Senior Manager- Technical Program Management

Role Description We're looking for a Senior Manager, Technical Program Management to join our R&D Organization and stand up the Technical Program Management function at Supabase. You'll report to the Head of Product, Engineering, and Design and partner directly with the heads of Customer Success, Support, GTM, and PMM. You'll manage a small team of senior IC TPMs (starting with one), and you'll personally own the cross-functional interface fabric between Engineering, Product, Design, and the rest of the value delivery chain. This is a founding role for the function. The shape, standards, and operating model are yours to define, against a clear position: TPM is not PMO. Engineering Managers are accountable for delivery on their teams. TPMs own the connective tissue between teams and between functions, the dependency graph of our largest programs, and the company standard for how we run projects in Linear. This role is ideal for an experienced operator who has built TPM functions before, has strong technical fluency, and wants to define the operating fabric of a fast-moving, distributed software company without falling into the failure modes of centralized status-collection. Responsibilities Stand up the TPM function at Supabase. Define the operating model, engagement model within product, engineering, and design, standards, and the bar for the role. Hire and grow the team over time. Manage the senior IC TPM and grow the team as the function proves out. Coach, set direction, hold the standard, and protect the team from drift into status-collection or hygiene-on-behalf-of-teams. Own the cross-functional interface fabric between EPD and the rest of the company. Author the company standard for project management in Linear. Hold the line on accountability. Own the dependency graph and launch readiness for our largest cross-functional programs. Operate the program-level rollup infrastructure that makes program state legible to leadership without adding load on teams. Partner across EPD with the heads of Engineering, Product, and Design on a single shared system for how we run work end-to-end. Qualifications 10+ years of experience in technical program management, including experience standing up or scaling a TPM function in a high-growth software company. Managed a team of senior IC TPMs and held the bar for the function. Strong technical fluency: able to read code well enough to find the real risk in a plan and hold your own with senior engineers on architecture and dependencies. Built cross-functional interfaces between engineering and the field (Customer Success, Support, GTM, PMM) that held under launch pressure. Operated Linear, Jira, or equivalent at scale, including defining the standard that many teams run on. Clear point of view on the difference between TPM and PMO, and on why hygiene-on-behalf-of-teams is a failure mode. Comfortable working with Engineering Managers as the accountable owners on each team. Communicate with precision in writing and async, in a globally distributed team. High judgment and can hold a position without positional authority. Benefits Fully Remote: We hire globally and provide a WeWork membership or co-working allowance. ESOP: Every team member receives equity ownership in the company. Tech Allowance: Budget for setting up your ideal work environment. Health Benefits: 100% health insurance coverage for employees and 80% for dependents. Annual Off-Sites: Company gathers in a new city for a week of connection, collaboration, and fun. Flexible Work: Operate asynchronously and manage your own time. Professional Development: Annual education allowance for courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth. About the Team Supabase was born-remote and open-source-first. 280+ team members. 55+ countries. 20+ languages spoken. $500M raised. 500,000+ community members. Hiring Process Apply – Our team will review your application. Intro Call – A short video chat to get to know each other. Interviews – Up to four calls with team leads, future teammates, someone cross-functional from product, growth, or engineering, and someone from our leadership/founding team. Decision – We may follow up with a final question or go straight to offer.