Principal Technical Program Manager, Developer Productivity

Reddit, Inc.

Lead AI-assisted development programs for Reddit by collaborating with engineering leaders. Shape the strategy and execution for enhancing developer productivity and quality.

Posted 5/20/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $260,800 - $365,100 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own and drive programs across Reddit's Developer Productivity and AI portfolio.
Partner with Developer Productivity and Infrastructure leaders to translate strategy into executable programs.
Define and drive the operating model for AI-native developer productivity.
Create company-level alignment across teams with different incentives.
Drive the social and cultural change for AI-assisted development to succeed company-wide.
Develop communication and enablement mechanisms bringing engineers and leaders along for the journey.
Build measurement systems distinguishing real productivity from vanity metrics.
Drive AI governance and adoption ensuring security, cost management, privacy, compliance, and operational safety.

Requirements

What you’ll need

14+ years of experience across technical program management, engineering, infrastructure, developer tools, platform engineering, AI tooling, or related technical domains.
Led multi-year, multi-organization technical programs with executive visibility and ambiguous ownership.
Deep fluency in developer productivity systems: CI/CD, code review, testing, deployment, observability, developer environments, internal platforms, or AI-assisted development workflows.
Understanding of AI and LLM-enabled software development beyond personal productivity.
Highly data-driven, but skeptical of shallow metrics.
Exceptional cross-functional operator and communicator.
Led meaningful organizational change, not just program execution.
Get things done, not satisfied with status reporting or process theater.
Pragmatic and iterative approach to introducing structure.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
401k with Employer Match
Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
Family Planning Support
Gender-Affirming Care
Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
Generous Paid Parental Leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

technical program managementengineeringinfrastructuredeveloper toolsplatform engineeringAI toolingCI/CDcode reviewtestingdeployment

Soft Skills

cross-functional communicationorganizational change leadershipdata-driven decision makingpragmatic approachiterative structure introductionexceptional communicationprogram executionstakeholder alignmentcultural change advocacyenablement mechanisms development