The Senior Technical Project Manager (Senior TPM) leads complex technical programs that span multiple teams and require cross-functional coordination. This role bridges team-level delivery excellence with broader organizational impact, owning programs with greater technical complexity and stakeholder breadth.
The Senior TPM operates as an individual contributor, driving program outcomes through
influence, technical understanding, and strong stakeholder relationships.
What You’ll Do
- Lead end-to-end delivery of complex programs spanning 2-5 engineering teams through the
full SDLC; - Develop and maintain detailed program plans including milestones, critical path,
dependencies, and resource needs; - Use Agile metrics and data-driven analysis to steer work to successful completion, identify
risks early, and recommend corrective actions; - Report on program health for all active programs, ensuring stakeholders have clear visibility
into status, risks, and trade-offs. - Coordinate deliverables across teams with shared dependencies, ensuring alignment on
priorities and timelines; - Facilitate technical discussions to surface integration risks, dependency conflicts, and
sequencing challenges; - Communicate and track deliverables with external dependencies and/or customers;
- Chair program-related meetings, ensuring clear action items, owners, and due dates.
- Identify and implement opportunities to improve team and cross-team effectiveness;
- Contribute to the development of repeatable, scalable processes for program execution and
release readiness; - Track and communicate delivery health metrics, using data to drive continuous
improvement; - Proactively identify gaps in process and execution and recommend solutions.
- Produce and communicate program health documentation to all program stakeholders,
bridging technical and business contexts; - Provide clear, concise updates to senior leadership on program status, risks, and trade-offs;
- Build effective working relationships across Engineering, Product, and other functional
teams. - Coach engineering teams in Agile principles and practices;
- Mentor junior Technical Project Managers, sharing best practices and helping develop their
program management skills; - Facilitate retrospectives that surface actionable improvements and drive team learning.
What We’re Looking For
5+ years of technical program or project management experience, with demonstrated
delivery of complex, multi-team programs;
Experience with project management in continuous deployment or Agile environments;
Strong analytical skills, with experience using data and metrics to assess program health and
recommend solutions;
Technical fluency sufficient to understand software architecture, assess dependencies, and
participate in trade-off discussions;
Demonstrated understanding of software development and test methodologies;
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messaging for
technical and non-technical audiences;
Demonstrated decision-making skills, interpersonal skills, and leadership qualities;
Experience influencing outcomes across teams without direct authority;
Possess the ability to learn new technology quickly and effectively.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of technical program or project management experience delivering complex multi-team programs
- Experience with project management in continuous deployment or Agile environments
- Strong analytical skills using data and metrics to assess program health and recommend solutions
- Technical fluency to understand software architecture, assess dependencies, and participate in trade-off discussions
- Demonstrated understanding of software development and test methodologies
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
- Demonstrated decision-making, interpersonal skills, and leadership qualities
- Experience influencing outcomes across teams without direct authority
- Ability to learn new technology quickly and effectively
What We Do
Magnet Forensics is a global leader in the development of digital investigation software that acquires, analyzes and shares evidence from computers, smartphones, tablets and IoT related devices. Magnet Forensics has been helping law enforcement fight crime, protect assets and guard national security since 2009. Magnet Forensics has become a trusted partner for thousands of the world’s top law enforcement, government, military and corporate organizations in over 92 countries. Court-admissible evidence recovered by Magnet Forensics tools has been used to support a wide-variety of investigations including cybercrimes, child exploitation, terrorism, human resource disputes, fraud, and intellectual property theft. For more information, please visit https://www.magnetforensics.com






