| Location | Minneapolis |
We are looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead end-to-end
delivery of a complex, enterprise-scale AI program, including multiple parallel use cases,
shared platform capabilities, and cross-functional engineering teams.
The TPM will be accountable for integrated program planning, delivery execution,
dependencies, risks, milestones, and stakeholder communication. This role requires a
proactive leader who can bridge the gap between business stakeholders and engineering
teams, translate technical complexity into clear business outcomes, and ensure alignment
across all delivery streams.
The ideal candidate combines strong technical program management experience, business
and product understanding, technical fluency, and excellent executive communication
skills. Direct AI program experience is highly valued but is not a strict requirement.
Key Responsibilities
• Own end-to-end program delivery across the entire AI program, including individual
use cases and shared platform initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, roadmaps, milestones, critical
paths, and delivery forecasts.
• Coordinate multiple engineering teams, product owners, architects, and business
stakeholders.
• Proactively identify and manage dependencies, risks, resource conflicts, and delivery
blockers.
• Maintain visibility into backlogs, priorities, scope changes, and short-term and long-
term delivery commitments.
• Translate business requirements into clear engineering delivery context and
communicate technical progress in business-friendly language.
• Align business objectives, product definitions of success, acceptance criteria, and
delivery milestones.
• Drive stakeholder decisions, escalations, mitigation plans, and recovery actions.
• Provide clear, concise executive-level reporting on program status, risks, delivery
forecasts, and business outcomes.
• Challenge assumptions, identify gaps, and ask the right technical questions without
taking ownership of architectural decisions.
Mandatory Qualifications
• 8+ years of experience in technical program management or complex technical
delivery leadership.
• 5+ years of accountable ownership of complex, multi-team programs, including
integrated planning, milestones, dependencies, and delivery forecasting.
• Proven experience managing multiple parallel delivery streams and cross-functional
engineering teams.
• Experience delivering complex enterprise software, data, or platform solutions into
production.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, software engineering practices, integration, testing,
and release management.
• Working understanding of AI-enabled / AI-first software delivery and its impact on
engineering processes.
• Practical familiarity with AI initiatives and awareness of AI-specific delivery risks.
• Strong technical fluency in enterprise architecture