Hiring: Sr. Technical Program Mgr Company: NetApp Location: Waltham, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:31:40 Employment Type: Hybrid Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Agile, Azure, CSS, Cloud Storage, Confluence, GCP, Jira, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Program Management, Risk Management, SaaS About the job Experience: •10+ years of experience of successful releases for multiple products or services in technology focused programs. Required Skills: •Own end-to-end program management and delivery — milestones, critical path, dependency maps, and release integration across engineering and product teams in multiple geographies. •Drive cross-functional alignment across roles, functions, and geos; navigate ambiguity and keep teams focused on shared goals and measurable outcomes. •Understand and communicate program resource needs — current and future — and facilitate prioritization and decision forums with Engineering, release management, and product leadership. •Build trusted relationships with senior business and shared services partners; challenge assumptions, read stakeholder dynamics, and influence decision-making with a credible point of view. •Partner with senior engineers to decompose initiatives into milestones with clear acceptance criteria, dependency linkages, and release-readiness gates. •Identify risks and blocking issues early; recommend options, facilitate team decisions, and escalate with cost-of-delay analysis and recommended paths forward. •Deliver concise, decision-oriented executive briefings on deployment progress, results, and program health to senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders. •Represent the program in CSS portfolio reviews, semester planning, and leadership forums. Qualifications: •Demonstrated delivery of complex, multi-team platform or infrastructure programs in cloud, storage, distributed systems, or SaaS environments. •In-depth knowledge of project and resource interdependencies within a program or portfolio, including shared capacity and prioritization tradeoffs. •Demonstrated capacity to read and constructively challenge architecture documents, design specifications, release plans, and dependency graphs. •Strong command of Agile-at-scale and release train mechanics: milestone planning, GA readiness gates, change control, and critical path management. •Proven ability to influence senior engineering and product leaders without direct authority in a highly matrixed organization. •Results-oriented self-starter with strong communication, problem-solving, and organizational skills; proactively mitigates risk, resolves issues, and escalates when appropriate. •Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and Microsoft Office. •Storage industry experience, PMP certification, and Agile experience preferred. •A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or Engineering. Compensation: •Competitive benefits and rewards package Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!