Technical Program Manager - AI & Cloud Infra, Multi-Team

Apex Systems; Foster City (CA); On-site; USD 102,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Apex Systems is seeking an autonomous Technical Program Manager to set the standard for program execution across our engineering organization in Foster City, CA. You will partner with senior engineering and product leadership to drive strategic initiatives spanning multiple teams, systems, and business lines.

You will define and evolve PM frameworks, manage risks, and communicate complex technical concepts to executives, while contributing to architectural discussions and AI-enabled decision

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Seven+ years of experience in technical program management delivering complex, organization-wide engineering programs.
• Deep expertise managing multi-team software programs across the full SDLC, including platform, infrastructure, or product initiatives.
• Experience using AI tools to inform technical decisions, knowledge of agentic AI models, and experience executing programs with AI chatbots.
• Proficiency in wireless technologies (4G/5G/Multi-WAN Load Balancing), networking (UDP/TCP, NAT Traversal, Network Security like mTLS), and data pipelines (Kafka/Kafkajs, Protobuf, AWS)

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program management for large-scale, multi-team engineering initiatives from strategy through delivery.
• Partner with executive engineering and product leaders to influence roadmaps, resourcing, and priorities.
• Define and evolve program management frameworks, processes, and best practices across the engineering organization.
• Drive alignment across complex dependency landscapes involving multiple teams and priorities.
• Anticipate and proactively manage risks, escalations, and trade-offs at a program and portfolio level.
• Communicate technical complexity and business impact clearly to executive audiences.
• Participate in architectural and technical scoping discussions to evaluate feasibility and risk.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

SDLC

AI tools

AI chatbots

4G/5G wireless

Networking (UDP/TCP)

Kafka

Protobuf

AWS

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Tools

Kafka/kafkajs

Protobuf

AWS

Job description

Apex Systems is seeking an autonomous Technical Program Manager to set the standard for program execution across our engineering organization in Foster City, CA. You will partner with senior engineering and product leadership to drive strategic initiatives spanning multiple teams, systems, and business lines.

You will define and evolve PM frameworks, manage risks, and communicate complex technical concepts to executives, while contributing to architectural discussions and AI-enabled decision