Senior Manager, Technical Program Management (Search & AI Foundations)Active$232K

The opportunity

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What you'll do

  • Shape and influence the technical direction of projects, ensuring we meet: stakeholder needs while maintaining high-quality standards. Rapidly prototype and validate project ideas through iterative development cycles, adapting as necessary based on insights and data.

  • Balance broad, outcome-driven thinking with attention to critical details,: exercising sound judgment to prioritize where deep focus is necessary to ensure successful execution.

  • Define and secure stakeholder alignment on clear, measurable success criteria: to accelerate AI initiatives. Regularly assess risks and opportunities, and devise proactive mitigation strategies to maintain momentum and project success.

  • Maintain transparent and effective communication channels to keep: stakeholders informed of progress, developments, and challenges.

  • Expertly present outcomes and updates to senior leadership, clearly and: comprehensively articulating trade-offs, risks, and emerging opportunities.

  • + years in technical program management function, with at least 8 years of: experience managing a team of TPMs, creating a culture of inclusiveness and sustainability

What they're looking for

  • Demonstrated experience in search relevance, natural language search, and: recommendation systems. Experience with applying GenAI/LLM technologies on search is a plus.
  • Demonstrated ability to work through ambiguity to detailed solutions. You can: take a vague problem, crisply frame the challenge, identify a path forward, and drive an initiative over the finish-line.
  • Self-motivated, proactive and proven ability to adapt well and work with: teams having different operating cadences.
  • Sound business judgment, a proven ability to influence others, strong: analytical skills, and a track record of taking ownership, leading data driven analyses, and influencing results