Senior Principal Technical Program Manager

Nordstrom

Technical Program Manager leading enterprise initiatives on AI-native developer productivity and tooling at Nordstrom. Researching, defining, and implementing strategies for developer efficiency in AI-assisted environments.

Posted 6/19/2026full-timeSeattle • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $200,500 - $332,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead Nordstrom’s enterprise initiative on AI-native developer productivity
Define and build the research foundation, strategy, tooling, training, and measurement infrastructure
Research and evaluate AI-native developer tooling
Define and own the strategy for AI-native developer productivity
Identify gaps in existing tooling and context infrastructure
Design and develop training materials and workshops
Define the measurement framework for AI-native developer productivity
Build and leverage a broad network across engineering, product, security, and legal

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years of experience in Technical Program Management
Hands-on familiarity with AI coding tools and agentic development workflows
Demonstrated ability to translate frontier AI research into practical, scalable organizational programs
A track record of building training and enablement programs
Experience defining productivity metrics and building dashboards or observability frameworks
Systems-level thinking
Executive presence at the VP/SVP level
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Data Science, or equivalent experience

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical/Vision
Dental
Retirement and Paid Time Away
Life Insurance and Disability
Merchandise Discount and EAP Resources
Performance-based incentives/bonuses
401k, medical/vision/dental/life/disability insurance options, PTO accruals, Holidays, and more

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Hard Skills & Tools

AI coding toolsagentic development workflowsproductivity metricsdashboardsobservability frameworkstraining materials developmentmeasurement framework designresearch foundation buildingstrategy developmenttooling evaluation

Soft Skills

technical program managementsystems-level thinkingexecutive presencenetworkingtraining and enablementcommunicationleadershipstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingcollaboration