Our Client is a fast-growing proprietary trading firm handling hundreds of millions of dollars in trading volume and is looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to take their team to the next level.
As a Technical Program Manager (TPM), you will lead highly complex technical programs that span architecture, digital transformation, cloud migration, AI, and platform engineering. This role is about owning the execution strategy, removing roadblocks, and keeping engineering teams focused on delivery. You will work closely with the CTO, EVP, engineering leads, and executive team to enforce governance, best practices, and clear delivery milestones.
This Role Includes:
- Program & Project Management: Own and drive multiple high-impact technical programs, ensuring on-time delivery of platform enhancements, infrastructure upgrades, and engineering initiatives.
- Technical Roadmap Execution: Translate the CTO’s strategic vision into a structured, actionable roadmap, tracking milestones, risks, and dependencies across teams.
- Agile & Scrum Leadership: Lead Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, and backlog grooming to ensure engineering teams deliver efficiently.
- Governance & Best Practices: Establish SOPs, release management processes, documentation standards, and compliance frameworks for engineering teams.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Bridge engineering, product, and business teams, ensuring alignment on priorities and dependencies.
- Risk Management: Identify and mitigate technical and operational risks, keeping leadership informed of roadblocks and proactively addressing gaps.
- Stakeholder Communication: Regularly report progress, metrics, and updates to executive leadership, investors, and key stakeholders.
- Delivery Accountability: Take full ownership of ensuring teams deliver on schedule, within scope, and at the highest level of quality.
- Process Optimization: Continuously improve engineering workflows, from SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) enhancements to automation of release processes.
- Vendor & Partner Management: Oversee third-party relationships, ensuring vendors meet SLAs and align with TPT’s long-term strategy.
Qualifications:
- Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of digital transformation, architecture, and solution architecture principles, even if you haven’t written code.
- Program & Project Management:
- 5+ years leading large-scale technical programs in fintech, SaaS, or high-growth tech environments.
- Experience running Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe Agile methodologies.
- Strong background in release management, governance, and process optimization.
- PMP, PgMP, or SAFe Certification is a plus but not required.
- Proven Delivery Ownership: A history of owning and delivering complex engineering projects with cross-functional teams.
- Cloud & Infrastructure Knowledge: Exposure to AWS, GCP, Azure, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines is highly beneficial.
- Operational Excellence: Ability to enforce SOPs, governance frameworks, and structured reporting to keep teams accountable.
- Executive-Level Communication: Ability to synthesize complex technical topics into clear, actionable updates for leadership.
- Proactive Problem-Solver: You anticipate challenges, remove blockers, and drive execution with urgency and precision.
The Dream Teammate Will Be:
✅ A strategic leader who can scale tech infrastructure efficiently.
✅ A proactive problem solver who thrives in a high-stakes, fast-paced environment.
✅ MASSIVELY organized, ensuring seamless team collaboration and project execution.
✅ A self-starter who can anticipate needs and provide solutions before challenges arise.
✅ Comfortable with video calls, messaging, and real-time collaboration with cross-functional teams and stakeholders Globally
✅ Driven and adaptable, thriving in a startup-like culture while working with a high-revenue, fast-scaling firm.
✅ Language: fluent or working knowledge of Ukrainian or Russian is an asset
Compensation: Competitive salary + performance-based incentives