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We are hiring a Technical Program Manager to cover two areas of operation in a single seat. Roughly half the role is release management across upcoming infotainment software releases, owning the metrics and the daily drumbeat that keep a release on schedule and escalating what needs a decision. The other half is hands-on technical program management for the cloud-gateway service on the vehicle software team, driving sprint execution and owning the roadmap and the interface agreements that connect the vehicle to the cloud.
This is a role for a TPM who is comfortable moving between executive-level reporting and day-to-day ticket-level execution in the same week. You will work directly with engineering managers, developers, cloud partners, middleware partners and the heads of PMO.
Responsibilities
Release management
- Define and report on metrics that highlight the health of upcoming software releases
- Drive closure and provide daily updates for open tickets that are on the critical path for upcoming software releases
- Escalate risks and decisions needed to the heads of PMO
Cloud technical program management
- Drive tactical sprint execution for the cloud-gateway service on the vehicle software team
- Work with the engineering manager and developers to ensure a steady flow of actionable tickets are groomed and ready for implementation
- Define and maintain a long-term roadmap for the cloud relevant integrations
- Work with cloud partners to finalize vehicle-cloud data contracts for all relevant integrations
- Work with middleware partners to finalize cloud-gateway interfaces with the rest of the vehicle
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
- 5+ years of technical program management on software products, with time spent on both release management and sprint-level execution
- Demonstrated ownership of a software release process: defining health metrics, tracking critical path items to closure, running daily status, and driving go/no-go decisions
- Experience running agile execution alongside an engineering manager, including backlog grooming and writing tickets that are genuinely actionable for developers
- Working knowledge of client-server and cloud integration patterns, with direct experience defining or governing data contracts and API interfaces between systems
- Experience coordinating across partner teams and external vendors to close interface definitions, not just track them
- Ability to escalate clearly and early to executive stakeholders, with the judgment to know which risks belong at that level
- Strong written communication, comfortable producing both a daily update and a long-term roadmap
Preferred Qualifications
- Automotive software experience, particularly infotainment, telematics, or connected vehicle services
- Familiarity with vehicle-to-cloud architectures: gateway services, message schemas, MQTT or gRPC, REST APIs, and data contract versioning
- Exposure to vehicle middleware and the interfaces between a gateway service and the rest of the vehicle software stack
- Experience with over-the-air update programs or connected features such as remote lock and unlock, vehicle status, or vehicle tracking
- Background working with a major cloud provider's IoT or device management services
- Familiarity with Automotive SPICE, functional safety, or cybersecurity requirements as they touch software release readiness
- Tooling: Jira, Confluence, and dashboard or reporting tools used for release health metrics
- Prior experience in a split or dual-scope TPM role, or scaling a part-time scope into a full program
Salary Range
- $140,000 - 155,000
- The actual salary offered is dependent on various factors including, but not limited to, location, the candidate’s combination of job-related knowledge, qualifications, skills, education, training, and experience
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, genetic information, or pregnancy.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field
- 5+ years of technical program management experience on software products, including release management and sprint-level execution
- Experience owning a software release process, including health metrics, critical-path tracking, daily status, and go or no-go decisions
- Experience running agile execution with an engineering manager, including backlog grooming and writing actionable developer tickets
- Working knowledge of client-server and cloud integration patterns, including data contracts and API interfaces
- Experience coordinating partner teams and external vendors to close interface definitions
- Ability to escalate risks and decisions clearly to executive stakeholders
- Strong written communication skills and ability to produce daily updates and long-term roadmaps
- Automotive software experience, particularly infotainment, telematics, or connected vehicle services
- Familiarity with vehicle-to-cloud architectures, gateway services, message schemas, MQTT, gRPC, REST APIs, and data contract versioning
- Exposure to vehicle middleware and gateway-service interfaces within vehicle software stacks
- Experience with over-the-air update programs or connected vehicle features
- Background with major cloud provider IoT or device-management services
- Familiarity with Automotive SPICE, functional safety, or cybersecurity requirements affecting software release readiness
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, and dashboard or reporting tools for release health metrics
- Prior experience in a split or dual-scope technical program manager role
What We Do
ALTEN Technology USA is an engineering consulting company that provides innovative solutions for engineering, IT, and product development projects across the product life cycle. For decades, ALTEN Technology USA has been helping clients develop products that are changing the world, whether by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set new standards of care or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. The company provides support across industries including aerospace, defense, MedTech and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicles, electric vehicles, energy and environment, rail, and more.
Why Work With Us
Potential clients in the industries we serve, Professionals in the Industries, and Potential employees within New Product Development, Engineering Services, Sustaining Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Embedded Electronics Engineering, Software Engineering and IT, Mechanical Engineering, and Systems Engineering.
