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Zapier

Technical Program Manager

Zapier

. Establish and run the engineering operating cadence, including monthly operating reviews, planning cycles, and cross-functional decision forums .

Posted 9/29/2026full-timeRemote • United States, CanadaMid-LevelSenior💰 $143,900 - $181,700 per yearWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in program management, cross-functional collaboration, and operational excellence within engineering organizations. Proficient in utilizing tools like Jira and Coda to drive initiatives, manage governance models, and enhance organizational health.

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Program ManagementCross-Functional CollaborationTechnical Fluency with JiraIncident ManagementOrganizational Change

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Hard Skills
Program ManagementFramework DevelopmentIntake System DesignTechnical DocumentationData Communication
Soft Skills
Comfort Operating in AmbiguityGeneralist MindsetAsynchronous Communication
Tools & Technologies
JiraCodaSlackAI Tools
Industry Keywords
Engineering OperationsOrganizational HealthOperating ReviewsGovernance Models

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Establish and run the engineering operating cadence, including monthly operating reviews, planning cycles, and cross-functional decision forums
  • Maintain visibility into upcoming work and coordination needs
  • Design and manage intake for engineering initiatives
  • Ensure initiatives have clear goals, success metrics, responsible teams, and strategy alignment
  • Close the loop on initiative outcomes
  • Drive standardization and reduce duplication across engineering teams
  • Define shared templates, standards, and operating norms
  • Track cross-team commitments through completion
  • Support incident management maturity, postmortem discipline, and follow-through on action items
  • Steward engineering organization health and engagement through engagement and pulse surveys
  • Drive feedback follow-up and support calibration and performance review operations
  • Program-manage organizational changes and readiness for major shifts
  • Ensure access, provisioning, and tooling prerequisites are addressed
  • Run product feedback and AI tooling governance processes
  • Route product feedback with evidence to appropriate stakeholders
  • Help establish decision-making practices for autonomous AI actions against critical systems
  • Own and evolve the changelog and results-tracking system, Product Readiness Framework, and design operating-model support
  • Coordinate with engineering leadership, engineering managers, product, and design across time zones

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Track record of running cross-functional programs end-to-end from concept through execution and close
  • Experience working across teams without direct authority
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and fast-paced change
  • Technical fluency with Jira, Coda, Slack, and modern AI tools
  • Ability to write clear technical documentation, including architecture decision records
  • Experience building frameworks, intake systems, or governance models adopted beyond their original scope
  • Experience in or close collaboration with engineering organizations, ideally in an operations capacity
  • Experience with operating reviews, incident management, organizational health, or organizational change
  • Data comfort and ability to communicate asynchronously to different audiences
  • Generalist mindset and ability to learn unfamiliar domains quickly
  • Atlassian or Jira administration experience is a bonus
  • Must be authorized to work from the candidate's home location without company visa sponsorship

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Equity
  • Remote work arrangement
  • Inclusive, equity-focused hiring process
  • Reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities
  • Application status updates throughout the process, generally within seven days
  • No more than one application per candidate per job, with a 90-day reapplication period
  • AI tools may be encouraged in skills assessments
  • Global, all-remote work environment