[Remote] Technical Program Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Whatnot is a live shopping platform where people buy, sell, and discover products across numerous categories. The Technical Program Manager will drive program delivery across Data Platform, Infrastructure, and Machine Learning teams by defining roadmaps, orchestrating cross-functional execution, and scaling platforms and systems that power the product experience.
Responsibilities
- Drive the engineering roadmap, strategy, and execution of critical cross-functional initiatives
- Define requirements and technical roadmap with engineering, product, and cross-functional teams to launch programs at lightning speed
- Design and improve engineering processes, planning rhythms, and execution frameworks
- Clearly communicate roadmap, progress, and insights to key teams and stakeholders
- Do whatever it takes to ensure engineering teams are operating effectively — unblock them and keep them moving at a rapid pace
- Take ownership of any major blocker to the company's success
- Drive strategic initiatives across the company as needed
Skills
- As our next Technical Program Manager you should have 5+ years of relevant experience, plus:
- Experience leading complex, multi-disciplinary, and highly visible technical and operational initiatives across an organization
- Ability to thrive in ambiguous environments, identify system and design tradeoffs, and make decisions with limited information in high-pressure situations
- Demonstrated hands-on fluency with AI tools (e.g. Claude Code, Cursor) to reduce manual overhead, automate program workflows, and drive measurable efficiency gains
- Proven ability to collect, synthesize, and interpret data to inform decisions and drive clarity
- Experience with hypothesis-driven product and engineering development
- Entrepreneurial drive to achieve stretch goals in an innovative, fast-paced environment
Benefits
- Generous Holiday and Time off Policy
- Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision
- Work From Home Support
- Home office setup allowance
- Monthly allowance for cell phone and internet
- Monthly allowance for wellness
- Annual allowance towards Childcare
- Lifetime benefit for family planning, such as adoption or fertility expenses
- Retirement; 401k offering for Traditional and Roth accounts in the US (employer match up to 4% of base salary) and Pension plans internationally
- Monthly allowance to dogfood the app
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave + one month gradual return to work
Company Overview
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