Senior Technical Program Manager, Engineering Programs

Role overview

Workplace

• The role is fully remote on a weekly basis, with in-person team meet-ups lasting one to two days approximately every two months.
• Cosmo wants someone located in the Toronto area who is willing to work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Own program health across hardware, firmware, apps, and cloud, and report delivery and release health to leadership.
• Align software and firmware new-product-introduction timelines with hardware milestones and manufacturing builds.
• Design and roll out an agile operating rhythm covering sprint planning, standups, reviews, retrospectives, backlog refinement, and clear definitions of ready and done.
• Lead adoption of new practices through planning, training, measurement, and follow-through.
• Run weekly delivery checkpoints, quarterly planning, and capacity planning in Jellyfish.
• Own Jira project and board structure, JPD, and tooling integrations.
• Own cross-functional launch plans for new devices and major features.
• Coordinate with offshore engineering teams across time zones.
• Track risks, issues, and dependencies, escalating early and driving them to resolution.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of technical program management or delivery management experience; a small or fast-moving product company background is ideal.
• Experience running programs spanning hardware, firmware, and software with aligned milestones.
• Strong working knowledge of SDLC workflows in Jira and Git; coding is not required.
• Deep experience running Scrum, Kanban, or similar practices across multiple teams and coaching teams.
• Track record of rolling out processes, measuring adoption, and adjusting when needed.
• Experience building delivery and program health metrics used by leadership.
• Experience with distributed or offshore engineering teams.
• Wearables or connected-device experience is strongly preferred.

Nice to have

• Experience with hardware lifecycle gates such as EVT, DVT, and PVT, and contract manufacturer builds.
• Experience administering Jira, JPD, or Jellyfish.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits, including a supplemental medical policy paid fully by the employer.
• Remote work environment, generous paid time off, and a collaborative, creative, and supportive work environment.
• Opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-growing company.