Technology Program Manager

Job Description

Title: Technology Program Manager

Location: Remote US

Reports to: Senior Director of Technology & Product Portfolio Management

We are seeking a Technology Program Manager to report to the Senior Director of Technology & Product Portfolio Management. This role will drive consistency, operational excellence, and strategic alignment across J.D. Power's technology and engineering organization by implementing and managing standardized processes, governance frameworks, and delivery practices that span all technology teams.

You will serve as the primary champion for technology delivery consistency–ensuring that capacity planning, resource allocation, release management, and execution standards are applied uniformly across the engineering organization. Working in close partnership with the Product Program Manager, you will create seamless coordination between engineering and product delivery, enabling cross‑functional alignment and efficient end‑to‑end execution from concept through production.

This is a remote position for a seasoned program management professional who excels at bringing structure to technical delivery, driving adoption of engineering best practices, and building strong relationships across development teams. You will operate at the enterprise level, working horizontally across technology teams while maintaining deep visibility into engineering capacity, release health, technical dependencies, and delivery performance.

• Drive Consistent Technology Delivery Practices:
  Implement and manage standardized engineering delivery processes, technical governance checkpoints, and execution frameworks across all technology teams.
• Manage Cross-Technology Portfolio Coordination:
  Maintain comprehensive visibility across the technology portfolio, tracking engineering progress, identifying technical dependencies, and ensuring alignment with product roadmaps and strategic priorities.
• Facilitate Technical Governance Reviews:
  Lead and coordinate technical readiness assessments, architecture reviews, and quality gates to ensure engineering initiatives meet standards before progressing through delivery phases.
• Support Technology Resource Allocation:
  Partner with engineering leadership to ensure technical resources, skills, and capacity are strategically allocated to highest-priority initiatives.
• Monitor Technology Portfolio Health:
  Proactively identify technical risks, resource constraints, architectural blockers, and delivery challenges; elevate issues and drive resolution through appropriate channels.

• Partner with Product Program Manager:
  Work in lockstep to ensure product and technology delivery processes are aligned, complementary, and enable seamless cross‑functional execution from planning through release.
• Bridge Engineering and Product Organizations:
  Facilitate coordination, communication, and joint planning between engineering teams and product managers to ensure unified delivery approaches and realistic commitments.
• Align on Shared Standards:
  Collaborate to establish consistent definitions, metrics, reporting formats, and governance practices that work across both technology and product domains.
• Enable End-to-End Visibility:
  Create integrated views of technology and product delivery that provide comprehensive portfolio insights to leadership and stakeholders.
• Drive Cross-Functional Problem Solving:
  Work together to address systemic delivery challenges, process gaps, technical debt prioritization, and coordination issues that span product and engineering teams.

• Unify Capacity Planning Practices:
  Establish and implement standardized capacity planning processes across all engineering teams, ensuring consistent approaches to forecasting, allocation, and utilization tracking.
• Create Capacity Visibility:
  Develop and maintain dashboards and reporting that provide real‑time visibility into engineering capacity, allocation to strategic initiatives, utilization rates, and availability for new work.
• Optimize Resource Allocation:
  Work with engineering…