Technical Program Manager
About The Position
Oscar is hiring a Technical Program Manager to join their Tech Strategy & Ops team. Oscar is a health insurance company built on a technology platform focused on serving its members. The Technical Program Manager will support Oscar’s Core Technology team, which is responsible for shared platforms and foundational capabilities that enable the engineering organization to build and operate secure, reliable, and scalable products. This includes cloud and compute infrastructure, identity and access management, observability, continuous delivery and workflow platforms, developer tooling, AI infrastructure and tooling, and data infrastructure. The role involves leading the planning and execution of complex programs, partnering with various leaders and teams to translate technical strategy into executable plans, coordinating dependencies, managing risks, and driving programs from discovery through implementation and operational handoff. The position reports into the Director, Technical Program Management.
Requirements
- 5+ years of technical program or project management/process-oriented operations work experience.
- 3+ years of experience using coding languages such as SQL to analyze project performance and risks and develop reports for management and business partners.
- Bachelor’s degree or 4 years commensurate experience.
Nice To Haves
- PMP/Lean Six Sigma certification.
- Healthcare experience.
- Metrics-driven program and project management approach, constantly guiding business partners towards ‘zero defects’.
- Experience managing a technical or system implementation.
Responsibilities
- Work with project sponsors and various teams within the department to scope, design, prioritize, and manage technical operations roadmaps, KPI definitions, detailed work plans, resource needs, budget and timelines.
- Lead technical project teams and the end-to-end management of system implementations for a portfolio of Core Technology projects, such as cloud and platform migrations, identity services, observability capabilities, continuous-delivery and workflow platforms, developer and AI tooling, and data infrastructure.
- Analyze project risks, develop recommendations for risk mitigation and effectively communicate mitigation options to management and business partners.
- Proficiently deploy the team’s technical toolkit to solve operational challenges.
- Implement and lead key process improvements that markedly move the organization towards operational excellence and develop solutions that radically improve the efficacy and efficiency of existing operational processes or unlock new capabilities through technology and automated solutions.
- Build relationships and trust with key stakeholders (such as Product, Engineering and Data Orgs) through strong partnership, clear communication, and the consistent, high-quality and timely delivery of projects.
- Introduce tools, best practices and systems to support more efficient technical program management and execution.
- Compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
- Other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- medical, dental, and vision benefits
- 11 paid holidays
- paid sick time
- paid parental leave
- 401(k) plan participation
- life and disability insurance
- paid wellness time and reimbursements
- Oscar's unlimited vacation program
- annual performance bonuses
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
