Hybrid Director, Technical Program Management

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About the role

  • Director of Technical Program Management at Snap Inc. Leading critical cross-functional programs that require deep technical expertise and organizational strategy.

Responsibilities

  • Build, lead, and scale a lean, high-impact TPM organization while personally owning the most critical cross-functional programs that span multiple engineering organizations and require deep technical understanding, rigorous execution, and strategic influence.
  • Manage ambiguity, cross-org dependencies, and alignment in a resource-constrained environment.
  • Partner with engineering leads on strategy and full lifecycle of key programs - from ideation through execution to operational excellence.
  • Partner at the executive level with engineering and product leadership to shape multi-year roadmaps, influence architectural trade-offs, and drive accountability across the company.
  • Leverage data-driven insights to inform decisions, uncover systemic opportunities, and communicate clearly with senior stakeholders.
  • Guide the evolution of Snap’s technical ecosystem by directing the creation of automation, internal tooling, and platform improvements that increase engineering velocity and reliability.
  • Work across both development programs (with complex interdependencies) and platform excellence programs (focused on reliability, efficiency, performance, and cost optimization).
  • Drive the operating rhythm of the business, ensuring engineering systems scale effectively while remaining highly cost-conscious and performant in a lean organization.
  • Recruit, mentor, develop, and grow TPMs and engineers to build organizational capability and multiply impact with limited headcount.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's in a technical field such as computer science, mathematics, statistics or equivalent years of experience
  • 10+ years of experience spanning Engineering / Technical Program Management leading cross-functional efforts in consumer hardware, software, or the broader tech industry in a data-driven environment
  • 5+ years managing a team in a corporate environment
  • A proven track record of leading large-scale, ambiguous programs across distributed teams
  • Previous work experience in fast-paced, cross-functional environments, especially in the area of consumer technology
  • Experience with data visualization tools (e.g. Grafana, Looker, Tableau) building dashboards, source control (e.g. GitHub), ticket management (e.g. JIRA)
  • Comfort operating with high visibility and accountability; you thrive on ownership and impact
  • Demonstrated ability to quickly learn new domains, systems, and technologies
  • Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills

Benefits

  • paid parental leave
  • comprehensive medical coverage
  • emotional and mental health support programs
  • compensation packages that let you share in Snap’s long-term success

Job title

Director, Technical Program Management

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

$303,000 - $455,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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