The Role
Lead end-to-end delivery of large, cross-team technical programs by aligning Product and Engineering, introducing scalable operational mechanisms (including AI-enabled improvements), managing dependencies and risks, communicating executive-level recommendations, and improving software delivery and organizational execution.
Summary Generated by Built In
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Join a working team that is dedicated to the mission of the work we do!
Teaching Strategies is an innovative edtech organization focused on connecting teachers, children, and
families. As front runners in the early childhood education market, we build dynamic, top-quality digital
products that integrate all of the essential elements of a high-quality solution: curriculum, assessment,
professional development, and family engagement. We are building a team of results-oriented individuals
who will thrive in a collaborative, work-hard/play-hard culture. We pride ourselves on the impact we have
on the early childhood field through supporting teachers who are doing the most important work there is,
teaching children to become creative, confident thinkers.
Position Overview
As Principal Technical Program Manager, you will serve as the operational leader connecting Product and Engineering, ensuring our highest-priority initiatives execute predictably while continuously improving how our organization delivers software.
This role is expected to improve how our organization delivers software by introducing scalable operational mechanisms, not simply coordinate existing processes.
What Success Looks Like
The ideal candidate has previously operated in a high-performing Product and Engineering organization and brings proven patterns to:
Join a working team that is dedicated to the mission of the work we do!
Teaching Strategies is an innovative edtech organization focused on connecting teachers, children, and
families. As front runners in the early childhood education market, we build dynamic, top-quality digital
products that integrate all of the essential elements of a high-quality solution: curriculum, assessment,
professional development, and family engagement. We are building a team of results-oriented individuals
who will thrive in a collaborative, work-hard/play-hard culture. We pride ourselves on the impact we have
on the early childhood field through supporting teachers who are doing the most important work there is,
teaching children to become creative, confident thinkers.
Position Overview
As Principal Technical Program Manager, you will serve as the operational leader connecting Product and Engineering, ensuring our highest-priority initiatives execute predictably while continuously improving how our organization delivers software.
This role is expected to improve how our organization delivers software by introducing scalable operational mechanisms, not simply coordinate existing processes.
What Success Looks Like
The ideal candidate has previously operated in a high-performing Product and Engineering organization and brings proven patterns to:
- Align Product and Engineering around strategic priorities and delivery outcomes
- Improve organizational execution through scalable operational mechanisms
- Influence engineering and product leaders without direct authority
- Communicate effectively with executive stakeholders
- Introduce AI-enabled practices that improve engineering productivity and software delivery
Specific Roles & Responsibilities:
- Organizational Leadership
- Improve collaboration and execution across Product and Engineering for complex, cross-team initiatives
- Operate as an organizational leader for technical delivery
- Influence leaders without direct authority
- Create clarity amid organizational ambiguity
- AI & Operational Innovation
- Implement AI-enabled improvements to SDLC or engineering operations
- Leverage AI to improve software delivery, engineering workflows, planning, reporting, decision-making, and product development processes
- Program Leadership
- Own end-to-end delivery for large, cross-team initiatives, ensuring alignment from planning through release
- Manage cross-team dependencies, identify execution risks early, and drive mitigation plans
- Executive Communication
- Deliver concise executive updates focused on decisions, tradeoffs, and business impact
- Provide recommendations and not just status reports
- Technical Partnership
- Engage with engineering teams to understand system architecture, constraints, and tradeoffs and challenge technical assumptions while respecting engineering ownership
- Translate technical complexity into clear insights for stakeholders and leadership
- Delivery Excellence
- Escalate issues at the appropriate time with context and actionable recommendations
- Support planning processes including roadmap alignment and execution planning
- Identify gaps in execution and drive improvements in delivery processes
Qualifications:
- Experience operating within high-performing engineering organizations delivering software at scale (for example Amazon, Microsoft, Google, GitHub, Stripe, Intuit, or similar organizations)
- Demonstrated ability to:
- Identify organizational problems, not just program problems
- Design mechanisms that improve execution at scale
- Influence engineering managers, product leaders, and executives without direct authority
- 10+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Engineering Program Management, or similar roles
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, cross-team technical programs (5+ teams)
- Strong technical background (engineering, architecture, or equivalent experience)
- Deep understanding of software development lifecycle, system design, and architecture concepts
- Proven ability to manage dependencies, risks, and complex delivery environments
- Strong communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Experience working closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams
Why Teaching Strategies
At Teaching Strategies, our solutions and services are only as strong as the teams that create them. By bringing passion, dedication, and creativity to your job every day, there's no telling what you can do and where you can go! We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package, flexible work schedules, opportunities to engage with co-workers, access to career advancement and professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a difference in the communities we serve.
At Teaching Strategies, our solutions and services are only as strong as the teams that create them. By bringing passion, dedication, and creativity to your job every day, there's no telling what you can do and where you can go! We provide a competitive compensation and benefits package, flexible work schedules, opportunities to engage with co-workers, access to career advancement and professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a difference in the communities we serve.
Let's open the door to your career at Teaching Strategies!
Some additional benefits & perks while working with Teaching Strategies
Teaching Strategies offers our employees a robust suite of benefits and other perks which include:
- Competitive compensation package
- Employee Equity Appreciation Program
- Health and wellness insurance benefits
- 401k with employer match
- Flexible work environment
- Unlimited paid time off (which includes paid holidays and Winter Break)
- Paid parental leave
- Tuition assistance, professional development, and opportunities for career growth
- Best in class technology equipment for every employee
- Penthouse suite in downtown DC seconds away from Washington Nationals Stadium and Audi Field
Teaching Strategies is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to fostering a workplace where everyone can thrive.
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
About
Teaching Strategies is the leading provider of curriculum, assessment, professional development, and family connection resources in the early childhood field. Offering ground-breaking solutions, including The Creative Curriculum®, GOLD®, tadpoles®, ReadyRosie™, ParentPal™, Al's Pals™, and professional development, Teaching Strategies believes that a child’s first 8 years form a critical foundation for school success. Teaching Strategies has been an advocate for the early childhood education community for more than 40 years.
Skills Required
- Experience operating within high-performing engineering organizations delivering software at scale (eg. Amazon, Microsoft, Google, GitHub, Stripe, Intuit, or similar)
- Demonstrated ability to identify organizational problems and design mechanisms that improve execution at scale
- 10+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Engineering Program Management, or similar roles
- Demonstrated experience leading large-scale, cross-team technical programs (5+ teams)
- Strong technical background (engineering, architecture, or equivalent experience)
- Deep understanding of software development lifecycle, system design, and architecture concepts
- Proven ability to manage dependencies, risks, and complex delivery environments
- Strong communication skills with ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders and influence without direct authority
- Experience working closely with engineering leadership and cross-functional teams
- Experience implementing AI-enabled improvements to engineering operations or SDLC
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The Company
What We Do
Teaching Strategies is the leading provider of curriculum, assessment, professional development, and family connection resources in the early childhood field. Offering ground-breaking solutions, including The Creative Curriculum®, GOLD®, tadpoles®, ReadyRosie™, ParentPal™, Al's Pals™, and professional development, Teaching Strategies believes that a child’s first 8 years form a critical foundation for school success. Teaching Strategies has been an advocate for the early childhood education community for more than 40 years. Commenting Policy: Teaching Strategies reserves the right to delete comments that contain: offensive language, personal attacks, comments that target any ethnic, racial, or religious group; spam or off-topic links to other sites; or comments that are clearly off topic. Repeat offenders may be banned from the page.
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