Senior Technical Program Manager

Western Governors University • Salt Lake City, UT

2d • $140,200 - $217,200 • Onsite

About The Position

As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will lead highly complex, multi-team technology programs from concept through delivery. You will operate with significant autonomy and influence, serving as the connective tissue between engineering, architecture, product, security, and business leaders to ensure technology investments deliver measurable value at scale. This role blends deep technical understanding with strong program leadership, Agile expertise, and exceptional communication skills.

Requirements

• 8+ years of progressive project management experience
• Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, systems architecture, integrations, cloud concepts, and technical design patterns.
• Proven ability to engage with engineering teams, understand technical tradeoffs, and translate complex concepts for diverse audiences.
• Expertise managing multi-team technical programs using Agile or SAFe frameworks.
• Advanced skills in planning, dependency management, risk management, and cross-team coordination.
• Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and other delivery lifecycle and visualization tools.
• Strong presence and facilitation skills, with the ability to lead through influence rather than authority.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to produce clear executive-level summaries.

Nice To Haves

• SAFe, PMP, ACP, CSM, or equivalent Agile or project management certifications.
• Experience with cloud technologies such as Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Familiarity with APIs, microservices, or enterprise integration patterns.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning and delivery of large-scale, multi-team technology programs with clear scope, objectives, and success criteria.
• Partner closely with engineering, architecture, product, and business stakeholders to define program requirements, technical direction, and integrated delivery plans.
• Coordinate cross-team workstreams, manage complex dependencies, and drive alignment on milestones, sequencing, and key technical decisions.
• Facilitate Agile and SAFe program activities including PI planning, backlog refinement, dependency management, and program-level retrospectives.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, blockers, and technical challenges, escalating appropriately and driving resolution.
• Communicate program status, risks, decisions, and impacts clearly and consistently to stakeholders and senior leadership.
• Ensure delivered solutions meet enterprise security standards, technical design patterns, and operational readiness requirements.

Benefits

• bonuses
• medical, dental, vision, telehealth and mental healthcare
• health savings account and flexible spending account
• basic and voluntary life insurance
• disability coverage
• accident, critical illness and hospital indemnity supplemental coverages
• legal and identity theft coverage
• retirement savings plan
• wellbeing program
• discounted WGU tuition
• flexible paid time off for rest and relaxation with no need for accrual
• flexible paid sick time with no need for accrual
• 11 paid holidays
• other paid leaves, including up to 12 weeks of parental leave

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Associate degree