Director, Technical Program Manager

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We believe everyone deserves the unconditional love of a pet—and at Rover, our mission is to make it easier to experience that love. Founded in 2011, the Rover app and website connect dog and cat parents with loving pet sitters and dog walkers in neighborhoods across the US, Canada, and Europe. We empower our community of trusted pet sitters and dog walkers to run their own pet care businesses on Rover with the tools and security of a global company to back them.

Headquartered in Seattle, Washington, we work closely with our teams in Barcelona, San Antonio, Spokane, and remote locations. We’ve got a reputation for being a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington’s Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal. We're an agile, fast-growing company, and our leadership comes from some of the world's most respected tech companies.

At Rover, our furry coworkers are just as important as our human ones—and we wouldn’t have it any other way. Along with making the joys of pet parenthood more accessible, we’re committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and welcoming community of pet people—and that starts with our employees.

Note: This is a hybrid position with the expectation of working out of our Downtown Seattle Office two days per week, on Mondays and Thursdays. For this reason, candidates must be based in the Greater Seattle Area or be willing to relocate.

Rover is looking for a Director of Technical Program Management to guide how complex technical work is planned, sequenced, and delivered as the company continues to evolve and invest across both existing and new product initiatives. As Rover’s systems and initiatives become more interconnected, this role focuses on building additional leverage—helping teams stay aligned, execution remain predictable, and outcomes remain strong.

This is a senior leadership role for someone who brings strong technical judgment, execution discipline, and systems thinking, combined with a player-coach mindset. The Director of TPM operates close to the work to influence decisions and outcomes, while also shaping how initiatives are structured, owned, and driven across the organization.

The role carries responsibility for leading and developing the TPM function at Rover—managing and coaching a small team of TPMs, setting clear expectations for effective program leadership, and establishing shared patterns and practices that strengthen execution consistency. Through a combination of hands-on engagement and organizational leadership, this role helps ensure complex initiatives are driven effectively and supported by durable execution practices.

Qualified candidates are comfortable operating in ambiguous, cross-functional environments, trusted by senior engineering and product leaders, and motivated by strengthening how complex technology organizations plan and execute work.

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• Provide program leadership and execution guidance for high-impact, cross-functional initiatives, stepping in directly when appropriate while ensuring work is effectively driven by the right roles.
• Evolve how Rover plans, sequences, and delivers complex, cross-functional technical initiatives.
• Support alignment across teams by anticipating and addressing dependencies, risks, tradeoffs, and sequencing challenges in ambiguous environments.
• Partner closely with Engineering, Product, Design, and Data leaders to clarify ownership, scope, milestones, success metrics, and tradeoffs for major initiatives.
• Serve as a trusted partner to senior leaders, helping teams navigate ambiguity and make informed execution decisions across organizational boundaries.
• Build, manage, and mentor a small team of Technical Program Managers, coaching them on execution rigor, judgment, and cross-functional influence.
• Lead and develop the TPM function, establishing shared expectations, patterns, and practices that strengthen execution…