Technical Program Manager
Stripe · South San Francisco, CA · Global Operations · listed September 1, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Manager
Experience asked
3–8 years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$174,637 – $260,200
Requirements listed
8
Length
464 words
In the posting’s own words
Additional benefits for this role may include: equity, company bonus or sales commissions/bonuses; 401(k) plan; medical, dental, and vision benefits; and wellness stipends. CA39
What it asks for · 8
- Distributed Systems;
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA);
- Program management during all phases of software development from kick-off to launch;
- Driving internal and external process improvements across multiple teams and functions; and
- Leading large-scale efforts across multiple teams and functions;
- Data Analysis;
- Cloud Infrastructure; and
- Developer Productivity or Developer Experience.
What the job covers
- Working with teams across the organization to understand pain points in their infrastructure usage to find common ideas and work to create solutions which span multiple domains.
- Define and produce high quality written proposals, communications and documentation.
- Execute on technical programs that require deep systems and engineering level knowledge.
- Partner with Engineering Managers, Product Managers and other Technical Program Managers to define, scope and drive large programs to conclusion.
- Play a key part in shaping the technical design, predicting technical roadblocks by collaborating with engineers, and identifying trade-offs.
- Develop, implement, and iterate on program management techniques, frameworks, and KPIs to achieve goals with well-defined success criteria.
- Elevate the execution muscle of engineering teams around you.
- Train them to be better at delivery where needed.
- Help influence peers / stakeholders and build consensus while dealing with ambiguity.
- Leverage data and acquired knowledge to drive strategic decisions at an engineering leadership level.
- Create widely circulated plans, driving consistency, clarity and building alignment across teams.
- Operationalize and execute critical cross functional programs spanning multiple engineering organizations for Core Infrastructure (Compute, Networking, Database, Services).
Tools and skills named
Operations & finance
- Program management3×
Ways of working
- Cross-functional
- Technical writing
Cloud & infra
- Distributed systems
Languages
- SQL
Words the posting leans on
- experience8×
- program7×
- engineering6×
- technical5×
- infrastructure4×
- multiple4×
- managers3×
- program management3×
- services3×
- bachelor2×
- cloud2×
- compute networking2×
- computer2×
- core infrastructure2×
- create2×
- data2×
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