Senior Technical Program Manager
About The Position
Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake. Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital. The role, in a nutshell: Great security starts with solid execution. At Chainguard, that means delivering the right outcomes without the chaos. We’re looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager who can help steer important, high-impact initiatives across teams. If you’ve worked in fast-moving engineering environments, know how to herd cats without breaking their stride, and can turn ambiguity into momentum, you’ll fit right in. You’ll be a key partner to engineering, product, and security teams to keep work unblocked, aligned, and steadily shipping. You’ll translate strategy into motion, and motion into results. This is a hands-on role for someone who’s equal parts planner, doer, and communicator. You’ll be building the foundation for how secure software gets delivered at Chainguard and across the industry.
Requirements
- Led cross-functional programs before with ideally 5+ years in high-growth or technical environments.
- Technically fluent: maybe you’ve got a degree in Computer Science or just years of real-world experience with engineering teams.
- Worked closely with infrastructure, platform, or developer tooling teams and understand how they tick.
- Know how to influence without authority and bring structure without red tape.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with security-focused or compliance-driven engineering orgs.
- Familiarity with product operations as a discipline
- A deep respect for secure-by-default systems and a genuine love for open source communities.
Responsibilities
- Help break down big ideas and thorny problems into well-scoped, achievable plans.
- Translate vision into shared goals across teams, then keep those efforts focused and moving forward.
- From kickoff through launch, track progress, manage risk, and make sure we ship with confidence.
- Keep stakeholders informed, flag blockers early, and use data to guide decisions when tradeoffs are tough.
- Work across engineering, product, security, and leadership to keep everyone on the same page.
Benefits
- Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.
- Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options.
- We cover 100% of your health, vision and dental insurance premiums for you and your dependents. Nothing comes out of your paycheck.
- Take the time you need – to do our best work, we need to recharge and reset.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
