Job Description
Addepar is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to join the R&D Operations team. This role involves leading large-scale, cross-functional R&D initiatives within the Product and Engineering teams. The Staff Technical Program Manager will coordinate project work, manage risks, and provide analytical insights to shape long-term strategy. They will work closely with senior leadership to provide transparency and drive business outcomes.
Role involves:
- Driving a portfolio of high-priority R&D Initiatives.
- Leading cross-functional technical delivery forums.
- Developing strong partnerships with cross-functional teams.
- Identifying program risks and establishing escalation processes.
- Implementing improvements to the quarterly R&D-wide Planning process.
- Establishing program management standards and best practices.
- Standardizing JIRA use and operating metrics across teams.
- Managing user permissions to R&D Ops-managed systems.
Requirements:
- 8+ years technical program management or similar relevant experience.
- 5+ years of successfully implementing and managing SaaS product development programs.
- Solid technical foundation with ability to understand and digest new technical concepts and technologies quickly.
- Experience in practicing Agile.
- Strong experience with program management tools; proficiency in Jira required.
- Strong influencing and negotiating skills at all levels.
- Comfortable adjusting between the need to be tactical vs. strategic.
- Expert in navigating through, and working with ambiguity.
- Organized and detail oriented; comfortable managing multiple initiatives and priorities in parallel.
Addepar offers:
- A team culture that values ownership, transparency, collaboration, and creativity.
- Opportunity to drive the highest impact initiatives in R&D.
- Ability to define “how we program manage” at Addepar.