Technical Program Manager

Teradata Group; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Teradata is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to lead complex programs across its product portfolio. You will drive execution from strategy through launch, aligning engineering and product leaders around clear outcomes across geographies.

You will translate technical complexity into concise updates, manage risk, and drive decisions with senior stakeholders. This role emphasizes data-driven prioritization, cross-functional collaboration, and applying AI practices to enhance program

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical program management or related experience delivering enterprise software and cloud solutions.
• Proven success leading large multi-team programs from strategy through launch in a matrixed org.
• Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP) and SaaS/data-platform lifecycles.
• Ability to engage deeply with engineers, understand dependencies, and challenge assumptions.
• Influence senior leaders and operate effectively amid ambiguity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with concise executive updates.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning and delivery for complex programs across multiple engineering teams.
• Build program plans, dependencies, risks, milestones, and executive health metrics.
• Drive cross-functional decisions and maintain alignment through operating rhythms.
• Translate technical complexity into concise updates and trade-offs for leaders.
• Coordinate end-to-end launch readiness across engineering, QA, docs, security, and GTM.
• Use data to guide prioritization and decision-making; apply AI to improve outcomes.

Skills

Technical program management

Cloud platforms

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Data analytics & SQL

Executive communication

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

Job description

Our company

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. Teradata Autonomous Knowledge Platform activates enterprise intelligence by unifying data, knowledge and business context to achieve tangible outcomes. With Teradata, organizations can provide agents with full context for impact when it matters. Our solution lets businesses connect and scale on premises, in the cloud, or through a hybrid approach. Teradata delivers real business value with AI.

What You’ll Do

As a Staff Technical Program Manager, you will lead complex, high-impact programs across Teradata’s 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 that spans teams, systems, and geographies.

• 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 escal…
• 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.

Who You’ll Work With

You will be an embedded delivery partner within Teradata’s Product organization, working closely with teams across the United States, India, and other global locations.

• Product managers and Principal TPMs to connect roadmap commitments with executable delivery plans.
• Engineering leaders, architects, technical leads, and quality teams across Vantage, cloud services, and analytics products.
• Design, Technical Writing, Support, Security, and Marketing teams to deliver complete, launch-ready customer experiences.
• Finance and Talent Acquisition partners on program-level capacity, hiring, and onboarding needs.

What Makes You a Qualified Candidate

• 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.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience with data warehousing, SQL analytics, cloud data infrastructure, or enterprise AI platforms.
• Experience coordinating programs across U.S. and international engineering teams, particularly teams in India.
• Background in enterprise SaaS, B2B analytics, or open-source data ecosystems.
• A track record of building credibility quickly with engineering and product leaders and being viewed as a trusted execution partner.

Why We Think You'll Love Teradata

We prioritize a people-first culture because we know our people are at the very heart of our success. We embrace a flexible work model because we trust our people to make decisions about how, when, and where they work. We focus on well-being because we care about our people and their ability to thrive both personally and professionally. We are committedto actively workingto foster an inclusive environment that celebrates peoplefor all of who they are

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