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Senior technical program manager job description

Updated March 14, 2024
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A senior technical program manager is responsible for overseeing large technical programs, from beginning to the end. Their duties include everything from deciding the project's scope, risks, and vision to establishing timelines, increasing productivity, and wrapping up and delivering the project.

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Example senior technical program manager requirements on a job description

Senior technical program manager requirements can be divided into technical requirements and required soft skills. The lists below show the most common requirements included in senior technical program manager job postings.
Sample senior technical program manager requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related fields
  • 8+ years experience in technical program management
  • 5+ years of hands-on software development experience
  • Proficient in Agile methodology
  • Ability to work with cross-functional teams
Sample required senior technical program manager soft skills
  • Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills
  • Problem-solving and organizational abilities
  • Ability to work in a high-pressure environment
  • Excellent multi-tasking capabilities
  • Ability to provide mentorship and guidance

Senior technical program manager job description example 1

Baker Hughes senior technical program manager job description

At Baker Hughes, we are building a Talent Community of highly talented and motivated professionals for future job roles. If you match the described job role and are as excited as we are to have you on-board in the future, please hit the apply button to be a part of our Talent Community.

As a member of our talent community, you will be amongst the first to get exclusive news about Baker Hughes, various cool projects we are working on, our employee success stories and new job opportunities you may be interested in.

As a Senior Program Manager, you will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of project through upfront client engagement. Deep technical expertise within a field. Has comprehensive knowledge of underlying principles, approaches, and methodology.
As a Senior Program Manager, you will be responsible for:

Ensuring successful, end-to-end delivery of project through ongoing client engagement. Partnering with technical teams internal and external to the initiative, and coordination of all required activities and milestones. Involving in projects prioritization and initiation, responsible for definition of and compliance with project management methodologies. Performing regular tracking and reporting on progress, and accountable for initiative results verification. Appling existing technologies, approaches, methodologies in new combinations to design new products, systems, or processes. Monitoring internally and externally as a specialist in the discipline. Presenting projects plans, technical roadmaps, risks, and recommendations to senior business leaders (EB and SEB) within technical space and occasionally to senior leaders in partner technical teams. Communicating solutions across the own function and with cross-functional partner organizations.



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To be successful in this role you will:

Have Bachelors in any discipline from an accredited university or college. Have minimum 12 yrs of experience of which 3 yrs in Project/Program Management. Have interpersonal and leadership skills, Have establish project management skills Be able to lead programs / projects. Be able to document, plan, market, and execute programs. Be able to analyze and resolve problems.


*Please remember that joining the Talent Community is not an application for any specific job at Baker Hughes but to have the privilege of being considered for an opportunity that suits your profile on priority.

As part of our commitment to the health and safety of our employees, customers and the communities in which we operate, this role requires full vaccination for COVID-19 prior to beginning work. Requests for reasonable accommodations due to valid medical reasons, a sincerely held religious belief, or other personal conscience objection will be considered on a case-by-case basis, including but not limited to essential job duties, in accordance with applicable law.
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Cadence Design Systems senior technical program manager job description

At Cadence, we hire and develop leaders and innovators who want to make an impact on the world of technology.
Senior Technical Program Manager


We offer amazing opportunities to grow, no matter where you are in your career!


Sr. Technical Project Manager - IP Design Validation and Product Engineering will be responsible for the overall coordination of R&D -Silicon Validation & Project releases and Key Customer Engagements within the Product Engineering Group.


The candidate must have solid, hands-on experience in digital and/or mixed-signal IP design and/or SoC development with a history in successfully coordinating or managing designs with end customers.


Main Job Tasks and Responsibilities


+ Experienced Technical Program Manager to plan, manage and track several related projects pertaining to Internally developed SoC validation & Releases.


+ Work cross-functionally with Engineering leads, Customer program management, Technical presales and Marketing to understand the various demands and to coordinate POR updates.


+ Work with the Field Application Engineers, Sales Teams, Customers and Cadence’s Product Engineering team for effective coordination and prioritization of support tasks for customer’s SoC tape outs and their silicon bringup.


+ Prepare product level status, POR, development dependencies.


+ Craft technical customer messages on product status.


Education and Experience


+ Project context in digital design & verification, synthesis, LEC, STA and digital PD a must


+ Familiarity of SI/PI, Board/Package design, lab characterization and firmware is a plus


+ Knowledge of end-to-end design flow and tools for both analog and digital design from architecture to GDS


+ MSEE preferred


Key competencies


+ Critical thinking and problem-solving skills


+ Teamwork and collaboration


+ Adaptability


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Cadence is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, basis of disability, or any other protected class.
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Senior technical program manager job description example 3

Visa senior technical program manager job description

The Risk and Identity Solutions (RaIS) is a key component of the Value Added Services (VAS) PD within Visa. VAS-RaIS has a suite of high visibility, high-volume, revenue earning applications that provide solutions related to Risk Management, Identity and Authentication. Our capabilities are used extensively by key players in the payment eco-space across the globe.

As a Technical Program Manager for our RaIS team, you will drive quality and velocity of our technology. You should be comfortable with owning issues and managing the outcome. You enjoy driving, resolving, facilitating and follow up. You understand the risks and the trade-offs and are both technical and process focused.
Essential Functions:

Independently responsible for end-to-end planning and execution of one or more medium to high complexity program(s) and/or Agile teams. Day-to-day accountability for tracking scope, schedule, budget, risks, deployments and communications for projects, initiatives, and smaller programs.

Effectively communicate and address obstacles delaying projects from delivering against objectives.

Effective communication showcased in reporting, notes, documentation, FAQs, escalations, and more.

Build effective Partner/Stakeholder relationships thru effective Communication and Facilitation.

Support implementation of Visa project methodology required artifacts. Supports review, sizing and estimation of work based on One Pagers, Epics or CA requirements for AOP/TPIC.

Manage preparation for Quarterly Business Review and lead Quarterly Planning sessions.

Create and be the custodian for living program roadmaps.

As Scrum coach, coach multiple teams through the software development life cycle using Agile, Scrum, and Lean practices and work cross-functionally throughout the company to ensure projects are developed and deployed with quality and timely delivery into our production systems.

Demonstrated curiosity and ability to understand architectural and technical aspects of Data Platform and/or DevOps projects.

Lead role for PM relevant improvement initiatives

This is a hybrid position. Hybrid employees can alternate time between both remote and office. Employees in hybrid roles are expected to work from the office two days a week, Tuesdays and Wednesdays with a general guidepost of being in the office 50% of the time based on business needs.
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Updated March 14, 2024

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