Strategic Technical Program Manager

Capgemini; Palo Alto, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 73,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) retirement plan

Paid time off

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Capgemini in Palo Alto is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional programs from planning through execution. You will collaborate with engineering, product management, customers, and business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery and risk mitigation.

The role requires 8+ years in the industry with 3+ years in TPM, strong Agile/Hybrid methods, and excellent communication and distributed-team leadership.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience with 3+ years in Technical Program Management.
• Experience managing large-scale software, hardware, semiconductor, embedded, cloud, or platform development programs.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience managing geographically distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program planning, execution, tracking, and delivery across cross-functional engineering teams.
• Define scope, milestones, dependencies, timelines, and success metrics to ensure on-time execution.
• Develop and maintain project plans, status dashboards, and executive-level reporting.
• Partner with engineering, product, architecture, and business stakeholders to drive alignment and successful outcomes.
• Facilitate program reviews, stakeholder communications, and leadership updates.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks, dependencies, bottlenecks, and critical issues throughout the program lifecycle.
• Support engineering teams in prioritization, estimation, release planning, and resolution of technical challenges.
• Monitor key performance indicators including schedule, quality, resource utilization, and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate resource planning and staffing activities to ensure effective team allocation.
• Drive process improvements and operational excellence initiatives to enhance program execution and delivery performance.

Skills

Communication skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Distributed teams experience

Agile/Hybrid methods

Leadership

Technical TPM experience

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Engineering/CS/Electronics or related field

Job description

Capgemini in Palo Alto is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional programs from planning through execution. You will collaborate with engineering, product management, customers, and business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery and risk mitigation.

The role requires 8+ years in the industry with 3+ years in TPM, strong Agile/Hybrid methods, and excellent communication and distributed-team leadership.