Staff Technical Program Manager, NPI

Wing•Palo Alto, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Wing is seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to join its Technical Program Management organization. This hybrid role, based in Palo Alto, will lead critical zero-to-one pilot programs from early technical architecture through full-scale production launch. The role also owns and stewards the engineering Product Development Process (PDP), driving adoption, consistent operational rigor, and ongoing evolution as the business scales. The TPM partners with Engineering, Architecture, Product Management, QA, and Operations to define requirements, milestones, success metrics, and delivery roadmaps. They identify and reduce technical dependencies, architectural bottlenecks, and cross-functional blockers. As principal owner and advocate for the PDP, they drive compliance and adoption across engineering teams, refine lifecycle practices such as phase gates, design reviews, launch readiness, and post-mortems, and use operational metrics to improve process health. Wing designs, builds, and operates highly automated delivery aircraft and provides drone delivery services on two continents. It is part of Alphabet. The position is full-time and offers a US base salary range of $230,000–$239,000, plus bonus, equity, and benefits. Salary varies by role, level, and location; a recruiter can provide location-specific details.

Requirements

12+ years of technical program management experience, with a proven track record operating at executive-level visibility in high-growth, technically complex environments.
Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience in regulated, mission-critical, or hardware-software integrated product environments.
Ability to establish operational standards and drive compliance through partnership and trust rather than bureaucratic mandates.
Background developing internal tooling, dashboards, and automated workflows to track governance and engineering velocity.
Demonstrated success leading mission-critical technical initiatives from initial prototype or pilot through commercial-scale production.
Proven experience designing, rolling out, and governing a formal Product Development Process (PDP) or Stage-Gate framework across multidisciplinary engineering organizations.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to distill technical trade-offs into actionable insights for VP and C-suite stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Lead strategic pilot initiatives end to end, taking ambiguous early-stage concepts through validation and scalable production.
Partner with Engineering, Architecture, Product Management, QA, and Operations to define technical requirements, milestones, success metrics, and delivery roadmaps.
Identify, track, and reduce complex technical dependencies, architectural bottlenecks, and cross-functional blockers.
Own and advocate for the engineering Product Development Process (PDP).
Drive PDP compliance, alignment, and adoption across engineering teams to support consistent quality, traceability, and execution rigor.
Inspect and improve the PDP lifecycle, including phase gates, design reviews, launch readiness, and post-mortems, to keep processes effective and efficient.
Define and track operational metrics such as cycle times, release velocity, and defect escape rates to measure PDP health and drive improvement.