Technical Program Manager, Product and Engineering

Collibra; Town of Brussels (WI); Hybrid; USD 101,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Collibra seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead complex programs that shape what Collibra builds and how the engineering organization delivers it.

You’ll work with Product and Engineering leaders, bridging work across teams, challenging assumptions and driving decisions that advance priorities. The role requires ownership, visibility, and influence in a hybrid setup based in Brussels or Prague, with in-office presence two days per week.

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex technical programs within a software Engineering, R&D or Product Engineering organization.
• Experience managing initiatives across multiple engineering teams in a SaaS environment.
• Technical fluency to understand software architecture and delivery tradeoffs.
• Strong understanding of SDLC and pragmatic Agile practices.
• Proven ability to influence across engineering, product, go-to-market and senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead broad business programs requiring high levels of integration and change management.
• Drive projects from initiation to delivery ensuring teams follow SDLC.
• Partner with release management and NPI stakeholders to improve go-to-market processes.
• Develop and review agile and program delivery metrics for continuous improvement.
• Provide clear visibility to senior leadership on portfolio and project status.
• Escalate impediments and risks impacting business outcomes.
• Leverage Shape Up or adapt Agile/Scrum for fixed-time, variable-scope work.
• Manage external dependencies with strong Scrum/Kanban practices.

Skills

Technical program management

Software engineering

R&D environment

Agile methodologies

Shape Up

Scrum/Kanban

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Delivery estimation

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Joining Collibra's Product and Engineering Operations team

Turning ambitious product and engineering priorities into coordinated delivery across a global organization is hard, especially when the work spans teams, systems and competing technical dependencies. This role puts you at the center of that challenge.

As a Technical Program Manager, you’ll be trusted to lead complex programs that shape what Collibra builds and how effectively our engineering organization can deliver it. You’ll work directly with Product and Engineering leaders, connecting work across teams, challenging assumptions and helping drive the decisions that move product &technical priorities forward.

You’ll bring experience from a software Engineering or R&D environment and step into a role with broad ownership, high visibility and real influence over how technical work gets delivered.

This is a hybrid role based in our Brussels or Prague office, with at least two days each week in the office.

Technical Program Managers at Collibra are responsible for

• Managing a broad range of business programs that require high levels of functional integration and change management
• Driving project / program from Initiation to delivery ensuring teams are adhering to our SDLC
• Partnering closely with release management and NPI stakeholders on improving our go to market processes where applicable
• Developing, maintaining and regularly reviewing agile and project and/or program delivery metrics to drive continuous improvement
• Delivering clear and concise visibility and communication to senior and executive leadership on portfolio, project and/or program status
• Escalate impediments and risks that are critical to business outcomes as appropriate
• Experience leading teams using Shape Up methodology, or a proven track record of adapting traditional Agile/Scrum frameworks to fixed-time, variable-scope models.
• Strong understanding of Scrum and Kanban mechanics to effectively manage dependencies with external teams.

You have

• Experience leading complex technical programs within a software Engineering, R&D or Product Engineering organization
• Experience managing initiatives across multiple engineering teams in a SaaS environment
• The technical fluency to understand software architecture, engineering dependencies and delivery tradeoffs, and to effectively challenge assumptions and estimates
• A strong understanding of software development lifecycles and experience applying project and Agile practices pragmatically
• Proven success leading through influence across engineering, product, go-to-market and senior leadership teams in complex, global organizations
• Experience translating between technical and business requirements and creating clarity across teams with different priorities
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant working experience

You are

• A team player with people management skills and is passionate about building a data-driven culture, including the ability to influence, negotiate and achieve results through both direct reports and those that are not
• A servant leader that can build relationships across the organization and ensure the right processes, metrics and insights are in place
• Truth seeking, and willing to not only think strategically, but be willing to jump in to get the job done yourself
• Experienced in taking ownership, meeting deadlines, and anticipating challenges and risks before they elevate
• A learner who can build specialized domain knowledge to help achieve optimal delivery and adept at getting things done in an environment with lots of ambiguity

Measures of success

• Within your first month, you will build relationships with leaders in Product & Engineering, become familiar with company objectives and learn our current landscape.
• Within your third month, you will take the lead on at least 1 project or program.
• Within your sixth month, you will successfully deliver a business critical milestone on a project or program, and ensure the teams that work on your project or program consistently and regularly ship features on schedule.

Benefits at Collibra

Collibra recognizes and values that everyone has different needs, interests, and life goals. We built our benefits program with flexibility in mind to support you and your loved ones through a diverse range of circumstances and life events. These flexible offerings sit on a foundation of competitive compensation, health coverage, and time off. Learn more about Collibra’s benefits.

We create inclusion and belonging through how we onboard, meet, connect, engage, and communicate. Learn more aboutdiversity, equity, and inclusion at Collibra.

At Collibra, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We realize the key to creating a company with a world-class culture and employee experience comes from who we hire and creating a workplace that celebrates everyone.

With this, we proudly consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, HIV status, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status or any other legally protected category. If you have a need that requires accommodation, let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.