Lead Technical Program Manager, Device Software

Posted 9 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in United States
Remote
134K-200K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Hardware • Information Technology • Sales • Software • Transportation
Unlock the potential of the physical economy.
The Role
The Lead Technical Program Manager will oversee the Software TPM team, managing software development processes, team performance, and project execution. The role involves mentoring team members, standardizing tools, and collaborating with cross-functional partners while minimizing schedule and technical risks in project management.
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Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves more than 120,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

Visit gomotive.com to learn more.

About the Role:

The Software TPM (Technical Program Manager) role within the Motive Engineering organization is intended for an individual with broad background in software development and significant project management experience. The successful candidate will be a strong technical contributor as well as an active manager for the TPM team.  Candidates must come from a TPM background and be well versed in the processes necessary to deliver high quality software to our customers, and must have a strong background in Agile development practices.


What You’ll Do: 

  • Prepare formal project plans including schedules and deliverables, primarily from internal organizations, but may also include integration of external teams
  • Administer a formal review process to validate each development phase has completed successfully, and the product is ready for the next phase
  • Monitor progress of projects and report status, plans, and issues to management
  • Develop and implement strategies to minimize schedule and technical risk
  • Help validate that test plans are complete and that testing is completed successfully.
  • Respond to issues that develop during the project by coordinating resolution amongst multiple groups.
  • Coach engineers, Product Managers and leads on effective processes and best practices, including Agile development processes

What We’re Looking For: 

  • 10+ years of experience in the development and management of software products.
  • Experience should include project scheduling, resource allocation, task management, risk management and other basic Program Management functions.
  • Experience managing projects that include multiple teams at multiple sites.
  • Experience managing outsourced firmware projects.
  • Ability to lead without authority and prioritize effectively in ambiguous situations.
  • Capacity to work in a fast paced, continuously changing environment.

Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.
The compensation range for this position will depend on where you reside. For this role, the compensation range is:

United States

$134,000$200,000 USD

Creating a diverse and inclusive workplace is one of Motive's core values. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. 

Please review our Candidate Privacy Notice here.

The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.S. Export Administration Regulations. It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology. 

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The Company
HQ: San Francisco, CA
4,000 Employees
Remote Workplace
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

Motive builds technology to improve the safety, productivity, and profitability of businesses that power the physical economy. The Motive Automated Operations Platform combines IoT hardware with AI-powered applications to automate vehicle and equipment tracking, driver safety, compliance, maintenance, spend management, and more. Motive serves more than 120,000 businesses, across a wide range of industries including trucking and logistics, construction, oil and gas, food and beverage, field service, agriculture, passenger transit, and delivery. Visit gomotive.com to learn more.

Why Work With Us

We work hard, with humility and we see our efforts rewarded in tangible ways every day. At Motive, you’ll have the chance to make a difference for the drivers who keep our world moving. We trust each other to do great work because together we can achieve collective goals that reach beyond the physical economy.

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