Senior Technical Program Manager – Contract

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. Lead a transformation initiative focused on how complex programs are understood, governed, measured, and improved .

Posted 9/15/2026contractMountain View • California • United StatesSenior💰 $100 - $115 per hourWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in technical program management, systems thinking, and the design of scalable governance models. Proficient in building AI-enabled tools and analytical systems that enhance program intelligence and decision support.

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Technical Program ManagementBackend/Distributed SystemsAPI IntegrationAI/Agent ExperienceSystems Thinking

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Hard Skills

Requirements GovernanceChange Request ManagementTraceability RelationshipsAutomation DevelopmentAnalytical Systems

Soft Skills

Excellent JudgmentCommunication

Tools & Technologies

JiraInternal ToolsDashboards

Industry Keywords

Program IntelligenceTechnical ExecutionBusiness OutcomesValidation ArtifactsFeature Dependencies

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Distributed Systems

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead a transformation initiative focused on how complex programs are understood, governed, measured, and improved
Establish durable systems connecting requirements, scope changes, technical execution, validation, program economics, and business outcomes
Design and establish a scalable requirements-governance model covering ownership, baselines, lifecycle, versioning, approval, and change history
Create traceability relationships among business, product, system, technical, implementation, and validation artifacts
Design and establish a structured Change Request operating model covering intake, classification, analysis, decision, approval, and closure
Connect material Change Requests to affected requirements, features, services, APIs, dependencies, implementation scope, validation scope, and milestones
Help evolve the internal Program Intelligence Platform into a program-intelligence and decision-support system
Connect approved data across requirements, Change Requests, Jira, source control, validation systems, release information, milestones, quality signals, and outcome metrics
Design and build AI-enabled tools, agents, and analytical workflows integrated with internal systems
Improve visibility into APIs, services, mobile/backend interfaces, data flows, and external-system dependencies
Develop mechanisms to understand engineering and QA capacity consumption at feature or initiative level
Measure or estimate the impact of requirement churn, Change Requests, rework, defects, delivery variance, and scope growth
Collaborate across Product, Engineering, QA, Architecture, and TPM/PMO

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years of relevant experience spanning technical program management, technical product management, solution architecture, software engineering, platform programs, or similar work
Strong technical fluency in backend/distributed systems, APIs, mobile/backend integration, and cross-system dependencies
Ability to translate business or product intent into technical structures, execution plans, interfaces, and measurable outcomes
Hands-on experience building internal tools, automation, dashboards, or analytical systems using APIs and program data
Applied AI/agent experience is strongly preferred, especially building integrated workflows or services rather than only using general-purpose assistants
Strong systems thinking connecting requirements, technical execution, validation, delivery, and business impact
Excellent judgment and communication across Product, Engineering, QA, Architecture, TPM/PMO, and senior leadership
Comfort operating autonomously in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment and leaving behind durable systems

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive compensation
Excellent benefits
Potential consideration for a mutually agreed extension of up to six additional months based on business need, performance, and outcomes
Potential separate consideration for a full-time opportunity if exceptional results are demonstrated; not guaranteed