Senior Technical Program Manager

Bose Corporation, U.S.A•Framingham, MA

About The Position

Bose Corporation is seeking a technically strong Technical Program Manager to lead complex programs that span software, hardware, and systems. The role covers embedded software for automotive and consumer electronics, mobile applications, cloud services, and connected product ecosystems. The program manager will coordinate globally distributed engineering teams—including firmware, embedded, mobile, cloud, systems, and UX—and collaborate with product, hardware, quality, suppliers, and external development partners. The position is highly visible and offers the opportunity to shape development processes, influence technical direction, and deliver products across multiple categories.

Requirements

At least 8 years of project or program management experience in a software-centric engineering environment.
Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary technical teams across software and hardware domains.
Experience delivering software in one or more of these areas: embedded systems or firmware, automotive or regulated environments, consumer electronics, mobile applications, cloud services, or connected ecosystems.
Strong organizational, leadership, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
Experience working with external suppliers, technology partners, or offshore development teams.
Familiarity with Agile methodologies, including hybrid Agile/Waterfall environments.
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Ability to work across technical domains and align diverse stakeholders.

Nice To Haves

Hands-on software development or test experience with C, C++, Python, MATLAB, or similar.
Automotive experience.
Scrum Master or SAFe certification.
Advanced degree.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end delivery of software and system-level features across embedded, mobile, cloud, and hybrid product architectures.
Coordinate engineering teams through design, development, integration, testing, and release.
Manage cross-disciplinary dependencies, requirements, architectural convergence points, and risks.
Drive work and release planning, setting objectives and milestones and ensuring teams have needed resources.
Identify and manage technical and program risks, escalating issues and driving mitigation strategies.
Partner with product management to align engineering execution with product roadmaps and strategic priorities.
Work with hardware, firmware, and software leaders to develop delivery plans covering schedules, resources, tooling, and external dependencies.
Build relationships with internal stakeholders, technical subject-matter experts, suppliers, and development partners.
Improve processes, reduce ambiguity and bottlenecks, and help teams make informed trade-offs.
Champion cross-functional integration of embedded, mobile, cloud, and UX components.