Istari

Technical Program Manager

Istari

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: MassachusettsUnited States

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Salary

💰 $130,000 - $160,000 per year

Tech Stack

About the role

  • Serve as the connective tissue across engineering, product, and customer success teams: driving clarity, alignment, and accountability on cross-functional programs and initiatives
  • Lead incident response coordination for production and platform issues — managing communication across teams during active incidents, driving post-incident reviews, and translating learnings into durable process and runbook improvements
  • Define, document, and continuously mature on-call processes and support escalation workflows; ensure on-call responsibilities are clearly owned, well-documented, and consistently followed
  • Provide regular, clear status reporting to engineering leadership and business stakeholders — translating technical detail into actionable executive narratives
  • Identify and manage cross-team dependencies and sequencing risks; maintain a clear picture of program health and communicate it proactively to all relevant stakeholders
  • Partner with engineering leads to define operational KPIs and OKRs; use metrics to drive decision-making and surface risks early
  • Drive continuous improvement of SDLC practices, delivery tooling, and operational processes across the organization

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience in technical program or project management in a software or platform environment
  • Experience owning or coordinating incident intake, triage, and response workflows, post-incident reviews, and on-call process documentation
  • Strong cross-organizational communication and influence skills — with proven experience driving process change and establishing programs, ceremonies, and operational workflows from the ground up
  • Strong experience with Jira and GSuite required; experience administering and restructuring a Jira instance for engineering teams strongly preferred
  • Must be a US citizen living within the United States
Benefits
  • Medical/Dental/Vision
  • Employee Premiums are 100% Company Paid
  • Life Insurance
  • Flexible Work Hours
  • Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO) with federal government holidays
  • Competitive Compensation
  • 401k
  • Company Stock Options
  • Home Office Setup Budget
  • Reimbursement for approved trainings and subscriptions
  • Conferences (travel, lodging, and fees)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
technical program managementproject managementincident response coordinationon-call process documentationSDLC practicesoperational KPIsOKRsmetrics-driven decision-making
Soft Skills
cross-organizational communicationinfluence skillsprocess change managementstakeholder communicationclarity and alignment