Staff Technical Program Manager

  • Full-time

Company Description

Twitter is what’s happening and what people are talking about right now. For us, life's not about a job, it's about purpose. We believe real change starts with conversation. Here, your voice matters. Come as you are and together we'll do what's right (not what's easy) to serve the public conversation.

Job Description

Who We Are

Lead cross-functional delivery of strategic, high value programs on Twitter’s Technical Program Management #Participation team; we drive operations and delivery of Twitter’s highest priority work, empowering Twitter’s Engineering, Product and cross-functional teams to thrive and scale.

Our team is focused specifically on driving healthy participation in the public conversation, where you’ll work across all layers of the tech stack and across a variety of domains including: consumer facing products, privacy, security, health and more.

TPM at Twitter is a centralized org with a diverse bench of industry leaders working across all orgs in the company. As a TPM, you will be responsible for driving the future of Twitter’s products, tools, and platforms, while leading cross-functional initiatives that span the breadth of engineering activities at Twitter.

What You’ll Do

  • Lead strategic alignment and technical delivery of company-wide programs and projects in support of Twitter’s consumer products

  • Partner with program stakeholders and lead execution from requirements to delivery

  • Increase overall effectiveness by systematically identifying and solving root cause organizational and technological challenges discovered throughout program delivery

  • Partner with cross functional teams to ensure teams meet their schedule targets by implementing industry best practices in team management and roadmap delivery, creating novel solutions where appropriate. 

  • Partner with Product Managers, Engineering Managers and Technical Leads to deliver solutions that meet stringent engineering and business requirements 

Who You Are

  • Experienced cross-functional lead, with 10+ years as a TPM, engineering leader, product manager, or related discipline

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering or equivalent work experience

  • Solid track record partnering with product teams to define strategy and requirements

  • Proficient collaborating with engineering teams to design, scope, and deliver high scale services within distributed systems

  • Consistently trusted leader, able to drive large teams and executives through complex, multi-faceted data-driven decisions

  • As a generalist and outcomes owner, you have the ability to fill any gap needed to deliver, including writing functional specs, project / release plans, roadmaps, and technical proposals

  • Excel amid ambiguity, able to influence peers / managers toward shared vision and forward progress

  • Tireless multitasker, with capacity to own and execute multiple large programs simultaneously

Qualifications

  • Passionate interest in Twitter’s products and mission

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, engineering or a related technical discipline

  • Experience working with several different development methodologies and productivity tools

  • Consistent track record of shipping consumer products with broad customer impact

  • Experience building or managing work on highly-available, scalable software products and services

  • Proven ability to identify and resolve systemic issues in both software and people systems

  • Interest and capacity to mentor TPMs and champion growth

Additional Information

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Twitter. Twitter is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.

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