Staff Technical Program Manager, AI Native

Life360

5d • $140,000 - $209,000 • Remote

About The Position

Life360 is seeking an exceptional Technical Program Manager to lead product and strategy operations for one of its largest engineering departments. This role involves partnering with VP of Product and VP of Engineering to enhance the department's operating system, including quarterly planning, strategic goal tracking, key reviews, change management, and program execution. The position also entails owning cross-functional projects from inception to launch, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and efficient execution. This is a strategic role focused on driving order and clarity, leveraging Life360's AI-native transformation. The ideal candidate will work closely with engineering, product, marketing, and design teams to ensure accountability and alignment. Success in the first year includes a reliable planning operating system, predictable quarterly cycles, and a visible shift towards AI-native workflows within the department.

Requirements

• 10+ years of program management experience. A proven track record of successfully leading complex, cross-functional projects end-to-end.
• Technical fluency. A deep understanding of relevant technologies, with the ability to make informed technical decisions and influence system designs and roadmaps.
• Hands-on comfort working with engineering-standard tooling (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Linear) and AI agent tooling (e.g., Claude, Cursor).
• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited university or equivalent experience in software engineering or a similar major.
• Fearless AI-Native operator. This is a requirement, not a preference: you find ways to make parts of your own role more and more obsolete over time by automating with AI agents, managing them for quality as you would a team, and you remain in the driver's seat.
• An outstanding communicator. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical audiences, both verbally and in writing.

Nice To Haves

• Simplification expert. You create order and predictability without a heavy process. You proactively help people do their best work. You can understand and break down complex, multifaceted programs and projects into manageable pieces, organize cross-functionally, and drive execution.
• Builder by instinct. You don't wait for a system to exist; you think through intent and needs, align stakeholders, and build one.
• Naturally cross-functional. You build trust with engineering, legal, finance, and product alike. You understand their needs and pain points.
• A steady leader and influencer. You are comfortable in the room and out of it. You can represent the VP's perspective in a meeting, make judgment calls in real-time, and then hand off cleanly. You can lead, motivate, and influence teams and stakeholders.
• High follow-through. You close loops. When you say you'll do something, it gets done. People learn quickly that things don't fall through the cracks with you.
• Strategic value-add. You're not just running a process, you're reading the room, flagging risks across the department, and challenging assumptions. You elevate the quality of the thinking, not just the output.

Responsibilities

• Own the department’s end-to-end planning operating system: OKR cycles, QBR prep, roadmap management, review operations, and quarterly goal-setting.
• Own the weekly execution alignment meeting: agenda, pre-reads, decisions logged, follow-ups closed out.
• Drive the development of strategic collateral, including all-hands presentations, team offsite content, and presentations to executives.
• Centralize the department’s artifacts into one reliable source of truth, aligned with Life360’s knowledge management framework.
• Transform the department’s operating system from AI-assisted to AI-native, thoughtfully and rigorously.
• Serve as connective tissue across departments and functions.
• Coordinate intake, triage, and staffing for incoming requests that touch the department's remit.
• Spot organizational friction, misalignments, or communication gaps and proactively fix them without needing to be asked.
• Prepare and stress-test materials before they go up the chain.
• Flag risks and challenges at different altitudes, working with leadership on scenario planning and mitigation.
• Pick up high-priority, time-boxed projects that need a trusted operator to drive them to completion: strategy analysis, RFPs, go/no-go frameworks, build-vs-buy evaluations, data audits, and more.
• Act as an extension of the department VPs on high-priority workstreams where presence and follow-through matter more than deep functional expertise.

Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance plans (100% paid for US employees). We offer supplemental plans for medical and dental for Canadian employees.
• 401(k) plan with company matching program in the US and RRSP with DPSP plan for Canadian employees.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental wellness.
• Flexible PTO and 12 company-wide days off throughout the year.
• Learning & Development programs.
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment.
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior