Staff Technical Program Manager - Product Foundation

  • 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:

Come be a catalyst in the Technical Program Management team; we are the central nervous system that allows Twitter Engineering to thrive and scale. As TPMs, we are responsible for driving the future of Twitter’s products, applications, and platform while leading cross-functional initiatives that span the breadth of engineering. 

 

Product Foundation is an engineering organization that aims to empower product teams to experiment quickly, make data-driven decisions, and launch new features easily, all without having to coordinate across numerous other teams or worry about things outside of their own domain. The Product Foundation Org comprises 4 pillars: Core Services, Client Foundation, Media Infrastructure, and Product Learning Platform. We contribute to all of Twitter’s objectives, but our primary focus is #Velocity. 

 

 

What You’ll Do:

  • Lead, mentor and grow a team of 4-6 Technical Program Managers who drive planning and execution of high impact programs for all of Product Foundation, across company objectives and at the team level within Product Foundation pillars.

  • Drive hiring, performance reviews, continuous feedback, and career growth feedback for your team.

  • Develop partnerships with leaders across the company, primarily focusing on Product Foundation.

  • Lead functional and technical delivery of key team-, org-, and company-wide initiatives.

  • Develop and ensure adoption of agile methodology to simplify project delivery.

  • Partner with all stakeholders in a program and lead execution from concept to ship.

 

Who You Are:

  • 7+ years as a TPM, engineering leader, product manager (technical domain), or related discipline.

  • Minimum of 3-5 years experience directly managing a team.

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or or equivalent work experience.

Hands-on experience in the following areas:

  1. Partnering with product, design, and research teams to define strategy and requirements

    1. working with engineering teams to design, scope, and shepherd features

    2. creating roadmaps, release plans, and functional specs

  2. You have the ability to influence peers / managers and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity.

 

 

Qualifications

Who You Are:

  • 7+ years as a TPM, engineering leader, product manager (technical domain), or related discipline.

  • Minimum of 3-5 years experience directly managing a team.

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or or equivalent work experience.

Hands-on experience in the following areas:

  1. Partnering with product, design, and research teams to define strategy and requirements

    1. working with engineering teams to design, scope, and shepherd features

    2. creating roadmaps, release plans, and functional specs

  2. You have the ability to influence peers / managers and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity.

 

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related technical discipline.

  • 3-5-3 years of management experience.

  • Experience with agile software development methodologies and productivity tools.

  • Consistent track record of shipping products with broad customer impact

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, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.

 

San Francisco applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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