Senior Technical Program Manager
HashiCorp
IT, Operations
United States
Posted on Nov 23, 2024
P4
Remote - US
JR103834 Senior Technical Program Manager (Open)
About the team
- The HashiCorp R&D Operations group is dedicated to driving operational excellence across our rapidly scaling R&D organization. Within this group, the R&D Productivity team focuses on building and refining processes, systems, and practices that empower our Engineering, Product Management, and Design teams to deliver high-value products efficiently and effectively. Our mission is to enable seamless collaboration, optimize execution, and support continuous improvement, ensuring R&D can meet the growing complexity of our business with agility and impact.
What you’ll do (responsibilities)
- Drive the end-to-end execution of complex, large-scale programs that support the continued standardization of product and software development processes, empowering teams to learn and adopt new ways of working to meet business needs.
- Develop comprehensive program plans that clearly articulate the business value, goals and objectives, milestones, dependencies, enablement strategies, and success metrics.
- Design process frameworks and solutions, illustrating how they work through written documentation and visuals.
- Conduct discovery on existing processes and tooling, identifying pain points and opportunities to improve.
- Facilitate workshops to foster stakeholder alignment and ensure solutions are developed collaboratively.
- Drive decision-making and approvals of program scope, objectives, and deliverables across multiple stakeholder groups within R&D and the organization in Marketing, Sales, Support, Security, and IT.
- Facilitate the rollout and training of teams on new processes & tools, while also creating learning materials (training guides, videos) and knowledge management hubs.
- Monitor and report on program progress and performance, proactively identifying and mitigating risks and issues.
- Maintain centralized documentation and reporting for programs, ensuring teams have consistent access to up-to-date information.
- Track and manage program deliverables, dependencies, and timelines, ensuring all administrative details are handled efficiently.
- Support ongoing adoption of processes and tools by addressing team questions, troubleshooting challenges, and iterating on materials based on user feedback.
What you’ll need (basic qualifications)
- Proven experience as a process designer, systems-thinker and change agent, leading large-scale process change programs across multiple teams and functions
- A solid understanding and application of Product Development Life Cycle and Software Development Life Cycle standards and best practices
- Advanced JIRA, Confluence, and JIRA Product Discovery skills and experience developing standardized frameworks to support consistent usage of these tools across organizations
- Strong analytical skills, a second-order thinker who can evaluate alternatives, and make decisions based on quantitative and qualitative data
- Advanced presentation skills, the ability to create persuasive and compelling narratives and lead discussions
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions and levels
- Strong bias for action and an intrinsic ability to deal with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment
- Experience working in a globally distributed team, with an understanding of cultural and timezone considerations.
What's nice to have (preferred qualifications)
- Experience with large-scale migrations or integrations of product and engineering tools, such as transitioning from one project management system to another (e.g., Asana to Jira).
- Certification in program management methodologies, such as PMP, PgMP, or Lean Six Sigma, to bring additional structure to complex programs.
- Familiarity with enterprise-level compliance frameworks (e.g., SOC 2, ISO 27001) and how they intersect with R&D processes.
- Expertise in developing and analyzing operational success metrics, with a track record of presenting actionable insights to senior leadership.
- Demonstrated ability to mentor junior TPMs or operational staff, fostering a culture of growth and continuous learning.
Sponsorship
HashiCorp welcomes all qualified candidates who have authorization to work in the United States to apply - HashiCorp will not be sponsoring visas for this role at this time.
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Individual pay within the range will be determined based on job related-factors such as skills, experience, and education or training.
The base pay range for this role in the SF Bay Area / NYC area is:
$182,800—$215,000 USD
The base pay range for this role in Seattle Metro, Denver / Boulder Metro, New York (excluding NYC), Washington D.C., or California (excluding SF Bay Area) is:
$167,500—$197,100 USD
The base pay range for this role in Colorado (excluding Denver / Boulder Metro) and Washington (excluding Seattle Metro) is:
$152,300—$179,200 USD