Principal Technical Program Manager, Engineering

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About the role

Responsibilities

• Track programs crossing squad or domain boundaries from kickoff through completion; map dependencies and flag risks early.
• Build engineering status and visibility systems so leadership can see progress without requesting updates.
• Automate tracking, status, dependency alerts, and reporting with Jira, dashboards, scripts, and AI agents.
• Run planning syncs, sequencing reviews, and clear written communications across teams.
• Investigate stalled dependencies, connect the appropriate leads, and escalate unresolved issues to the VP of Engineering.
• Provide accurate engineering information to the PMO and support managers tracking quarter-long champion initiatives.
• Measure whether coordination becomes more efficient as engineering grows and improve the system when it does not.
• Document cross-team processes so new squads can join without individual walkthroughs.

Required qualifications

• Have 8 or more years of program or project management experience in engineering or technology organizations and 3 or more years at a B2B SaaS company.
• Have built coordination systems, tools, or processes that lasted beyond your tenure and have worked in fast-growing or changing organizations.
• Understand technical dependencies, architecture tradeoffs, and the SDLC well enough to work credibly with engineers; no computer science degree or coding experience is required.
• Be expert in Jira and comfortable administering it; be comfortable with dashboards and reporting tools.
• Have hands-on experience using AI tools to automate tracking, summarize status, or surface risk.
• Influence senior engineers, managers, and product leads without a reporting line; follow through persistently and build trust and clarity.
• Adapt to each team’s methodology rather than imposing a framework; write clear, direct updates and work comfortably with ambiguity.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in cybersecurity, defense, or security-focused products is preferred.
• Experience with programs crossing hardware, software, and operations boundaries or prior director-level or business-operations scope is preferred.
• Experience adapting Scrum, Kanban, or other agile practices to teams’ needs is preferred.
• Experience building agentic workflows or scripts for delivery reporting is preferred.

Compensation and benefits

• For candidates based in Canada, the estimated total compensation range is CAD 200,000–280,000 CAD, including base salary and bonus.
• For candidates based in U.S. locations, the posting lists an estimated total compensation range of CAD 180,000–240,000 USD, including base salary and bonus.
• Benefits vary by country and may include stock options, health benefits, unlimited paid time off, parental leave, and tuition reimbursement.

Scope and working relationships