Technical Program Manager

Talentify; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentify is seeking a Technical Program Manager to orchestrate high-impact payments and financial services initiatives. You will partner with product, engineering, design, and analytics to plan, prioritize, and deliver programs moving billions of dollars in a global marketplace.

The role requires 10+ years of experience in technical program management, strong leadership, and expertise in AI-driven program optimization. Local Austin, TX availability is required for on-site collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of cross-functional program leadership.
• Experience leading large-scale, cross-functional programs in a product & technology environment from conception through completion.
• Technical background to engage with engineering, assess delivery risk, and translate technical trade-offs for business partners.
• Experience with AI and GenAI tools to accelerate program planning and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Own annual and quarterly planning across priorities/domains with unified roadmaps.
• Drive cross-functional alignment and execution for multi-domain initiatives.
• Lead critical projects from inception through launch.
• Partner with business, product, engineering, and analytics to deliver on time and budget.
• Identify and mitigate risks and blockers affecting outcomes.
• Build program health reports and executive-ready updates for senior leadership.
• Establish governance, cadences, and artifact standards to improve execution.
• Analyze program metrics, identify systemic risks, and drive data-driven decisions.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders at all levels; present to steering committees.
• Leverage AI to automate tasks and improve efficiency; mentor TPMs/PMOs.

Skills

Strong communication

TPM leadership

Technical acumen

Full TPM lifecycle

Risk and issue management

Data & metrics

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Business or equivalent

Tools

Jira

Airtable

Confluence

Google Workspace

Tableau

Looker

Power BI

Job description

Position: Technical Program Manager

Number of openings: 1

Start date: ASAP

End date: 12/31/2026

Locations: Austin, TX Locals only

Required - Need candidates to have payments experience and software program management experience

Must-have skills: Strong communication skills, technical program management leadership skills, technical acumen, Full TPM lifecycle experience, Risk and issue management, Ability to work with all partner levels with ease, Ability to utilize data & metrics for actionable items.

About the team and the role: This role sits within Client’s Technical Program Management organization and is focused on orchestrating large, cross-domain initiatives for the Payments & Financial Services

Technology: that power our marketplace experience. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Business, Design, and Product Marketing across several high-impact domains, as well as support key initiative such as Seller Payments & Payouts, and Seller Capital & Insurance, Monetization, and Merchant Services to plan, prioritize, and deliver programs that move billions of dollars annually for millions of buyers and sellers across 190+ markets.

What you will accomplish:

• Own the annual and quarterly planning activities across the Priorities and Domains, standardizing intake governance, prioritizing the projects, assessing cross-functional demand, and developing unified roadmaps with a clear capacity framework to support that.
• Drive cross-functional alignment and execution for strategic and multi-domain initiatives, working with teams to identify the GETs/PUTs, putting work backwards plans, securing commitments from dependency owners, facilitating trade-offs and sequencing the execution of the projects to ensure reliable delivery.
• Drive critical projects from inception through launch.
• Partner with Business, Product, Engineering, Build, Marketing, Analytics, and other key domains. Deliver projects on time and within budget while meeting goals and outcomes.
• Proactively identify and mitigate Risks & Blockers impacting project outcomes and goals.
• Build and own program health reporting and executive‑ready status updates, including risk registers, tradeoff summaries, and playbooks for resolving customer concerns, and regularly present program status, blockers, and recommendations to senior leadership.
• Establish and improve operating cadences and artifact standards (planning reviews, roadmap reviews, requirements reviews, project status check‑ins, Scrum of Scrums, and executive summaries) that improve execution readiness and cross‑team coordination.
• Analyze program and product metrics; identify systemic risks, conduct root‑cause analysis, balance trade‑offs between business needs and technical constraints, and drive consensus across partners to keep programs on track.
• Communicate and collaborate effectively at all levels, including executive updates, steering committee presentations, program documentation, and cross‑functional tracking, keeping all collaborators aligned and accountable throughout delivery.
• Purposefully employ artificial intelligence and generative technologies to improve program management efficiency by automating manual tasks. Define future work approaches, mentor TPMs and PMOs, lead retrospectives, and codify operating procedures to promote continuous improvement organization‑wide.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or equivalent; 10+ years of experience collaborating with Program, Development, Technical, Corporate Operations, and Sales/Marketing groups
• Proven track record of leading large‑scale, cross‑functional programs in a product and technology environment from conception through completion, with the ability to operate independently under ambiguous or unfamiliar circumstances with little to no guidance.
• Proven technical background — able to engage directly with engineering teams, understand system architecture, assess delivery risk, and translate technical trade‑offs for business and executive partners credibly in both directions.
• Practitioner‑level experience with AI and GenAI tools (including ChatGPT Enterprise, Gemini, Glean, NotebookLM, Claude Code, and custom AI agents) actively applied to accelerate program planning, documentation synthesis, and execution — not as experiments, but as repeatable operational habits.
• Proficiency in Agile methodologies and program tracking tools — Jira, Airtable, Confluence, and Google Workspace; comfortable writing queries, building dashboards, and creating templates that make program data effortless for teams; experience with Tableau, Looker or Power BI is a plus.
• Capable of leading through influence, negotiation, and information management; holding stakeholders accountable to shared goals regardless of seniority; managing multiple partners across levels proactively and clearly, and prioritizing competing demands without loss of efficiency or visibility.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills. Experience delivering presentations to steering committees. Manage blocking issue frameworks and program documentation for VP and C‑suite audiences. Work with global, matrixed engineering organizations.

Additional information

Technical Program Leadership

• Lead complex, multi‑team technical programs from strategy through launch.
• Translate business objectives into program plans, milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
• Manage multiple interconnected workstreams across engineering, product, operations, and business teams.
• Establish program governance, operating rhythms, decision forums, and escalation paths.

Technical Acumen

• Understand software development lifecycles, system architecture, APIs, data flows, cloud infrastructure, and platform dependencies.
• Partner effectively with engineers and architects without necessarily being a hands‑on developer.
• Evaluate technical tradeoffs, integration risks, scalability concerns, and implementation constraints.
• Understand Agile, Scrum, Kanban, DevOps, CI/CD, testing, release management, and production‑readiness practices.

Planning and Execution

• Build integrated roadmaps, delivery plans, critical paths, and release schedules.
• Identify and manage cross‑team dependencies, resource constraints, and sequencing conflicts.
• Drive execution against scope, schedule, quality, and business objectives.
• Maintain clear accountability for deliverables, owners, dates, and decisions.
• Lead launch readiness, go‑live coordination, ramp plans, and post‑launch monitoring.

Risk and Issue Management

• Proactively identify technical, operational, regulatory, and organizational risks.
• Develop mitigation plans, contingency strategies, and escalation criteria.
• Resolve blockers and drive decisions across teams with competing priorities.
• Use data and program indicators to identify delivery risks before milestones are missed.

Stakeholder Management

• Influence engineering, product, design, operations, legal, compliance, and executive stakeholders.
• Align teams that do not report directly to the program manager.
• Facilitate difficult prioritization, scope, resource, and technical tradeoff discussions.
• Build trust through transparency, follow‑through, and consistent communication.

Executive Communication