Technical Program Manager
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About the Role:
Planet is looking for a Technical Program Manager for core product development. TPMs at Planet drive our largest, complex programs and provide razor focus to enable execution, manage risk, and orchestrate cross-functional efforts. This role is focused on product operations. In this role, you’ll identify, define, and roll out product development best practices for consistency and efficiency across Planet teams. You’ll also lead efforts critical to our core platform roadmap, shepherding programs through the product lifecycle from development through launch. You’re a critical piece of enabling Planet to operate at scale.
Impact You’ll Own:
Serve as the overall accountable owner of Planet’s largest, complex efforts focused on core platform development, leading teams to execute
Scope program requirements; establish and maintain project schedules, requirements, metrics, and KPIs; identify risks and proactively mitigate them; keep stakeholders aligned on priorities
Communicate with technical and non-technical teams, and up through leadership and executives
Own release planning for product launches spanning cross-functional teams (e.g. product, software, marketing, legal), aligning stakeholders to common principles and best practices for consistency and efficiency
Own and shepherd change management across multiple teams for new process and ways of working
Identify, design, enable, and maintain product development operations processes, training, and artifacts
Enable value from and maintain tools (e.g. Jira) to support operations, metrics, and reporting
What You Bring:
6+ years of Technical Program Management or Product Management experience for cross-functional projects in a SAAS or B2B organization
Experience with product and software development methodologies (e.g. Agile) and project management tools like Jira in a cross-functional organization
Equally comfortable and confident explaining your analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing technical trade-offs with engineers
Experience with organizational change management, listening to your audience and meeting their current state with a plan for incremental change
Experience with defining and/or operating release processes across product management, software development, and go-to-market teams
A growth mindset and a desire to learn quickly
What Makes You Stand Out:
Balancing the tactical day-to-day with forward-looking improvements to scale operational efficiencies
Curiosity and interest in new ways of working, methodologies, and tools
Experience with cross-continental team coordination and management (e.g., time zone accommodations, cultural differences between locations)
Experience in cloud computing, platform development and integrations, APIs, Analytics, UX, and derived data products
Benefits While Working at Planet:
Comprehensive Health Plan
Wellness program and onsite massages in specific offices
Flexible Time Off
Recognition Programs
Commuter Benefits
Learning and Tuition Reimbursement
Parental Leave
Offsites and Happy Hours
Volunteering Benefits
Compensation:
The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is $110,000 - $181,000. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location. The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
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About the job
Technical Program Manager
To see similar active jobs please follow this link: Remote Management jobs
About the Role:
Planet is looking for a Technical Program Manager for core product development. TPMs at Planet drive our largest, complex programs and provide razor focus to enable execution, manage risk, and orchestrate cross-functional efforts. This role is focused on product operations. In this role, you’ll identify, define, and roll out product development best practices for consistency and efficiency across Planet teams. You’ll also lead efforts critical to our core platform roadmap, shepherding programs through the product lifecycle from development through launch. You’re a critical piece of enabling Planet to operate at scale.
Impact You’ll Own:
Serve as the overall accountable owner of Planet’s largest, complex efforts focused on core platform development, leading teams to execute
Scope program requirements; establish and maintain project schedules, requirements, metrics, and KPIs; identify risks and proactively mitigate them; keep stakeholders aligned on priorities
Communicate with technical and non-technical teams, and up through leadership and executives
Own release planning for product launches spanning cross-functional teams (e.g. product, software, marketing, legal), aligning stakeholders to common principles and best practices for consistency and efficiency
Own and shepherd change management across multiple teams for new process and ways of working
Identify, design, enable, and maintain product development operations processes, training, and artifacts
Enable value from and maintain tools (e.g. Jira) to support operations, metrics, and reporting
What You Bring:
6+ years of Technical Program Management or Product Management experience for cross-functional projects in a SAAS or B2B organization
Experience with product and software development methodologies (e.g. Agile) and project management tools like Jira in a cross-functional organization
Equally comfortable and confident explaining your analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing technical trade-offs with engineers
Experience with organizational change management, listening to your audience and meeting their current state with a plan for incremental change
Experience with defining and/or operating release processes across product management, software development, and go-to-market teams
A growth mindset and a desire to learn quickly
What Makes You Stand Out:
Balancing the tactical day-to-day with forward-looking improvements to scale operational efficiencies
Curiosity and interest in new ways of working, methodologies, and tools
Experience with cross-continental team coordination and management (e.g., time zone accommodations, cultural differences between locations)
Experience in cloud computing, platform development and integrations, APIs, Analytics, UX, and derived data products
Benefits While Working at Planet:
Comprehensive Health Plan
Wellness program and onsite massages in specific offices
Flexible Time Off
Recognition Programs
Commuter Benefits
Learning and Tuition Reimbursement
Parental Leave
Offsites and Happy Hours
Volunteering Benefits
Compensation:
The US base salary range for this full-time position at the commencement of employment is $110,000 - $181,000. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives (bonus and equity). The final salary range is determined by job related experience, skills and location. The range displays our typical hiring range for new hire salaries in US locations only. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.
#LI-REMOTE