Staff TPM: AI-Driven Cross-Team Program Lead

Teradata; Frankfort (KY); On-site; USD 144,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradata is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead complex, high-impact programs across its product portfolio. You will drive execution from strategy through launch, align engineering and product leaders around clear outcomes, and bring structure and momentum to work across teams and geographies.

You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and go-to-market teams in the United States and internationally, applying AI practices to improve program insights and delivery

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical program management or related experience, including experience delivering enterprise software, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, or analytics products.
• Proven success leading large, multi-team programs from strategy through launch in a matrixed organization.
• Strong understanding of modern cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, and of SaaS or data-platform delivery lifecycles.
• Ability to engage deeply with engineers and architects, understand system dependencies, and challenge assumptions without owning the technical design.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders, drive decisions across organizational boundaries, and operate effectively amid ambiguity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including concise executive updates, clear risk framing, and effective meeting facilitation.
• Working knowledge of Agile delivery practices and tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Smartsheet.
• Practical understanding of how AI can improve program outcomes, decision quality, and team productivity.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and delivery for complex technical programs spanning multiple engineering teams and product areas.
• Build clear program plans, dependency maps, risk registers, milestones, and executive-level health metrics.
• Drive cross-functional decisions, resolve ambiguity, and keep teams aligned through focused operating rhythms and reviews.
• Translate technical complexity into concise updates, trade-offs, and recommendations for senior product and engineering leaders.
• Identify and eliminate risks early, remove execution barriers, and lead retrospectives that improve how teams deliver.
• Coordinate end-to-end launch readiness across engineering, quality, documentation, support, security, and go-to-market teams.
• Use data to guide prioritization, evaluate alternatives, and help leaders make timely decisions.
• Apply AI tools and practices to improve program insight, team productivity, and execution effectiveness.

Skills

Technical program management

Cross-functional leadership

Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google)

Agile delivery

Jira/Confluence/Smartsheet

Executive communication

AI in programs

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Teradata is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead complex, high-impact programs across its product portfolio. You will drive execution from strategy through launch, align engineering and product leaders around clear outcomes, and bring structure and momentum to work across teams and geographies.

You will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and go-to-market teams in the United States and internationally, applying AI practices to improve program insights and delivery