Sr Technical Program Manager - San Francisco, United States - Splunk Inc

Description

Splunk is here to build a safer and more resilient digital world. The world's leading enterprises use our unified security and observability platform to keep their digital systems secure and reliable. While customers love our technology, it's our people that make Splunk stand out as an amazing career destination and why we've won so many awards as a best place to work. If you become a Splunker, we want your whole, authentic self, what we call your "million data points". So bring your work experience, problem-solving skills and talent, of course, but also bring your joy, your passion and all the things that make you, you. We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager, who will be responsible for leading large-scale, complex programs from start to end within our Products & Technology organization. You will be working cross-functionally with a broad set of technical and business partners to drive programs that will further Splunk's long range goals. We want a TPM who can thrive with a nebulous problem set, distill complex problems into concrete work, and guide multiple teams with their strong, critical thinking skills.

What You'll Be Doing:

Leading technical programs in the Products & Technology organization, with a great understanding of priorities to drive expected outcomes, including New Product Introduction (NPI) and Go To Market (GTM) processes

Breaking down initiatives into coherent workstreams; defining program timelines and ensuring accountability of program goals; operating as the single source of truth in execution of complex programs

Proactively anticipating risks, developing mitigation plans, and driving problems to resolution

Aligning with organizational leadership and key business customers as a program lead

Understanding system interdependencies and facilitating technical discussions; communicating solutions and decisions with both engineers and non-technical audiences

Creating and maintaining detailed and easy-to-digest program documentation, managing dependencies, and tracking status across multiple teams and workstreams

Who You Are & What Makes You Qualified:

8+ years experience in software program management or closely related roles

Bachelor's/Master's degree in a technical field or equivalent experience

Experience with enterprise software and cloud technologies, along with a deep understanding of the software development lifecycle. Experience with AI and product experience/UX/design systems are big pluses

Strong technical proficiency. Understand key technologies such as Python, Git, AWS, Kubernetes, and Terraform.

Experience with driving large, cross-functional programs that have broad organizational impact. Demonstrated the ability to juggle multiple, concurrent programs and prioritizing tasks based on criticality.

Communication and risk management are your forte. Great decision making, consensus building, and problem solving; you don't shy away from challenges