Confluent is a company focused on transforming how data moves and is utilized. The Senior Technical Program Manager will lead high-priority programs within the engineering organization, ensuring cross-functional alignment and successful delivery of large-scale technical projects.
Responsibilities:
- Drive Complex Initiatives: Lead the end-to-end delivery of large-scale technical projects, such as Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery, Cost and Efficiency or platform-wide architecture shifts
- Technical Liaison: Translate high-level business goals into detailed technical requirements and communicate complex architecture trade-offs to non-technical stakeholders
- Operational Excellence: Establish rigorous program management standards, including clear milestones, KPIs, and risk-mitigation strategies to ensure predictable delivery
- Strategic Alignment: Partner with leadership to prioritize the roadmap, resolve cross-team dependencies, and manage resource allocation for business-critical programs
- Stakeholder Management: Facilitate decision-making across global, distributed teams and manage relationships with key internal and external partners
Requirements:
- 5-8+ years in a technical program management role, specifically within cloud-native or high-scale software environments
- Deep understanding of distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), and data streaming technologies like Apache Kafka
- Alignment with Confluent's values: Smart, Humble, and Empathetic; you thrive in fast-paced environments and 'Get Stuff Done'
- A results-driven mindset with the ability to navigate ambiguity and take initiative to drive efficiencies
- Proven ability to work across engineering, product, Finance, and data teams to align on goals and deliver cost savings
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- Experience with cost management tools or frameworks in large-scale infrastructure environments
- Familiarity with Confluent or other large-scale platforms
- Experience in building dashboards using JQL, SQL, Data Studio, BigQuery is highly desirable