Technical Program Manager

HTEC Group; Minneapolis (MN); Presencial; USD 140.000 - 196.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

HTEC Group is seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of a complex, enterprise-scale AI program in the Minneapolis area. You will bridge business and engineering, translate technical complexity into business outcomes, and manage multiple parallel work streams across cross-functional teams.

The role requires strong technical program management experience, business and product understanding, technical fluency, and exceptional executive communication skills.

Formación

• 8+ years of experience in technical program management or complex technical delivery leadership.
• 5+ years of accountable ownership of complex, multi-team programs, including integrated planning, milestones, dependencies, and delivery forecasting.
• Proven experience managing multiple parallel delivery streams and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience delivering complex enterprise software, data, or platform solutions into production.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, software engineering practices, integration, testing, and release management.
• Working understanding of AI-enabled / AI-first software delivery and its impact on engineering processes.
• Practical familiarity with AI initiatives and awareness of AI-specific delivery risks.
• Strong technical fluency in enterprise architecture

Responsabilidades

• Own end-to-end program delivery across the entire AI program, including individual use cases and shared platform initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, roadmaps, milestones, critical paths, and delivery forecasts.
• Coordinate multiple engineering teams, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and manage dependencies, risks, resource conflicts, and delivery blockers.
• Maintain visibility into backlogs, priorities, scope changes, and short-term and long-term delivery commitments.
• Translate business requirements into clear engineering delivery context and communicate technical progress in business-friendly language.
• Align business objectives, product definitions of success, acceptance criteria, and delivery milestones.
• Drive stakeholder decisions, escalations, mitigation plans, and recovery actions.
• Provide clear, concise executive-level reporting on program status, risks, delivery forecasts, and business outcomes.
• Challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and ask the right technical questions without taking ownership of architectural decisions.

Conocimientos

Technical program management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Descripción del empleo

We are looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead end-to-end delivery of a complex, enterprise-scale AI program, including multiple parallel use cases, shared platform capabilities, and cross-functional engineering teams.

The TPM will be accountable for integrated program planning, delivery execution, dependencies, risks, milestones, and stakeholder communication. This role requires a proactive leader who can bridge the gap between business stakeholders and engineering teams, translate technical complexity into clear business outcomes, and ensure alignment across all delivery streams.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical program management experience, business and product understanding, technical fluency, and excellent executive communication skills. Direct AI program experience is highly valued but is not a strict requirement.

Salary range for the position: 140.000-196.000$ gross annually

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program delivery across the entire AI program, including individual use cases and shared platform initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, roadmaps, milestones, critical paths, and delivery forecasts.
• Coordinate multiple engineering teams, product owners, architects, and business stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and manage dependencies, risks, resource conflicts, and delivery blockers.
• Maintain visibility into backlogs, priorities, scope changes, and short-term and long-term delivery commitments.
• Translate business requirements into clear engineering delivery context and communicate technical progress in business-friendly language.
• Align business objectives, product definitions of success, acceptance criteria, and delivery milestones.
• Drive stakeholder decisions, escalations, mitigation plans, and recovery actions.
• Provide clear, concise executive-level reporting on program status, risks, delivery forecasts, and business outcomes.
• Challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and ask the right technical questions without taking ownership of architectural decisions.

Mandatory Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in technical program management or complex technical delivery leadership.
• 5+ years of accountable ownership of complex, multi-team programs, including integrated planning, milestones, dependencies, and delivery forecasting.
• Proven experience managing multiple parallel delivery streams and cross-functional engineering teams.
• Experience delivering complex enterprise software, data, or platform solutions into production.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, software engineering practices, integration, testing, and release management.
• Working understanding of AI-enabled / AI-first software delivery and its impact on engineering processes.
• Practical familiarity with AI initiatives and awareness of AI-specific delivery risks.
• Strong technical fluency in enterprise architecture