Staff Technical Program Manager

Our Company

At Teradata, we believe that people thrive when empowered with better information. That's why we built the most complete cloud analytics and data platform for AI. By delivering harmonized data, trusted AI, and faster innovation, we uplift and empower our customers—and our customers' customers—to make better, more confident decisions. The world's top companies across every major industry trust Teradata to improve business performance, enrich customer experiences, and fully integrate data across the enterprise.

What you will do

We are seeking a highly skilled and passionate Technical Program Manager to own and drive end-to-end product development, from ideation through implementation and adoption, in a cross-functional, fast-paced and highly technical environment.

This role supports the successful planning, execution, and reporting of product releases, strategic initiatives, and enterprise compliance certifications. The ideal candidate brings a structured project management approach, strong communication skills, and working knowledge of Product Hardware and Software lifecycle program management.

Key Responsibilities

Shepherd ideas from concept into development, ensuring the value propositions and business models are clear and validated, following our lifecycle process

Work with Product Managers, Product Owners, UX, Architects, Engineering Managers and Scrum Masters to ensure there is a properly prepared backlog

Capacity planning based on historical velocity

Ensure the team is staffed and funded for success, and operates within budget

Facilitate quarterly and release planning, scrum-of-scrums, and program reviews

Support the team with data views of timelines, completion, quality, and tech debt

Coordinate system and solution demos

Collaborate with Customer Support, Services, Marketing, and Sales to ensure customers adopt and are delighted by our releases, with issues quickly resolved

Identify and rapidly mitigate risk and uncertainty

Eliminate/manage impediments, risks and dependencies with a focus on Lean flow

Ensure we integrate and receive user feedback early and often

Conduct retrospectives and RCAs and follow up on actions to drive relentless improvement

Provide guidance and mentoring to Scrum Masters and other program managers

Provides transparency into Program health plugged into appropriate operating mechanisms

Ensures KPIs are defined, measured and adhered to

Can integrate into early adopter processes

Monitor risks and issues, implement mitigation plans, and escalate concerns as needed.

Support the execution of compliance-related initiatives such as IRAP, FedRAMP, and ISO 27001.

Track and report on project progress using tools such as Aha, Jira and Confluence.

Collaborate with cross functional stakeholders to document project requirements, success metrics, and timelines.

Support regular stakeholder updates and briefings, including executive-level reporting.

Foster a culture of collaboration, performance, and accountability within the team.

What makes you a qualified candidate:

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Minimum 10 years of experience as Program/Project Manager

Experience leading medium-to-large scale programs with cross-functional stakeholders using an Agile development approach

Preferred Qualifications

PMP/PgMP Certified

Tech savvy with prior experience as a developer or tester, understanding modern software development practices

Experience with multiple Industries; financial, retail, etc.

Experience with cloud technology and delivering software-as-a-service

Experience leading programs with global teams

Experience using AI

Experience using, and deep understanding of, Lean, XP, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe

Excellent influencing, communication, presentation, and facilitation skills