Senior Technical Program Manager

Attentive® is the AI-powered mobile marketing platform transforming the way brands personalize consumer engagement. Attentive enables marketers to craft tailored journeys for every subscriber, driving higher recurring revenue and maximizing campaign performance. Activating real-time data from multiple channels and advanced AI, the platform personalizes content, tone, and timing to deliver 1:1 messages that truly resonate. With a top-rated customer success team recognized on G2, Attentive partners with marketers to provide strategic guidance and optimize SMS and email campaigns. Trusted by leading global brands like Neiman Marcus, Samsung, Wayfair, and Dyson, Attentive ensures enterprise-grade compliance and deliverability, supporting trillions of interactions across more than 70 industries. To learn more or request a demo, visit www.attentive.com or follow us on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), or Instagram. Attentive's growth has been recognized by Deloitte's Fast 500, Linkedin's Top Startups and Forbes Cloud 100 all thanks to the hard work from our global employees! Who we are The PMO at Attentive is responsible for managing the delivery of top company initiatives and helping guide them from planning all the way through execution and ultimately tracking the results / KPIs and reporting them. We drive delivery excellence across the enterprise to ensure business outcomes are achieved.
At Attentive, you will have the opportunity to drive impactful technical programs, work directly with high-performing engineering teams, and influence how we deliver value to our customers. If you are passionate about managing complex technical programs and enabling teams to succeed, we'd love to hear from you!
\n Why Attentive needs youAs a Technical Program Manager, you will: Drive Delivery of Complex Programs: Ensure successful planning, execution, and delivery of programs that require alignment across Engineering, Product, Design (EPD), and Go-To-Market (GTM) teams. Develop and publish release plans based on product requirements, technical challenges, operational needs, and GTM constraints.Ensure Accountability Across Teams: Ensure all parties are aware of the work for which they are responsible, and partner with leads to map dependencies and sequence work effectively.Identify & Mitigate Risks: Work with your EPD & GTM initiative leads to proactively surface and resolve risks and issues within teams before escalating to leadership when necessary.Maintain Stakeholder Visibility: Maintain full visibility with leadership and other critical stakeholders throughout the planning, execution, and launch of new products and features, including raising escalations when needed.Track Results & KPIs: Ensure results and KPIs are defined, tracked, and consistently reported to measure program success.Conduct Post-Mortems: Lead post-mortems to assess lessons learned and implement improvements for future initiatives. As a TPM embedded in 2-3 engineering teams, you will: Support Team-Level Objectives: Collaborate closely with engineering managers and teams to ensure alignment with team goals, milestones, and deliverables. Partner with Product and Design to ensure requirements are clear, prioritized, and achievable.Enable Technical Decision-Making: Partner with engineers to understand technical challenges, facilitate discussions, and help balance trade-offs between scope, quality, and speed.Coordinate Cross-Team Dependencies: Act as a bridge between engineering teams and other stakeholders, ensuring dependencies are well-documented and timelines are met.Optimize Agile Practices: Facilitate sprint planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies, ensuring the teams operate effectively and efficiently to plan and execute..Drive Process Improvements: Identify and address bottlenecks, inefficiencies, or gaps in engineering workflows. Implement solutions that enhance team productivity.Ensure Delivery Transparency: Maintain clear documentation and reporting for team progress, risks, and decisions, ensuring alignment across all stakeholders. About youExperience: 4+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager, with a proven track record of delivering complex technical programs/products from inception to launch.Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of software development lifecycle and engineering processes, with the ability to engage deeply with engineering teams and other stakeholders on product development lifecycle best practices.GTM Alignment: Demonstrated ability to align technical program execution with Go-To-Market strategies, ensuring smooth collaboration and synchronization between Engineering, Product, Design, and GTM teams to meet business outcomes.Cross-Functional Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead across Engineering, Product, Design, and other teams to align on priorities and drive execution.Exceptional Communication: Strong verbal and written communication skills, with experience tailoring messages for technical and non-technical audiences at all levels.Problem Solving & Execution: Analytical mindset with a focus on identifying solutions to challenges and delivering outcomes. Experience managing ambiguity and competing priorities.Agile Practices: Hands-on experience with Agile frameworks and methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, or SAFe, and a track record of improving team workflows.Self-Starter: Thrives in a dynamic, fast-paced environment where autonomy, ownership, and proactive decision-making are key.Continuous Improvement: Committed to driving process improvements and leveraging feedback to enhance future program delivery.
\nYou'll get competitive perks and benefits, from health & wellness to equity, to help you bring your best self to work. For US based applicants: - The US base salary range for this full-time position is $130,000 - $175,000 annually + equity + benefits - Our salary ranges are determined by role, level and location #LI-LC1 Attentive Company Values Default to Action - Move swiftly and with purpose
Be One Unstoppable Team - Rally as each other's champions
Champion the Customer - Our success is defined by our customers' success
Act Like an Owner - Take responsibility for Attentive's success
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If you do not meet all the requirements listed here, we still encourage you to apply! No job description is perfect, and we may also have another opportunity that closely matches your skills and experience.
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