Technical Program Manager

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Technical Program Manager (TPM)

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

Qualifications & Skills

• Program & Project Management
• Own end-to-end planning, execution, and delivery of complex technical programs across multiple teams.
• Develop detailed program roadmaps, timelines, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Lead sprint planning, retrospective meetings, and cross-team coordination to ensure smooth execution.
• Optimize workflows, improve delivery efficiency, and drive alignment across engineering, data, and product stakeholders.
• Product Development & Execution
• Work closely with Product Managers to understand business goals, user needs, and technical constraints.
• Translate product requirements into detailed technical specifications and actionable engineering plans.
• Ensure product features are built with scalability, performance, and long-term usability in mind.
• Continuously monitor progress against KPIs and ensure timely release of high-quality deliverables.
• Data Engineering Collaboration
• Partner with data engineering teams to drive development of data pipelines, data models, and analytical systems.
• Ensure alignment between data engineering initiatives and broader product/platform strategy.
• Oversee data governance, quality, and integration milestones for data-centric programs.
• Identify technical dependencies, risks, and opportunities in data-driven projects.
• Technical Architecture & Solutioning
• Collaborate with architects and senior engineers to design scalable and robust system architectures.
• Review design proposals, identify technical gaps, and ensure solutions align with long-term architectural vision.
• Facilitate technical discussions, evaluate trade-offs, and ensure architectural best practices are followed.
• Champion engineering excellence, security standards, and system reliability across programs.
• Full SDLC Oversight
• Manage programs through the entire SDLC—requirement gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and post-release optimisation.
• Ensure documentation, testing coverage, and release processes meet internal engineering standards.
• Work with QA, DevOps, and SRE teams to maintain smooth CI/CD pipelines and high system uptime.
• 6-8 years of experience in technical program management, software engineering, or a hybrid engineering-product role.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), agile methodologies, and program management frameworks.
• Experience working closely with product development teams, engineering managers, data engineers, and solution architects.
• Hands-on knowledge of data systems, distributed systems, APIs, cloud technologies, and modern engineering practices.
• Ability to evaluate and discuss technical architecture, design decisions, and engineering trade-offs.
• Excellent documentation, communication, stakeholder management, and cross-team coordination skills.
• Strong problem-solving mindset, ability to navigate ambiguity, and capability to influence without authority.