Technical Program Manager Jobs
Technical Program Manager jobs are open across technology, finance, healthcare, and defense, at every level from associate to principal and director, with specializations in infrastructure, AI/ML platforms, and enterprise software delivery. Find a role that fits from the openings below and apply directly.
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- Quickly develop a holistic view of the organization’s current IT architecture, business operations, in-flight technology modernization initiatives and future plans
- Build a trusted advisory relationship with the client
- Maintain technology roadmaps and runways that align with higher organizational strategies and vision
- Direct interface with users/stakeholders to determine needs
- Manage and track technical data across products and teams for easy inquiry and in support of data calls
- Support and defend the Intake process for new work and change requests
- Leverage GovCIO resources across programs
- Monitor/interpret technology memos/policies/directives from higher leadership and recommend approaches
- Communicate and advocate for alternative viewpoints with clarity and diplomacy
- Actively works with the client to manage the team's priorities
- Actively sets priorities with small architecture team
- May supervise 1-4 people
- Bachelor’s degree in: Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related scientific /technical discipline
- 15 years of related experience
- 10 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
- Expert-level knowledge and highly innovative problem-solving
- Experience leading others
- Ability to meet deadlines, including short-notice requests.
- Works well in a team environment.
- Detail-oriented and thorough.
- Excellent communicator who garners trust through transparency.
- Ability to build collaborative relationships with diverse teams.
Clearance Required: Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust clearance
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience supporting or leading within the Veterans Affair Office of Information Technology, Veterans Benefits Administration, and/or Veterans Health Administration is a plus
- Experience with x12 Healthcare Insurance Transaction Standards
- Experience in a Healthcare or Healthcare Insurance environment
- Project Management Experience
- Data and Systems Interoperability Architecture Experience
- SAFe certified and/or experience in a scaled agile environment
- Over 5 years’ experience as a technical lead or systems or solutions architect
- Jira experience
- Quickly develop a holistic view of the organization’s current IT architecture, business operations, in-flight technology modernization initiatives and future plans
- Build a trusted advisory relationship with the client
- Maintain technology roadmaps and runways that align with higher organizational strategies and vision
- Direct interface with users/stakeholders to determine needs
- Manage and track technical data across products and teams for easy inquiry and in support of data calls
- Support and defend the Intake process for new work and change requests
- Leverage GovCIO resources across programs
- Monitor/interpret technology memos/policies/directives from higher leadership and recommend approaches
- Communicate and advocate for alternative viewpoints with clarity and diplomacy
- Actively works with the client to manage the team's priorities
- Actively sets priorities with small architecture team
- May supervise 1-4 people
- Bachelor’s degree in: Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business or related scientific /technical discipline
- 15 years of related experience
- 10 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
- Expert-level knowledge and highly innovative problem-solving
- Experience leading others
- Ability to meet deadlines, including short-notice requests.
- Works well in a team environment.
- Detail-oriented and thorough.
- Excellent communicator who garners trust through transparency.
- Ability to build collaborative relationships with diverse teams.
Clearance Required: Ability to obtain and maintain a Suitability/Public Trust clearance
Preferred Skills and Experience
- Experience supporting or leading within the Veterans Affair Office of Information Technology, Veterans Benefits Administration, and/or Veterans Health Administration is a plus
- Experience with x12 Healthcare Insurance Transaction Standards
- Experience in a Healthcare or Healthcare Insurance environment
- Project Management Experience
- Data and Systems Interoperability Architecture Experience
- SAFe certified and/or experience in a scaled agile environment
- Over 5 years’ experience as a technical lead or systems or solutions architect
- Jira experience
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Who's Hiring
- Google226
- Amazon217
- Trane Technologies56
- Tesla48
- Oracle39
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software48
- Manufacturing12
- Staffing & Recruiting12
- Electronics & Hardware5
- Law & Legal Services4
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in technical program manager jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related technical field
- 5 or more years managing large-scale, cross-functional technical programs end to end
- Proficiency with program management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or Asana
- Experience driving alignment across engineering, product, and executive stakeholders
- PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management certification preferred
- Familiarity with agile and waterfall delivery methodologies in a software environment
Tips for Your Technical Program Manager Job Search
Tailor your resume to delivery metrics
Hiring managers for technical program manager roles want to see scope and outcome together. Replace vague ownership language with statements that name the engineering teams coordinated, the timeline compressed, or the risk mitigated and what that change produced.
Highlight cross-functional coordination depth
Technical program manager job descriptions frequently filter for candidates who've aligned product, engineering, and legal or compliance stakeholders simultaneously. Call out instances where you owned the cross-team dependency map, not just tracked tickets inside a single team.
Apply early to roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists technical program manager openings from across the United States in one place, so you can find roles that match and apply directly to each listing.
Filter openings by program complexity signals
Job postings that mention multi-year roadmaps, zero-to-one programs, or org-wide platform initiatives indicate higher scope than those scoped to a single team. Prioritize those if your experience includes ambiguous, cross-org work rather than steady-state project coordination.
Prepare a system design narrative for interviews
Many technical program manager interviews include a discussion of how you'd structure a large, ambiguous program from scratch. Practice articulating your dependency sequencing logic, milestone structure, and how you decide when to escalate versus absorb risk.
Negotiate scope into your offer conversation
Before accepting, ask specifically about program portfolio size, headcount of engineering partners, and whether the role owns roadmap input or executes a roadmap handed down. These structural factors shape your day-to-day leverage and your next career step more than title alone.
Technical Program Manager Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
Which companies are hiring the most technical program managers?
The companies hiring the most technical program managers right now include Google, Amazon, and Trane Technologies, with the largest share of openings in California, Washington, and Texas, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of September 2026. Demand is concentrated in organizations running large platform, infrastructure, or enterprise software programs across multiple engineering teams.
How many technical program manager jobs are remote?
About 64% of technical program manager openings are fully remote or hybrid as of September 2026, making it one of the more location-flexible senior technical roles. Infrastructure, cloud platform, and developer tooling programs tend to have the highest share of distributed roles, while hardware, defense, and regulated-industry programs more often require on-site presence.
How do you become a technical program manager?
Most technical program managers move into the role from software engineering, product management, or technical project management. Building hands-on experience driving cross-team deliverables, learning dependency and risk management frameworks, and earning a recognized program management certification each strengthen your case. Demonstrating that you can hold technical credibility with engineers while managing stakeholders at the executive level is the defining transition point.
Can you get hired as a technical program manager without direct experience in the role?
Yes, if you can demonstrate adjacent ownership. Employers most often consider candidates coming from software engineering, solutions architecture, or technical project management who have owned multi-team programs informally. Framing past work in terms of program scope, cross-functional dependencies resolved, and measurable delivery outcomes matters more than a prior technical program manager title at the earlier career stages.
What does the technical program manager interview process look like?
Most technical program manager interview processes include a recruiter screen, a hiring manager discussion focused on past program scope and stakeholder management, a technical depth conversation to assess engineering fluency, and one or more behavioral rounds using structured examples. Some organizations add a case exercise where you scope or structure an ambiguous program and walk the panel through your approach live.
Where can I find and apply to technical program manager jobs?
You can find and apply to technical program manager jobs on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from across the United States. Find roles that match your experience level and specialization, then apply directly to each listing from the page.
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