{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"37241fb2ca39d3dff37e4fd7","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/37241fb2ca39d3dff37e4fd7","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/37241fb2ca39d3dff37e4fd7","title":"Senior Technical Program Manager","description":"DescriptionPlease note that this posting is for a contract assignment and is not a full-time employment opportunity with our client. Candidates selected for roles will be employed as contract workers through our client's approved 3rd party Direct Source provider for the duration of the specified project and will not be an employee of our client.Job SummaryWe are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead customer terminal release program to build, test, and deploy software to millions of customer devices.In this role, you will drive customer terminal software release from planning through execution, including: define the release scope, qualification schedules and dependencies, software deliverables, test coverage auditing, test readiness reviews, test bed support, and venue logistics coordination.You will influence feature delivery schedule, qualification criteria, and test design across multiple teams in the release path, while managing work streams across internal and external teams, proactively addressing risks to the critical path, removing roadblocks through stakeholder coordination and escalation, and tracking actions to closure.You will also be responsible for streamlining the process, and building mechanisms to improve each step in the process.This is an individual contributor role with broad organizational influence.Your technical domain knowledge, program management fundamentals, and trusted partnerships will enable you to drive organizational alignment and help teams deliver faster with higher quality.This position requires direct technical experience developing and software release relevant experience.You will create and drive high-level strategic initiatives, streamline the process and build mechanisms to improve process efficiency and transparency.Key Responsibilities:You will own the end-to-end delivery of cross-functional cross-organizational programs spanning multiple engineering teams and business units.You define program strategy, establish success criteria, and hold yourself and others accountable for outcomes, not just activities.You will identify risks and blockers early and act immediately to resolve them, escalating with data and proposed solutions rather than waiting for direction.When trade-offs are required, you make the call, communicate the rationale, and move forward.You will challenge proposals, timelines, and technical approaches when you believe they are wrong, even when it is uncomfortable or unpopular.You bring data, earn trust through your judgment, and once a decision is made, you commit fully and drive execution without hesitation.You will build mechanisms that create transparency, accelerate decision-making, and prevent recurring failures.You do not accept \"that's how we've always done it\" as a reason to maintain the status quo.You will influence L8+ stakeholders and partner teams without formal authority, earning credibility through your depth of understanding, clarity of communication, and track record of delivering results.You will define and drive operational excellence across your programs, establishing metrics, review cadences, and escalation paths that ensure sustained delivery velocity.Basic Qualifications:5+ years of technical product or program management experience7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience3+ years of software development experience5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experienceExperience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedulesPreferred Qualifications:5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experienceExperience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedulesExperience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadershipOur client, as well as Tundra, are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.This posting is for a contract assignment with Tundra Technical Solutions to provide services to our client.The pay range that Tundra in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $65/hour - $75/hour.Tundra’s benefits offering includes optional medical, dental, vision, retirement benefits, and a New Child Benefit.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.Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. 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Candidates selected for roles will be employed as contract workers through our client's approved 3rd party Direct Source provider for the duration of the specified project and will not be an employee of our client.Job SummaryWe are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead customer terminal release program to build, test, and deploy software to millions of customer devices.In this role, you will drive customer terminal software release from planning through execution, including: define the release scope, qualification schedules and dependencies, software deliverables, test coverage auditing, test readiness reviews, test bed support, and venue logistics coordination.You will influence feature delivery schedule, qualification criteria, and test design across multiple teams in the release path, while managing work streams across internal and external teams, proactively addressing risks to the critical path, removing roadblocks through stakeholder coordination and escalation, and tracking actions to closure.You will also be responsible for streamlining the process, and building mechanisms to improve each step in the process.This is an individual contributor role with broad organizational influence.Your technical domain knowledge, program management fundamentals, and trusted partnerships will enable you to drive organizational alignment and help teams deliver faster with higher quality.This position requires direct technical experience developing and software release relevant experience.You will create and drive high-level strategic initiatives, streamline the process and build mechanisms to improve process efficiency and transparency.Key Responsibilities:You will own the end-to-end delivery of cross-functional cross-organizational programs spanning multiple engineering teams and business units.You define program strategy, establish success criteria, and hold yourself and others accountable for outcomes, not just activities.You will identify risks and blockers early and act immediately to resolve them, escalating with data and proposed solutions rather than waiting for direction.When trade-offs are required, you make the call, communicate the rationale, and move forward.You will challenge proposals, timelines, and technical approaches when you believe they are wrong, even when it is uncomfortable or unpopular.You bring data, earn trust through your judgment, and once a decision is made, you commit fully and drive execution without hesitation.You will build mechanisms that create transparency, accelerate decision-making, and prevent recurring failures.You do not accept \"that's how we've always done it\" as a reason to maintain the status quo.You will influence L8+ stakeholders and partner teams without formal authority, earning credibility through your depth of understanding, clarity of communication, and track record of delivering results.You will define and drive operational excellence across your programs, establishing metrics, review cadences, and escalation paths that ensure sustained delivery velocity.Basic Qualifications:5+ years of technical product or program management experience7+ years of working directly with engineering teams experience3+ years of software development experience5+ years of technical program management working directly with software engineering teams experienceExperience managing programs across cross functional teams, building processes and coordinating release schedulesPreferred Qualifications:5+ years of project management disciplines including scope, schedule, budget, quality, along with risk and critical path management experienceExperience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedulesExperience defining KPI's/SLA's used to drive multi-million dollar businesses and reporting to senior leadershipOur client, as well as Tundra, are equal opportunity employers and do not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.This posting is for a contract assignment with Tundra Technical Solutions to provide services to our client.The pay range that Tundra in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $65/hour - $75/hour.Tundra’s benefits offering includes optional medical, dental, vision, retirement benefits, and a New Child Benefit.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.Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. 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