Staff Technical Program Manager - Creatives

moloco; Menlo Park (CA); On-site; USD 204,000 - 255,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

401(k) match

Disability coverage

Life Insurance

Paid Holidays

Thrive Day

Flexible Time Off

Job summary

Moloco, a Silicon Valley AI advertising company, seeks a Technical Program Manager / Engineering Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives across engineering, product and leadership. You will shepherd programs end-to-end, align priorities, and drive scalable processes.

You will own security, privacy and operational excellence, create roadmaps, manage risks, and help grow the TPM function. Strong collaboration with senior leaders and cloud/software teams is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical program management or engineering management experience.
• 7+ years of experience with software, cloud, or data engineering teams.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or related technical discipline.
• Experience working with senior leadership, including C-level leaders.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate and drive consensus across the company.
• Experience building scalable cloud products and operational readiness.

Responsibilities

• Be the connective tissue across the organization to align priorities, schedule, risks and progress.
• Own and drive cross-team initiatives from conception to completion.
• Create and manage cross-team roadmaps, schedules, risks and issues.
• Own security, privacy, compliance, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Establish scalable, repeatable processes and improve efficiency across the org.
• Be a force multiplier by improving engineering, product and operational efficiency.
• Help grow the TPM function.

Skills

Technical program management

Engineering management

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud software experience

Ad Tech / Ecommerce domain

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Jira

SDLC

Agile methodologies

Job description

About Moloco:

Moloco builds some of the most powerful AI advertising solutions in the world. Our name-short for "machine learning company"-reflects our core mission: democratizing access to the advanced AI that has historically been reserved for tech giants. Led by machine learning pioneers who built some of the most successful ad systems at Google, including YouTube's monetization engine and key search advertising technologies, we're transforming how businesses grow and compete in the digital economy.

Built with AI from day one, Moloco's planet-scale machine learning platform powers a suite of solutions for advertising growth and monetization. Moloco Ads is an AI-powered platform that delivers real business outcomes for mobile app marketers through performance-based user acquisition. Moloco Commerce Media enables retailers and marketplaces to build revenue-generating ad businesses that balance user experience and advertiser performance.

Moloco is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, Beijing, Singapore, Gurgaon, Tokyo, Shanghai, London, Tel Aviv, and Berlin.

Moloco is a truly rewarding place to work and in an exciting period of growth, which you could be a part of.

The Opportunity:

• Be the connective tissue across the organization to keep engineering, product, leadership, and stakeholders aligned on priorities, schedule, risks, and progress.
• Own and drive cross-team initiatives from conception to completion.
• Create and manage cross-team roadmaps, schedule, risks, and issues.
• Own security, privacy, compliance, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Establish scalable, repeatable, and efficient processes and schedules.
• Be a force multiplier by continually improving engineering, product, and operational efficiency across the organization.
• Help grow the TPM function.

Who We're Looking For:

• You love working on technical initiatives to build and manage Ad Tech products for ECommerce
• You don't just work with engineering, you're embedded into the team, shepherding their programs end-to-end.

How Do I Know if the Role is Right For Me?

• Experience working with senior leadership, including C-level leaders.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively collaborate and drive consensus with all levels and teams across the company.
• Integral contributor to the development and operational readiness of large scale cloud products.
• Experience managing projects, risks, and dependencies with Product, Engineering, GTM, and cross-functional teams.
• Experience building scalable, sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules across multiple organizations.
• Experience in agile software development methodologies including deploying best practices and SDLC processes.
• 5+ years of technical program management or engineering management experience.
• 7+ years of experience working directly with software, cloud, or data engineering teams.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or a related technical discipline.

Preferred Experience:

• Prior experience in the creatives domain
• Passionate for learning about technologies and products

Compensation & Benefits

• U.S.-based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance
• a 401(k) plan with company match
• short-term and long-term disability coverage
• basic life insurance
• well-being benefits and perks
• U.S.-based employees also receive up to 12 scheduled paid holidays per calendar year
• one Thrive Day off per quarter
• all employees have Flexible Time Off (FTO)

Moloco Thrive: Benefits and Well-Being:

We take care of you and create the conditions for you to do the best work of your career. Through a lens of inclusion, we offer innovative benefits that empower our employees to take care of themselves and their families so they can do the best work of their lives.

Salary Ranges:

Region A: Menlo Park Office, New York Office, SF Bay Area, New York Metro Area

Region B: Seattle Office, Seattle, Los Angeles/Orange County, San Diego, Austin, Boston, Washington DC Metro Area, Miami

Region C: All other U.S. locations

Salary Ranges:

• Region A:
• $204,000 - $255,000 USD
• Region B:
• $183,600 - $229,500 USD
• Region C:
• $173,600 - $217,000 USD

Moloco Values:

Lead with Humility: Everyone's voice is respected, valued, and heard. With humility, we become more open and accessible to each other. We win, lose, and learn together. Accountability and feedback are essential to our success.

Uncapped Growth Mindset: We see all situations as opportunities to learn, grow, and improve as individu