Technical Program Manager

Description

Confluent is pioneering a fundamentally new category of data infrastructure focused on data in motion. Have you ever found a new favorite series on Netflix, picked up groceries curbside at Walmart, or paid for something using Square? That’s the power of data in motion in action—giving organizations instant access to the massive amounts of data that is constantly flowing throughout their business. At Confluent, we’re building the foundational platform for this new paradigm of data infrastructure. Our cloud-native offering is designed to be the intelligent connective tissue enabling real-time data, from multiple sources, to constantly stream across the organization. With Confluent, organizations can create a central nervous system to innovate and win in a digital-first world.

We’re looking for self-motivated team members who crave a challenge and feel energized to roll up their sleeves and help realize Confluent’s enormous potential. Chart your own path and take healthy risks as we solve big problems together. We value having diverse teams and want you to grow as we grow—whether you’re just starting out in your career or managing a large team, you’ll be amazed at the magnitude of your impact.

About the Role:

As a Technical Program Manager in the engineering organization, you will play a critical role in fulfilling the engineering vision to build, deliver, and operate highly scalable streaming infrastructure and the surrounding product ecosystem. You should be comfortable and experienced in driving and delivering highly complex projects on time. These projects will span across multiple teams, functions, and geographies.


Who you are:

• Smart, Humble, empathetic 
• Have a strong sense of teamwork and put the team’s and company’s interests first
• Driven and excited about the challenges of a fast-paced, innovative software startup environment

• Work with stakeholders to drive cross-cutting and/or critical initiatives for the company
• Ensure that we are able to deliver projects on time
• Proactively identify and resolve roadblocks/challenges affecting projects
• Drive technical and non-technical operations for the Engineering pillar you support
• Train and help other leaders to become better in program management
• Make technical decisions to keep projects running on time
• Explain technical architecture, decisions, and tradeoffs to both engineering and other functions
• Work with Engineering, Product, and Security leadership to streamline and drive our projects on a predictable schedule
• Run cross-functional meetings and drive decision-making around schedule adjustments, bug triage, and internal and external partner/customer delivery
• Act as a communications liaison between technical and non-technical colleagues
• Lead technical design and architecture discussions across cross-functional teams

• Experience driving complex and massive projects across organizations
• Strong communication, interpersonal and leadership skills to work with both engineering and other non-technical stakeholders
• Experience managing end-to-end lifecycle of technical projects
• Strong technical skills. Experience in the actual design and development of software projects is a plus
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar TPM role
  

Come As You Are

At Confluent, equality is a core tenet of our culture. We are committed to building an inclusive global team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, beliefs, and experiences. The more diverse we are, the richer our community and the broader our impact. Employment decisions are made on the basis of job-related criteria without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

At Confluent, we are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including work history, education, professional experience, and location. This position has an annual estimated salary of 124,300 - 143,000 USD an annual bonus, and a competitive equity package. The actual pay may vary depending on your skills, qualifications, experience, and work location. In addition, Confluent offers a wide range of employee benefits. To learn more about our benefits click HERE.

Confluent requires all employees (in office and remote) in the U.S. to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Consistent with federal, state, and local requirements, Confluent will consider requests for reasonable accommodation based on medical conditions/contraindications or sincerely-held religious beliefs where it is able to do so without undue hardship to the company.

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