Sr Engineering Technical Program Manager - Productivity Engineering

Thumbtack
Ontario
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 145,400 - 188,100 annuallyFunction: Program & Project Management (PMO)Experience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Cross-team alignment","Stakeholder management","Driving adoption","Program execution"]

Lead end-to-end technical program management for the Productivity Engineering team, spanning Developer Experience, client infrastructure, backend infrastructure, and site reliability engineering. Drive complex cross-team programs like platform migrations and tooling adoptions, define success using developer adoption and productivity metrics (e.g., DORA/SPACE/GetDX), and ensure AI developer tooling strategy lands with engineering teams through clear roadmap, OKRs, and stakeholder alignment.

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Sr Engineering Technical Program Manager - Productivity Engineering

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end technical program management for the Productivity Engineering team, spanning Developer Experience, client infrastructure, backend infrastructure, and site reliability engineering. Drive complex cross-team programs like platform migrations and tooling adoptions, define success using developer adoption and productivity metrics (e.g., DORA/SPACE/GetDX), and ensure AI developer tooling strategy lands with engineering teams through clear roadmap, OKRs, and stakeholder alignment.
Location: Ontario
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Program & Project Management (PMO)
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and define end-to-end program management across Developer Experience, client infrastructure, backend infrastructure, and site reliability engineering from roadmap planning through execution and adoption.
  • •Drive complex cross-team programs such as large-scale platform migrations and tooling adoptions across multi-quarter timelines.
  • •Define success through developer adoption and productivity impact, running feedback loops using DORA, SPACE, and GetDX.
  • •Manage migrations through program playbooks, partner commitments, phased rollouts, and progress tracking across multi-quarter efforts.
  • •Own the Platform Engineering team's roadmap and OKR planning cycles and manage engineering leadership stakeholder alignment to ensure prioritization and momentum.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 145,400 - 188,100 annually

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years in Technical Program Management within platform engineering, developer experience, or infrastructure, leading multi-team migrations or platform rollouts across multiple quarters.
  • •Strong technical fluency across CI/CD, build systems, code review tooling, microservices, containerization, observability, and cloud-native platforms.
  • •Experience with AI developer tooling landscape, including coding assistants, agentic workflows, cloud dev environments, and the infrastructure supporting them.
  • •Track record driving adoption of internal tools and platforms, measuring success via developer satisfaction and usage as well as delivery.
  • •Experience with agile program management, OKR/roadmap planning, and portfolio prioritization across multiple engineering teams.
Experience:5+ years
Skills:CommunicationCross-team alignmentStakeholder managementDriving adoptionProgram execution
Tech Stack:CI/CDBuild systemsCode review toolingMicroservicesContainerizationObservabilityCloud-native platformsCoding assistantsAgentic workflowsCloud dev environmentsDORASPACEGetDXAgileOKRsRoadmap planning

Company Brief

Thumbtack
Provides an online marketplace connecting local service professionals (home improvement, events, lessons, and more) with customers seeking quotes, reviews, and booking tools to hire vetted contractors and providers.
Industry: Online Marketplaces
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2008
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