Strategic TPM - Cross-Functional Delivery Leader

Capgemini Engineering; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 174,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation & Holidays: 12-25 days

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Retirement plans (401(k) / RRSP)

Life and disability insurance

Employee assistance programs

Job summary

Capgemini Engineering in Palo Alto, California seeks an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional programs from planning through execution and delivery. You will coordinate engineering, product, architecture, and business stakeholders to ensure risk-mitigated outcomes.

The role requires 8+ years in the industry with 3+ years in TPM, strong communication, and distributed-team experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics, or related field.
• 8+ years of industry experience with 3+ years in Technical Program Management.
• Proven 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

Clear communication

Analytical decision-making

Engineering background

Program management

Agile/Hybrid methodologies

Stakeholder management

Distributed teams

Education

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

Job description

Capgemini Engineering in Palo Alto, California seeks an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional programs from planning through execution and delivery. You will coordinate engineering, product, architecture, and business stakeholders to ensure risk-mitigated outcomes.

The role requires 8+ years in the industry with 3+ years in TPM, strong communication, and distributed-team experience.