Sr Engineering Technical Program Manager - Productivity Engineering

1 month, 2 weeks ago
Full-time
Senior
DevOps and Infrastructure
Thumbtack

Thumbtack

Thumbtack is a platform that connects individuals with local professionals for a wide range of services, from house painting to personal training. By answering a few questions, users receive quotes from qualified professionals, making it easy to compar...

Construction & Engineering
1K-5K
Founded 2009
$698M raised

Description

  • Own end-to-end program management for the 50+ member Productivity Engineering team across DevEx, Client Infrastructure, Backend Infrastructure, and Site Reliability Engineering.
  • Drive complex cross-functional programs such as large-scale platform migrations and tooling adoptions across multi-quarter timelines.
  • Define and track success based on developer adoption and productivity impact using feedback frameworks such as DORA, SPACE, and GetDX.
  • Manage migration programs by developing playbooks, securing partner commitments, phasing rollouts, and tracking progress.
  • Drive AI developer tooling strategy and adoption, including agentic workflow enablement, tool consolidation, and ROI measurement.
  • Own roadmap planning, OKR cycles, and business rhythms for the Platform Engineering team.
  • Align stakeholders across engineering leadership to maintain visibility, prioritize trade-offs, and sustain momentum on strategic initiatives.
  • Participate in architectural planning and design for platform investments that support engineering productivity and reliability.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of Technical Program Management experience in platform engineering, developer experience, or infrastructure.
  • Experience leading multi-team migrations or platform rollouts spanning multiple quarters and requiring broad organizational coordination.
  • Strong technical fluency across CI/CD, build systems, code review tooling, microservices, containerization, observability, and cloud-native platforms.
  • Fluency in the AI developer tooling landscape, including coding assistants, agentic workflows, cloud dev environments, and supporting infrastructure.
  • Track record of driving adoption of internal tools and platforms and measuring success through developer satisfaction and usage.
  • Experience with agile program management, OKR and roadmap planning, and portfolio prioritization across multiple engineering teams.
  • Excellent communication skills and experience driving alignment in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.

Benefits

  • Remote work indicated by #LI-Remote.
  • Expected salary range of $187,900 - $243,100 for San Francisco / Bay Area, San Jose, New York City, or Seattle metros.
  • Expected salary range of $169,200 - $218,900 for Austin, TX, Washington DC metros, and candidates in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, or Washington.
  • Expected salary range of $159,800 - $206,800 for all other U.S. locations.
  • Equal opportunity workplace with consideration for qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law.
  • Reasonable accommodation provided for individuals with disabilities during the application process.

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