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Principal Technical Program Manager(m/w/x)
Initiating and executing complex technical programs for customer experience software, ensuring cross-functional delivery against quality bars. Significant experience leading and independently driving multiple complex technical programs required. Work with diverse technical and business teams.
Requirements
- Significant experience leading complex technical programs
- Ability to drive multiple programs independently
- Strength in visioning and planning
- Exceptional execution and quality management
- Strong decision-driving capabilities
- Ability to leverage AI/LLMs for program delivery
- Expertise in data analytics
- High executive presence and stakeholder management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with program/delivery tools and practices
- Ability to connect plans across roadmaps/teams
- Experience driving scalable process improvements
- Experience partnering with Directors/VP-level stakeholders
- Deep experience driving OKR-aligned programs
Tasks
- Lead complex technical programs across functions
- Ensure program delivery against milestones
- Ensure program delivery against outcomes
- Ensure program delivery against quality bars
- Initiate, structure, and execute technical programs
- Own program strategy
- Own program structure
- Own program governance
- Drive OKR delivery
- Partner with KR owners and reporters
- Develop and drive the OKR narrative
- Tie supporting programs into a cohesive story
- Ensure OKR progress is measurable
- Ensure OKR progress is visible
- Identify cross-functional dependencies early
- Identify cross-functional friction points early
- Design execution plans for end-to-end impacts
- Reduce delivery risk
- Establish decision-making forums
- Establish operating rhythms
- Establish escalation paths
- Keep senior leaders informed
- Provide clear asks, options, tradeoffs to leaders
- Manage program scope
- Manage critical path
- Manage program risks
- Manage change management
- Ensure risk mitigations are in place
- Facilitate complex alignment
- Facilitate complex decision-making
- Guide groups through ambiguity
- Drive clear program outcomes
- Synthesize fragmented inputs
- Create crisp narratives
- Frame business impact
- Provide decision-ready updates to stakeholders
- Identify program gaps
- Propose better ways of working
- Drive adoption of program improvements
- Drive adoption of process improvements
- Mentor program management peers
- Coach partners on planning
- Coach partners on execution standards
- Coach partners on stakeholder management
- Coach partners on program leadership
- Drive narrative and operating cadence with leaders
- Translate strategy into executable plans
- Ensure high-quality, predictable delivery
- Connect dots across teams and roadmaps
- Ensure seamless cross-team and cross-functional collaboration
Work Experience
- approx. 4 - 6 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- AI
- LLMs
- Jira
- Confluence
- Agile
- Lean
- OKRs
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Principal Technical Program Manager(m/w/x)
Initiating and executing complex technical programs for customer experience software, ensuring cross-functional delivery against quality bars. Significant experience leading and independently driving multiple complex technical programs required. Work with diverse technical and business teams.
Requirements
- Significant experience leading complex technical programs
- Ability to drive multiple programs independently
- Strength in visioning and planning
- Exceptional execution and quality management
- Strong decision-driving capabilities
- Ability to leverage AI/LLMs for program delivery
- Expertise in data analytics
- High executive presence and stakeholder management
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with program/delivery tools and practices
- Ability to connect plans across roadmaps/teams
- Experience driving scalable process improvements
- Experience partnering with Directors/VP-level stakeholders
- Deep experience driving OKR-aligned programs
Tasks
- Lead complex technical programs across functions
- Ensure program delivery against milestones
- Ensure program delivery against outcomes
- Ensure program delivery against quality bars
- Initiate, structure, and execute technical programs
- Own program strategy
- Own program structure
- Own program governance
- Drive OKR delivery
- Partner with KR owners and reporters
- Develop and drive the OKR narrative
- Tie supporting programs into a cohesive story
- Ensure OKR progress is measurable
- Ensure OKR progress is visible
- Identify cross-functional dependencies early
- Identify cross-functional friction points early
- Design execution plans for end-to-end impacts
- Reduce delivery risk
- Establish decision-making forums
- Establish operating rhythms
- Establish escalation paths
- Keep senior leaders informed
- Provide clear asks, options, tradeoffs to leaders
- Manage program scope
- Manage critical path
- Manage program risks
- Manage change management
- Ensure risk mitigations are in place
- Facilitate complex alignment
- Facilitate complex decision-making
- Guide groups through ambiguity
- Drive clear program outcomes
- Synthesize fragmented inputs
- Create crisp narratives
- Frame business impact
- Provide decision-ready updates to stakeholders
- Identify program gaps
- Propose better ways of working
- Drive adoption of program improvements
- Drive adoption of process improvements
- Mentor program management peers
- Coach partners on planning
- Coach partners on execution standards
- Coach partners on stakeholder management
- Coach partners on program leadership
- Drive narrative and operating cadence with leaders
- Translate strategy into executable plans
- Ensure high-quality, predictable delivery
- Connect dots across teams and roadmaps
- Ensure seamless cross-team and cross-functional collaboration
Work Experience
- approx. 4 - 6 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- AI
- LLMs
- Jira
- Confluence
- Agile
- Lean
- OKRs
About the Company
Zendesk
Industry
IT
Description
Zendesk is pioneering agentic AI for customer experience, powering billions of conversations with brands.
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