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

Why We Think You'll Love Teradata
We prioritize a people-first culture because we know our people are at the very heart of our success. We embrace a flexible work model because we trust our people to make decisions about how, when, and where they work. We focus on well-being because we care about our people and their ability to thrive both personally and professionally. We are an anti-racist company because our dedication to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is more than a statement. It is a deep commitment to doing the work to foster an equitable environment that celebrates people for all of who they are.

Teradata invites all identities and backgrounds in the workplace. We work with deliberation and intent to ensure we are cultivating collaboration and inclusivity across our global organization. ​ We are proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, color, ancestry, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, or any other legally protected status.