Senior Technical Program Manager

Position Overview

We are representing a partner company in search of a Senior Technical Program Manager located in Ireland. This is a remote role within the EMEA region, involving consistent collaboration with a hub in London. The successful candidate will be instrumental in steering complex initiatives within a fast-paced product and engineering organization focused on AI-driven technology.

Key Responsibilities

• Set up and sustain efficient operating cadences that streamline team alignment and decision making with minimal bureaucracy.
• Ensure timely and well-documented decisions with appropriate stakeholder engagement to maintain clear records of rationale.
• Facilitate recurring engineering activities such as planning sessions, daily standups, retrospectives, and demonstrations.
• Manage workback schedules and dependency mappings for multiple releases, integrations, migrations, and cross-functional engineering projects.
• Maintain up-to-date and precise project tracking using tools like Linear, including labeling, estimation, assignment, and status updates.
• Deliver accurate program health insights on active work, production issues, and blockers, enabling stakeholders to monitor progress without extra meetings.
• Proactively identify technical, delivery, and timing risks; challenge unrealistic deadlines; and enforce readiness criteria prior to commitments.
• Lead complex programs end-to-end through defining scope, sequencing work, overseeing delivery, balancing trade-offs, and communicating with stakeholders.
• Coordinate cross-team dependencies and handoffs, resolve blockers directly with team leads, and minimize escalation to senior management.
• Utilize a clear escalation framework to categorize programs as on track, at risk, or needing leadership intervention.
• Manage first-response coordination for incidents and client disruptions within your scope, directing issues properly while minimizing undue engineering interruptions.
• Translate technical complexities, risks, and constraints into understandable updates for non-technical audiences, while clarifying business and delivery expectations for engineers.
• Maintain a succinct, dependable portfolio overview for leadership and the broader TPM team, adjusting detail levels as necessary.
• Produce weekly written status reports highlighting program progress, risks, dependencies, and decisions to keep stakeholders and leadership informed.
• Assist product and engineering leaders in tracking and reporting OKRs, ensuring objectives and key results are current and progress is clearly communicated.
• Contribute to the evolution of TPM methodologies, documentation, templates, schedules, and tracking tools for broader organizational adoption.
• Measure success by establishing reliable operational rhythms, trusted planning, timely deliveries, early risk detection, fewer unnecessary escalations, and sustainable program management habits.

Candidate Requirements

• Minimum of six years’ experience managing Technical Programs, preferably within AI/ML, platform infrastructure, developer tools, or similarly technical domains.
• Proven expertise handling complex programs involving multiple teams, dependencies, and tight external deadlines.
• Strong technical comprehension to accurately discuss system architecture, APIs, integration strategies, technical dependencies, and platform trade-offs without performing engineering tasks.
• Engineering background is highly advantageous, especially for professionals transitioning into technical program management roles.
• Excellent analytical and organizational capabilities to clarify ambiguous requirements, incomplete specs, and conflicting stakeholder views into actionable plans.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication suited to diverse audiences, including succinct executive updates and detailed technical dependencies.
• Sound judgment for prioritization, risk mitigation, escalation procedures, and stakeholder coordination.
• Hands-on, proactive problem-solving style to unblock teams and coordinate efforts, avoiding hierarchical escalations.
• Experience contributing to a developing TPM function with the creation of processes, templates, standards, and operating norms.
• Familiarity with high-growth startup environments is a plus.
• Background in organizations that build and utilize infrastructure for real customer workloads is beneficial.
• Ability to effectively collaborate remotely across EMEA time zones, maintaining regular interaction and overlap with London-based colleagues.

Benefits

• 25 days of paid leave plus public holidays, supported by a flexible time-off policy.
• Comprehensive health insurance and private medical coverage.
• Monthly stipend dedicated to wellness, fitness, and professional development activities.
• Fully remote work setup from your home country within EMEA.
• Enhanced parental leave options for birth, adoption, or surrogacy.
• Access to an office space located in The Shard, London.
• Flexible working hours accommodating diverse schedules.