Principal Technical Program Management
Axon
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About the opportunity
Axon is on a mission to Protect Life, pursuing society's most critical safety and justice issues with an ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging, and meaningful, offering an environment where you can take ownership and drive real change.
As a Principal Technical Program Manager on the Real-Time Operations team, you will own highly complex and ambiguous technical programs spanning multiple teams and pillars.
You will serve as a trusted partner to product, engineering, and senior leadership, guiding programs from inception through design, development, deployment, and post-production.
The Real-Time Operations team builds, deploys, and maintains products for emergency responders, specifically built around the Axon Fusus platform.
Key responsibilities
- Own highly complex technical programs across teams and pillars from strategy and early definition through launch and post-production.
- Translate ambiguous business and technical problems into clear requirements, plans, milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes.
- Foresee, manage, and mitigate risks, tracking cross-team dependencies and creating clear escalation paths.
- Own end-to-end technical requirements, helping engineering teams evaluate architectural trade-offs regarding scalability, reliability, availability, and maintainability.
- Partner with business, legal, information security, and policy stakeholders to position programs for long-term success.
- Define and improve TPM artifacts, tools, mechanisms, and documentation reused across teams, and identify opportunities to use AI to accelerate execution.
- Mentor TPMs, educate R&D teams on program management practices, and interview candidates for senior TPM, engineering, and leadership roles.
- Communicate program status and strategy to leadership, presenting at MBRs and senior review forums.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience managing complex software or hardware/software delivery.
- 2 to 3 years of experience as a technical individual contributor, engineer, or equivalent hands-on technical role.
- Proven record of leading large, cross-team or cross-pillar technical programs with significant ambiguity and executive visibility.
- Deep technical judgment to evaluate end-to-end designs and engage credibly with senior engineers.
- Strong command of program management practices, including Scrum and Kanban methodologies.
- Strong influencing, consensus-building, written, and verbal communication skills.
Nice to have
- Master's degree or PhD in a related field.
- Experience with enterprise SaaS or other mission-critical software.
- A strong connection to Axon's values and mission to tackle public safety's biggest challenges.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and 401k with employer match ($181,125 — $289,800 USD base pay range).
- Discretionary paid time off and paid parental leave for all.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans.
- Fitness programs along with emotional and mental wellness support.
- Learning and development programs.
- In-office snacks.
Job details
- Location: Seattle
- Reports to: Sr. Director of Technical Program Management
- Direct reports: None
- Base pay range: $181,125 — $289,800 USD
About the company
Axon is a total compensation company creating a safer world through an innovative ecosystem of devices and cloud software dedicated to safety and justice issues.
The company values collaborative work, diverse perspectives, and continuous growth while tackling public safety's biggest challenges.
Additional information
Some roles may require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment. For more details on benefit offerings, please visit https://www.axon.com/careers.
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