Principal Technical Program Manager

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Employer Provided Salary: $155,400-$215,000 Annually
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About Upstart

Upstart is a leading AI lending marketplace partnering with banks and credit unions to expand access to affordable credit. By leveraging Upstart's AI marketplace, Upstart-powered banks and credit unions can have higher approval rates and lower loss rates across races, ages, and genders, while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digital-first lending experience their customers demand. Our offerings include personal, auto, and small business loans, and we plan to expand into more verticals as our business grows.

Upstart is a digital-first company, which means that most Upstarters can live and work anywhere in the U.S. We also have offices in San Mateo, CA; Columbus, OH; and Austin, TX.

Most Upstarters join us because they connect with our mission of enabling access to effortless credit based on true risk. If you are energized by the impact you can make at Upstart, we’d love to hear from you!

The Team

As a Principal Technical Program Manager, you will be in charge of applying repeatable, consistent, and proven program and portfolio management frameworks to ensure due diligence in program planning, selection, and execution to help Upstart achieve its mission and strategic objectives. In other words, doing the right things (efforts and investments that promote Upstart's goals) in the right way (thorough planning and excellence in execution). Our current efforts are focused on three pillars of work:

  • Managing the programs so that our investment in time, effort and money are aligned and prioritized with organizational; goals.
  • Effectively planning programs such that the outcomes, resource requirements, technology changes, risks, and budgetary requirements are clear and we can improve project success rates.
  • Delivering programs with the desired outcomes, within the planned budget and on time

One of the reasons Upstart has experienced such rapid growth is because of the clear-eyed, analytical approach we take to solving problems. The right candidate for this role should be highly ambitious, able to organize both ideas and people, and excel at problem-solving of all kinds. You should have a bias toward action and be able to break down complex problems into steps that drive rapid product development. 

Position Location - This role is available in the following locations: Remote 

Time Zone Requirements - This team operates on the East/West Coast time zones.

Travel Requirements - This team has regular on-site collaboration sessions. These occur 2/3 days per Month/Quarter at one of our offices. If you need to travel to make these meetups, Upstart will cover all travel related expenses.


 How you’ll make an impact:

  • Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to drive program planning and execution, actively managing program risks/issues and communicating status objectively to all stakeholders.
  • Define and lead product execution strategy for multiple areas of products and platform
  • Personally lead transformation initiatives and be accountable for the effective delivery of the programs.
  • Understand strategic partners' objectives, and advise on the necessary programs to succeed. Develop a roadmap or framework for those programs.
  • Drive strategic alignment across business units to succeed against company-wide goals.
  • Align cross functional teams on priorities and success goals, bringing together separate teams to achieve strategic objectives. 
  • Drive teams through the Software engineering experience using Agile and demonstrated analytical and technical skills.
  • You are comfortable juggling competing priorities, handling ambiguity, and diving deep to understand diverse product portfolios and customer requirements.
  • You are willing to "get your hands dirty" to act as a change agent and create new applications, tools, processes, and reports.
  • Help us build our product and engineering teams and make Upstart a genuinely awesome place to work
  • Exercise technical judgment in working with large, cross-functional teams.
  • Help us drive interdisciplinary high impact company level initiatives to reduce our product risks.
  • Engage various engineering stakeholders in SWE, Platform Infra, Quality, Infosec to build solutions which improves Upstart’s software quality and developer productivity.
  • Drive engineering excellence programs that help ensure Upstart’s software systems are highly reliable. 

 

What we’re looking for:

  •  Minimum requirements:
    • 10+ years of experience as a software development project/program manager working on cross-functional efforts
    • 5+ years managing programs
    • In depth knowledge of agile development practices and tools
    • Experience in leading projects that span multiple engineering teams with end to end ownership and knowledge of Technical Program Management tools 
    • Ability to exercise technical judgment in solving software engineering challenges involving bug triage, source control, continuous integration, etc.
    • Ability to be an influential member of a highly integrated team composed of both technical and non-technical members.
    • Experience managing projects across cross functional teams, building sustainable processes and coordinating release schedules
    • Ability to discern short term vs long term roadmaps and the conflict/impact of each.
    • Proven track record of delivering results in large, cross-functional software initiatives.
    • Experience building and operating Internet-scale products, services, and platforms.
    • Demonstrated ability to successfully negotiate with senior leaders across a large enterprise.
  • Preferred qualifications:
    • Experience at a growth-stage company or tech company
    • Ability to break down a product or feature into the technical teams and systems involved and their dependencies.
    • Ability to be an influential member of a highly integrated team composed of both technical and non-technical members.
    • Experience in software development in one or more general purpose programming languages.
    • Jazzed when presented with a challenging problem to solve
    • Desire to succeed as part of a team
    • Knowledge of Jira and confluence tools

What you’ll love: 

  • Competitive Compensation (base + bonus & equity)
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Personal Development and Technology & Ergonomic Budgets 
  • Life insurance and disability benefits 
  • Clubs and Activities  (Game Nights, Fitstarters, Superwomen, Book Club, Investing Club, Money Discussions, Photography Club and Basketball teams) 
  • Generous vacation policy
  • 401(k) and Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Catered lunches + snacks & drinks

At Upstart, your base pay is one part of your total compensation package. The anticipated base salary for this position is expected to be within this range: $155,400-$215,000. Your actual base pay will depend on your geographic location–with our “digital first” philosophy, Upstart uses compensation regions that vary depending on location. Individual pay is also determined by job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

In addition, Upstart provides employees with target bonuses, equity compensation, and generous benefits packages (including medical, dental, vision, and 401k). Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure.

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Upstart is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer. We are dedicated to ensuring that underrepresented classes receive better access to affordable credit, and are just as committed to embracing diversity and inclusion in our hiring practices. We celebrate all cultures, backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, and know that we can only become better together. 

https://www.upstart.com/candidate_privacy_policy

More Information on Upstart
Upstart operates in the Artificial Intelligence industry. The company is located in San Mateo, CA, Columbus, OH and Austin, TX. Upstart was founded in 2012. It has 1500 total employees. It offers perks and benefits such as Volunteer in local community, Open door policy, OKR operational model, Team based strategic planning, Open office floor plan and Employee resource groups. To see all 31 open jobs at Upstart, click here.
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