Technical Program Manager: Lead Cross‑Team Delivery

NetBox Labs; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

NetBox Labs is building a Technical Program Management function to ensure cross-team initiatives ship on time with visibility and data to support confident trade-off decisions across the organization. As our second TPM, you’ll own the day-to-day execution of multiple company-critical programs.

You’ll work closely with Engineering, Product, and Design to surface dependencies, align sequencing, mitigate risks, and drive clarity across teams.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience leading complex technical or cross-functional programs.
• Experience in fast-growing startups or rapidly evolving organizations.
• Strong experience working directly with Engineering teams on delivery.
• A track record of shipping large initiatives involving multiple teams.
• Comfort navigating technical discussions, dependencies, and tradeoffs.
• The ability to surface risks early and push back constructively when needed.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to lead through influence and relationships, not hierarchy.
• Comfort with ambiguity and willingness to adapt in a fast-changing environment.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of cross-team programs, aligning work with priorities and product strategy.
• Drive cross-team dependency management and sequencing to avoid blockers.
• Surface rescoping risks early to prevent schedule slips.
• Identify risks early and monitor progress on business-critical programs.
• Improve delivery predictability for customer-facing commitments.
• Communicate program health, tradeoffs, and decisions to stakeholders and leadership.
• Provide data to create visibility into product development processes and progress.
• Pair with Product and Engineering leads to share context for effective decisions.
• Build relationships with engineers to understand challenges and remove blockers.
• Free up leaders from ad-hoc coordination and timeline alignment.
• Implement change management within the Product & Engineering org.
• Support growth in teams and initiatives while minimizing chaos.

Skills

Lead complex programs

Cross-functional collaboration

Delivery with Eng teams

Stakeholder communication

Risk identification

Influence-based leadership

Handling ambiguity

Executive messaging

Time management

Tools

AI tools: ChatGPT/Claude

Job description

NetBox Labs is building a Technical Program Management function to ensure cross-team initiatives ship on time with visibility and data to support confident trade-off decisions across the organization. As our second TPM, you’ll own the day-to-day execution of multiple company-critical programs.

You’ll work closely with Engineering, Product, and Design to surface dependencies, align sequencing, mitigate risks, and drive clarity across teams.