooling.
• Manage technical challenges and risks across assigned areas.
• Craft communications for leadership and stakeholders.
• Propose solutions and influence system changes and architecture.
• Represent R&D by addressing technical and business questions.
• Pursue delivery excellence and improve predictability and throughput.
• Understand hybrid-cloud architecture, infrastructure, and cloud computing.
• Mentor TPM, Operations and Engineering communities on best practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve execution and tooling across the organization.
• Coordinate telemetry, usage monitoring, and rollback mechanisms for GenAI capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

TPM

AI Fluency

Cross-functional Leadership

Executive Communication

Cloud/SaaS

GenAI

Risk Management

Stakeholder Mgmt

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Claude

Cursor

Job description

Overview

Medallia is the pioneer and market leader in Experience Management. Our award-winning SaaS platform, Medallia Experience Cloud, leads the market in the management of experiences, insights, and actions for candidates, customers, employees, patients, and residents alike.

We believe that every experience is a memory that can last a lifetime. Experiences shape the way people feel about a company. And they greatly influence how likely people are to advocate, contribute, and stay. At Medallia, we are committed to creating a world where organizations are loved by their customers and their employees.

We empower exceptional people to create extraordinary experiences together.

Bring your whole self.

The Role and Team

As a Staff TPM (AI) for our R&D PMO, you will lead the execution of our most critical Product development initiatives with AI embedded throughout the lifecycle. We lead both customer-facing GenAI product and platform programs and internal AI-enabled engineering transformation initiatives that improve how we build, operate, and deliver value. The Medallia R&D PMO team maintains a strong and strategic partnership with Product and Engineering, and together we are building solutions that are moving the Experience industry forward, delivering solutions that our customers love.

This is first and foremost a Technical Program Management (TPM) role. The ideal candidate brings strong TPM discipline, excellent cross-functional leadership, and AI fluency to work with business leaders on initiatives that automate workflows, improve decision-making, and increase productivity through AI and workflow automation capabilities.

Candidates based in the Tysons vicinity will be prioritized as this role is Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple concurrent strategic initiatives and programs varying in size, scope, complexity and ambiguity, with cross-functional and cross-organizational dependencies.
• Collaborate with multiple Product and Engineering teams across platform and applications
• Take responsibility for the success and health of the Strategic Initiatives under your care and act as a change agent to drive operational efficiencies into process, people and tooling.
• Proactively manage technical challenges & risks in all assigned areas; work with teams and management to mitigate these risks before they become issues.
• Be sought after by leadership for "the real story" and craft communications that can be consumed at different levels of the organization.
• Propose solutions and consult on system changes. Influence long lasting architecture along with documentation.
• Ability to represent R&D by answering both technical and business-related questions on behalf of the team.
• Continually pursue delivery excellence by improving predictability, efficiency and throughput.
• Understand hybrid-cloud architecture, infrastructure, systems development, and cloud computing.
• Amplify your impact by educating and mentoring the TPM, Operations, and Engineering communities on program management best practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve execution of the organization as a whole, to increase Operations and Engineering productivity through tools and process improvements.
• Understand the business metrics and operational controls required for production GenAI capabilities, and coordinate across teams to ensure telemetry for usage & monitoring, and fallback and rollback mechanisms

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 10+ years of leadership experience in Product / Engineering / PMO
• 5+ years of demonstrated experience working closely with C-level executives
• 3+ years of experience in Cloud / SaaS
• Demonstrated success leading and managing large-scale initiatives across organizations in a matrixed, globally-diverse workforce
• Demonstrated experience in delivering AI/ML or GenAI products or features from use-case definition thru production launch and post-launch iterations
• Experience with AI model lifecycle
• Exposure to responsible AI governance, and partnership with Security and Legal
• Hands‑on experience with GenAI development and productivity tools such as Claude, Cursor, etc. is expected.
• Hands‑on experience applying SDLC, Project Management, and Product Life‑Cycle methodologies and configuring project management tooling (e.g. Jira and Confluence) to track roadmap progress, risk and deliverables.
• Business Value & Metrics: Experience defining Key Performance Indicators, calculating ROI, and mapping technical program outcomes directly to business revenue, cost savings, or operational efficiency metrics.
• Strategic & Tactical Execution: Track record of owning a technical program lifecycle from initial strategy and roadmap definition through to day‑to‑day execution, tracking, and delivery.
• Systems & Process Architecture: Experience managing multi‑million dollar or multi‑team programs where you successfully integrated technical architecture, operational workflows, and business processes across distinct business units.
• Executive Communication: Experience presenting program status, technical risks, and strategic trade‑offs to VP and C-level executives, and translating complex technical concepts for non-technical leadership and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of people management skills
• PMP, CSM, CPO, PgMP, IAPM, CISSP, ITIL, Six Sigma certifications
• Experience with hybrid cloud solutions
• Acquisition Integration experience
• Adept at cultural change management
• Curious, adaptable, and action‑oriented in applying AI to real business problems and measurable outcomes.
• Ability to thrive and succeed in a dynamic environment not slowed down by ambiguity or competing priorities
• Able to effectively modulate the presentation of information based on your audience: everyone from a C-level executive to an Individual Contributor

Medallia is committed to equal pay and transparency. The annual base salary range for this position is $139,000 - $222,000. Please note that the salary range information provided is a general guideline and combines all of the distinct labor markets within the US. It is uncommon for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on a variety of factors. Medallia considers factors such as (but not limited to) scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, candidate's work location, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, external market data, as well as, market and business considerations when making compensation decisions.

• Medallia also offers competitive health and wellness benefits, including but not limited to medical, dental, vision, 401(k), short-term and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, statutory leaves, paid parental leave, and paid holidays.
• Benefits and eligibility may vary by location and role.

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