Senior Manager - Technical Program Management

Cohesity is the leader in AI-powered data security. Over 13,600 enterprise customers, including over 85 of the Fortune 100 and nearly 70% of the Global 500, rely on Cohesity to strengthen their resilience while providing Gen AI insights into their vast amounts of data. Formed from the combination of Cohesity with Veritas’ enterprise data protection business, the company’s solutions secure and protect data on-premises, in the cloud, and at the edge. Backed by NVIDIA, IBM, HPE, Cisco, AWS, Google Cloud, and others, Cohesity is headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, with offices around the globe.  
We’ve been named a Leader by multiple analyst firms and have been globally recognized for Innovation, Product Strength, and Simplicity in Design , and our culture. 
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We're seeking an experienced Senior Manager of Technical Program Management (TPM) to lead a team of TPMs and drive execution across our most critical, cross-functional engineering initiatives. This role blends people leadership, program strategy, and hands-on execution — you'll build and mentor a high-performing TPM team while personally driving alignment across engineering, product, and business stakeholders on our highest-priority programs.
 

The ideal candidate has deep technical fluency, a track record of managing complex programs from concept to launch, and the leadership skills to grow a team while raising the bar on program management practices across the organization.
 

• Lead and grow a team of TPMs, including hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career development.

• Own end-to-end delivery of major, cross-organizational technical programs — from scoping and planning through execution, risk management, and launch.

• Partner with engineering leadership, product management, and design to align on roadmaps, priorities, and tradeoffs across multiple teams.

• Identify and mitigate risks proactively, surfacing dependencies, blockers, and resourcing gaps before they impact timelines.

• Establish and evolve program management practices — tooling, rituals, reporting, and processes that scale with the organization.

• Drive clear, concise communication of program status, risks, and decisions to engineering leadership and executive stakeholders.

• Facilitate technical planning processes such as quarterly roadmap planning, sprint/PI planning, and post-mortems.

• Champion a culture of accountability and continuous improvement, using data and retrospectives to refine how the team plans and executes.

• Represent the TPM function in cross-functional leadership forums and influence organizational strategy.
   

• 10+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program management, or a related discipline, including 2+ years directly managing a team of TPMs or program managers.

• Strong technical background — CS degree or equivalent experience, with enough fluency in software architecture, APIs, and infrastructure to engage credibly with engineers and make informed tradeoff decisions.

• Demonstrated success leading large, complex, cross-functional programs (multiple teams, competing priorities, ambiguous scope) to successful completion.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience communicating effectively to both engineers and senior executives.

• Strong analytical skills — comfortable defining metrics, building dashboards, and using data to drive decisions.

• Experience with program/project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence Smartsheet) and methodologies (Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or similar).

• A track record of building or scaling program management processes within a growing engineering organization.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to distill complexity into clear, actionable narratives.

• Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools to streamline workflows, enhance productivity, and support high-quality decision-making.
   

Nice to Have

• Experience in data security, data management, backup/recovery, or infrastructure/cloud software.

• Familiarity with hybrid and multicloud environments (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and enterprise IT workloads.

• Background as a software engineer, engineering manager, or in a related technical role prior to moving into program management.

• Experience operating through a large-scale product integration or M&A (e.g., platform consolidation efforts).

• PMP, PMI-ACP, or equivalent certification.
   

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