Technical Program Manager

Could you be a good fit?

We are looking for a highly organized and technically savvy Technical Program Manager to join the team of our exceptional client. This role focuses on leading critical platform modernization and security initiatives while driving delivery across a small, highly collaborative engineering team.

This position is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of technology, program management, and execution. The successful candidate will be comfortable working closely with engineers, managing technical backlogs, coordinating testing efforts, facilitating stakeholder communication, and ensuring complex workstreams are planned, prioritized, and delivered successfully.

Benefits

• Healthcare Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401k

What will your day look like?

As a Technical Program Manager, you will:

• Lead multiple concurrent technical initiatives, including platform modernization and security improvement programs

• Provide day-to-day delivery leadership for a cross-functional engineering team

• Develop, manage, and maintain technical roadmaps, project plans, backlogs, timelines, and priorities

• Translate business and technical objectives into well-defined epics, user stories, and sprint-ready work items

• Partner closely with Software Engineers, DevOps Engineers, QA resources, and stakeholders to drive successful delivery

• Facilitate sprint planning, backlog refinement, standups, retrospectives, and other Agile ceremonies

• Coordinate testing activities across multiple workstreams and support validation efforts as needed

• Monitor project progress and proactively identify risks, dependencies, and blockers

• Communicate status updates, timelines, risks, and delivery forecasts to technical and business stakeholders

• Establish and maintain processes for managing security-related work, vulnerability remediation efforts, and technical debt initiatives

• Collaborate with security, infrastructure, and engineering teams to prioritize and track remediation activities

• Maintain visibility and transparency across project deliverables, workstreams, and sprint commitments

• Help drive process improvements that increase team efficiency and delivery predictability

• Adapt priorities and execution plans as business needs evolve

You will be a good fit for this role if you have:

• 4-7 years of experience in Technical Program Management, Delivery Management, Technical Project Management, or a similar role

• Strong experience managing Agile delivery processes and technical backlogs

• Advanced experience using Jira for backlog management, sprint planning, workflow management, reporting, and delivery tracking

• Experience writing and refining user stories, epics, acceptance criteria, and technical requirements

• Experience working directly with software engineers, DevOps teams, and technical stakeholders

• Strong project planning, prioritization, and organizational skills

• Experience coordinating testing efforts and supporting quality assurance activities

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Ability to communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences

• Experience managing multiple parallel workstreams and competing priorities

• Strong problem-solving and decision-making capabilities

• Comfort operating in dynamic, fast-changing environments with evolving priorities

• Experience using Agile and Scrum methodologies

• Experience with Confluence or similar collaboration and documentation tools

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience supporting data platform, analytics, or reporting platform migrations

• Familiarity with modern data and reporting technologies

• Experience with vulnerability management, CVE remediation workflows, or security-focused initiatives

• Experience partnering with enterprise security teams

• Experience building new operational processes, governance structures, or delivery frameworks from the ground up

• Understanding of DevOps practices, cloud technologies, and software development lifecycles

• Experience coordinating cross-functional engineering teams within complex technical environments

What Makes Someone Successful in This Role?

The strongest candidates are servant leaders who combine technical understanding with strong organizational and communication skills.

Successful candidates typically bring:

• Exceptional backlog management and prioritization skills

• The ability to translate strategy into actionable execution plans

• Strong stakeholder management and communication abilities

• Experience leading technical teams through ambiguity and change

• A collaborative approach to problem-solving

• Comfort working closely with engineers while maintaining a strategic delivery perspective

• The ability to balance competing priorities while keeping teams aligned and productive

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys organizing complex work, driving technical initiatives forward, and helping engineering teams achieve successful outcomes.

About Market Street Talent

Market Street Talent is a specialized staffing and consulting firm focused on IT and technology positions. Our deep industry knowledge allows us to match exceptional candidates with organizations where they can thrive and make an immediate impact.

Our Vision: To promote and foster the growth of information technology (IT) in our world—one candidate, one client, one community at a time.

Our Goal: To guide clients and candidates through the placement process and build long-term, successful relationships.

Our Culture: At MST, we value excellence, respect, and empathy in everything we do.

Sound like you?

Ready to lead critical technical initiatives, drive complex programs, and help engineering teams deliver impactful results? Click “Apply Now” and let's start the conversation!