Key skills
Communication
About this role
Role Overview
- Own and lead the full lifecycle of complex technical programs across engineering teams
- from initial scoping to launch and post-launch measurement.
- Drive program milestones and execution criteria.
- Partner closely with engineering to understand system architecture, make technical tradeoffs, and manage risks beyond simple coordination.
- Identify, track and actively manage cross-team dependencies, ensuring alignment and removing blockers to maintain delivery timelines.
- Drive predictable execution by defining detailed project plans, tracking milestones, and proactively identifying and escalating program risks, constraints, and technical dependencies with clear tradeoff decisions.
- Facilitate technical discussions and leverage data/metrics to monitor program health.
- Guide teams throughout the product lifecycle, including release planning, launch coordination and post-launch support.
- Communicate program status, risks, decisions clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
Requirements
- Minimum of 8 years of technical program management experience.
- Strong technical foundation (software, infrastructure, or systems) and ability to engage in technical discussions.
- Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional stakeholder programs with significant dependency managing and coordinating across multiple teams.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively and independently in ambiguous environments.
- Excellent communication.
- Track record of delivering complex programs with high reliability, visibility and predictable outcomes.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents.
- Free testing for Natera employees and their immediate families in addition to fertility care benefits.
- Pregnancy and baby bonding leave.
- 401k benefits.
- Commuter benefits.
- Generous employee referral program.