Technical Program Manager/Scrum Master (Contract)

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Palo Alto, CA
110K-125K Annually
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Fintech • Information Technology • Productivity • Software • Conversational AI • Generative AI
Aisera: ChatGPT and AI Search for the Enterprise
The Role
The role involves overseeing high-visibility initiatives as a Technical Program Manager, acting as a Scrum Master for multiple teams using Agile methodologies, facilitating ceremonies, managing Jira, ensuring timely delivery, and coaching team members. Responsibilities include stakeholder communication, risk mitigation, process improvement, and tracking key metrics.
Summary Generated by Built In

Aisera is a leading provider of AI Copilot solutions, utilizing AiseraGPT and Generative AI to facilitate business transformation and drive revenue growth through a self-service model. Aisera’s AI Copilot uses industry and domain-specific LLMs to deliver human-like experiences and auto-remediate requests through AI workflows. With 400+ integrations and 1200+ prebuilt workflows, customers achieve 75%+ automation and 90% cost reduction.

Aisera has received numerous recognitions, including the following: FastCompany Best Workplaces for Innovators; Inc 5000 Award for Fastest Growth; Forbes AI50; EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2023; CNBC Upstart 100 Top Startup; Gartner Cool Vendor; Red Herring Top 100 Global Innovator; CIO Innovation Startup Award; CIO Review Top ITSM Solution; and Silicon Review 50 Most Admired Companies.

Our seasoned founding team has led companies through several prior successful startups and acquisitions. We give our employees a lot of responsibility and ownership of their work, and we hire people from a very wide range of backgrounds and experience. Our team members operate with a high degree of empathy for our customers and each other.

Join our dynamic and fast-paced team and be a part of our journey to revolutionize the industry.

The Role:

We are seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) with a deep understanding of Agile and Scrum methodologies to oversee high-visibility initiatives within our organization. The ideal candidate will act as a Scrum Master across multiple cross-functional teams, ensuring efficient workflow, timely delivery, and alignment with strategic goals. This role will involve collaboration with stakeholders at all levels, facilitating communication, and optimizing the use of Agile tools, specifically Jira.

This role is based out of our Palo Alto, CA office, and an Onsite interview is required as part of the process.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead Agile Ceremonies: Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (stand-ups, sprint planning, retrospectives, and demos) across multiple high-visibility initiatives to ensure effective collaboration and alignment.
  • Jira Administration: Manage Jira boards, workflows, and reporting to track team progress and ensure transparency, supporting data-driven decision-making.
  • Program Management: Oversee and manage end-to-end project execution, proactively identifying and mitigating risks to meet deadlines and ensure alignment with business goals.
  • Stakeholder Communication: Serve as a primary point of contact for cross-functional teams and stakeholders, including engineering, product, and business leads, to provide clear updates, manage expectations, and escalate issues when necessary.
  • Team Collaboration and Coaching: Mentor and coach team members and stakeholders on Agile/Scrum best practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and accountability.
  • Metric Tracking and Reporting: Utilize Jira and other tools to track key metrics (velocity, burndown, etc.), ensuring visibility into project status and identifying opportunities for optimization.
  • Risk and Issue Management: Identify, document, and address risks or blockers, making recommendations for solutions to maintain project momentum.
  • Process Improvement: Continuously assess and refine Agile practices and tools to improve team efficiency and project outcomes.

Basic Qualifications:

  • 5+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager, Scrum Master, or related role in a software development or technical environment.
  • Proven track record managing high-impact initiatives and driving projects to completion.
  • Expert knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies and practices.
  • Proficiency in Jira for task management, reporting, and metrics tracking.
  • Familiarity with other Agile tools (e.g., Confluence, Trello) is a plus.
  • Strong communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple high-stakes projects and adapt to changing priorities.
  • Experience working with diverse, cross-functional teams and balancing varying needs and priorities.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Project Management, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Startup experience
  • Experience with Enterprise SaaS Products
  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or similar Agile certification is preferred.

Aisera is Global and our success draws upon the diverse viewpoints, skills and experiences of our employees. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status.

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At Aisera, we strive to design equitable and explainable compensation programs. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience.

Bay Area, CA

$110,000$125,000 USD

Top Skills

Agile
Scrum
The Company
HQ: Palo Alto, CA
265 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

Aisera is a leading provider of enterprise Generative AI apps and a platform that helps enterprises accelerate revenue growth, improve user productivity, lower costs, and create magical user experiences.

Our products - AiseraGPT, AI Copilot, AI Search, and Agent Assist - are built on our Generative AI Platform that serves as the fundamental building block for enterprise GenAI applications. Aisera leverages a TRAPS framework (Transparent, Responsible, Auditable, Privacy, and Secure) to meet stringent data governance requirements while adhering to the highest standards of Responsible AI.

Aisera products deliver human-like interactions with a multi-modal interface, providing contextually rich conversations that boost user productivity. With pre-trained, domain-specific LLMs grounded in customer data, our products offer higher accuracy, fewer hallucinations, and increased resolution rates. They address critical industry challenges, spanning a wide range of solutions, including AI-driven software engineering, code generation, content and knowledge creation, workflow automation, and natural language AI-powered analytics.

AiseraGPT automates knowledge retrieval and repetitive tasks, while AI Copilot serves as a personal companion for answering questions, analyzing data, and completing tasks. Agent Assist provides real-time assistance for agents, including case summarization, recommendations, and next best actions, through an embedded UI widget in SaaS applications like ServiceNow, Salesforce, Workday, and more. Aisera’s AI Search allows users to perform secure, private, and permissions-aware enterprise-wide searches using natural language, generating answers, summaries, and micro-actions to boost efficiency.

Aisera provides a Universal Bot with a unified interface to resolve user requests across all domains, including Engineering, HR, IT, Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Financial Services, and Retail. Aisera compliments these offers with action bots that are built-in with customizable AI Workflows through an Event and Visual Studio to take action and automate business processes.

Aisera technology is based on an Agentic and reasoning architecture that can perform intentless and intent-driven natural language requests across unstructured and structured databases, business apps, and systems of records. Users benefit from a default large context window, personalized responses, and summarizations.

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