Technical Program Manager II

Job Title: Technical Program Manager II

Location: Burlingame, CA (Onsite)

Duration: 12/16/2025 - 12/15/2026

Pay Range: $84 - $94/hr.

• 5+ years managing complex programs with cross-functional teams, including scope, schedule, budget, and risk management, and PMP/PMI certification.
• Strong technical background in software development lifecycle, large-scale systems, and ability to track execution and mitigate dependencies
• Proven leadership with experience building and scaling teams, working with business partners at all levels, and adapting to changing priorities

Our client is a Fortune 500 multi-national technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, CA.

The main function of a Technical Program Manager is to provide successful definition, implementation, and delivery of complex programs that require cross-functional collaboration and interdependencies across a group of projects and/or related activities.

• Deliver programs within the constraints of scope, quality, time, and budget and under circumstances involving multiple moderate-probability, moderate-impact risk factors.
• Program-level strategic planning, interaction with executive-level management, complex issue resolution, excellent communications, and team-building skills.
• Manage a group or groups of internal exempt and matrixed employees and contractors that serve on the project(s) to deliver systems and system enhancements that meet specified requirements.
• Oversight of project scope definition and management, requirements gathering and documentation, time estimating, project schedule development and tracking, project budget management, project status reporting, issue and risk management, contingency planning, customer interaction, and communications across multiple organizational levels.

• Project estimating, project scheduling & tracking, customer interaction and management, implementation planning in large organizations
• Proven people management and team-building skills
• Demonstrated ability to be flexible/adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities
• Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization
• Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions
• Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment
• Experience with software development lifecycle

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related discipline)
• Minimum of 5 years of experience as a Technical Program Manager (TPM)
• Data-driven and detail-oriented with a strong desire to learn
• Ability to scale and collaborate across a large number of teams
• Proven track record in tracking execution of complex plans with large dependencies, identifying technical and schedule mitigations, proactively communicating progress, and escalating issues as needed
• Strong conflict resolution and problem-solving skills
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• PMP or PMI certification required
• MBA or other related advanced degree preferred
• Background in Machine Learning (preferred but not required)

Pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, and San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants will be considered for assignment with arrest and conviction records. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position.

These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness, meet client expectations, standards, and accompanying requirements, and safeguard business operations and company reputation.

Individual compensation is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base hourly rate or annual salary only, unless otherwise stated. In addition to base compensation, full-time roles are eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision, Commuter and 401K benefits with company matching.