Hybrid Technical Program Manager – Research and Innovation Engineering, Privacy PMO

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About the role

  • Technical Program Manager leading company-wide initiatives within Cloudflare's Engineering sector, focusing on project management and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Own the overall program planning and cross-portfolio management for the Research team, Innovation Engineering team, and Privacy team.
  • Define, track, and manage complex dependencies between these organizations and broader Product Engineering, Product Management, Sales, and Legal teams.
  • Implement a formal intake process for Research and Innovation projects, including clear criteria for prioritization, resource allocation, and measurable impact assessment.
  • Provide clear, concise, and frequent updates on portfolio status, risks, and impact to Engineering Leadership.
  • Drive the strategy to integrate the Research team's academic focus back into Cloudflare's core engineering efforts, ensuring greater internal adoption and impact.
  • Program manage large-scale foundational projects, including:
  • Handle high-priority, complex escalations from core engineering such as performance or quality issues.
  • Establish a clear process for tracking the intake and prioritization of the Innovation team's "Tiger Team" projects.
  • Facilitate the successful transition and handover of completed innovation projects to owning Product Engineering teams, and track post-handover success.
  • Partner with leadership to manage the growth and expanding scope of the Privacy Engineering team into areas of Privacy Transparency.
  • Act as the primary interface and broker for the Privacy team, ensuring compliance and transparency requirements are integrated early into technical roadmaps.

Requirements

  • BS+ in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Security or related field or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years experience in technical program management and a desire for continuous improvement.
  • Ability to create realistic project plans, managing dependencies, and overseeing execution to meet commitments and deliver with predictability.
  • Excellent oral and written communication.
  • Experience working with multiple time zones and multiple cross-functional teams.
  • Strong competency with Confluence, JIRA
  • Experience with various development methodologies (Agile, Waterfall, Kaizen, Scrum, etc).

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours
  • Professional development opportunities

Job title

Technical Program Manager – Research and Innovation Engineering, Privacy PMO

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

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Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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