JOB DETAILS:
A variety of soft skills and experience may be required for the following role Please ensure you check the overview below carefully.
- Role: Technical Program Manager
- Skills: Azure, DevOps/CI-CD, ITSM
- Experience: 14+years
- Location: Chicago, IL (Onsite Job)
We are Seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of platform engineering initiatives. This individual will act as a liaison across Product, Engineering, DevOps, and Governance teams, ensure scalable, secure, and compliant platform capabilities, and Align delivery with enterprise standards and regulatory requirements.
Core Responsibilities:
Program & Delivery Leadership
- Lead program planning and execution for platform engineering initiatives
- Manage dependencies across multiple teams and technology domains
- Monitor KPIs (cycle time, throughput, release predictability)
Agile & Scrum Execution:
- Facilitate Scrum ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, retrospectives, reviews)
- Drive Agile maturity and continuous improvement
- Maintain backlog quality and prioritization standards
- Promote best practices for incremental delivery
Platform Engineering Coordination:
- Collaborate on environment provisioning and infrastructure delivery
- Coordinate enterprise tool integration and pipeline optimization
- Align platform roadmap with enterprise architecture
- Drive standardization and reusability
·2.4 Stakeholder & Governance Management
- Partner with Security, Compliance, Architecture, and business stakeholders
- Ensure adherence to SDLC, change management, and risk policies
- Maintain regulatory and audit compliance
- Provide executive-level reporting and transparency
Technical Oversight:
- Apply knowledge of Azure, DevOps, APIs, and automation
- Guide architectural decisions (scalability, reliability, security)
- Understand enterprise technology stack and integrations
- Bridge technical solutions with business outcomes
·2.6 Metrics & Continuous Improvement
- Track delivery metrics (velocity, lead time, deployment frequency)
- Monitor platform health (uptime, incidents, MTTR)
- Identify bottlenecks and drive improvements
- Enable data-driven decision-making
Required Qualifications:
Technical & Program Management Experience
- Proven experience managing complex, cross-functional enterprise programs
- Strong Agile TPM/Scrum xxzpjkt Master background
- Experience with Azure, DevOps/CI-CD, APIs, microservices, SDLC automation
- Proficiency in tools like Azure DevOps, Jira, GitHub, Jenkins
Governance & Regulatory Acumen
- Understanding of security frameworks and compliance requirements
- Experience with ITSM, incident management, and audit standards
- Familiarity with change and risk management in regulated environments
Leadership & Communication Skills
- Ability to lead without direct authority
- Strong stakeholder management and executive communication
- Ability to translate technical concepts into business language
- Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Scrum certifications (CSM, PSM, SAFe, or equivalent)