Technical Program Manager

Job Description

Technical Program Manager | Sigma

The Tone:
This is an early career, temp-to-hire Technical Program Manager role at Sigma, located in San Francisco, CA. Sigma develops a cloud-scale analytics and business intelligence platform, offering a spreadsheet-like interface for data exploration and AI application development. The platform empowers business and technical teams to analyze live data, build intelligent applications, and automate operational workflows. This role is crucial for managing the operational aspects of the engineering organization, specifically focusing on Infrastructure & Data Services programs, to ensure high execution standards and deliver products that achieve customer loyalty.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Temporary (3-month temp-to-hire)
• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Pay: $65–$70 hourly
• Team: Engineering, focusing on Infrastructure & Data Services programs
• Mission: Drive operational excellence and execution for engineering initiatives across multiple teams, ensuring delivery of high-quality products and customer loyalty.
• Tech Stack: Large-scale distributed systems, storage solutions, public cloud, data warehousing platforms (Snowflake, Redshift, Databricks)

What You’ll Actually Do
• Product Operations: Develop the roadmap and execution strategy for key Product Operations initiatives, aligning processes, tools, and best practices for product delivery and launch readiness.
• Frontend Management: Execute the frontend roadmap, focusing on performance, scalability, and user experience, while managing technical debt and platform modernization for the frontend team.
• Cross-Team Coordination: Facilitate communication and dependency resolution between frontend, backend, and design teams to ensure smooth project flow.
• Process Improvement: Identify gaps in operational processes and lead change management efforts to maintain alignment and communication across various teams.
• Project Guidance: Use technical knowledge and a product mindset to prioritize and guide high-impact projects and initiatives within the engineering organization.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Recent graduate (within the last 12 months) with a Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience: 3+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager, Product Manager, or Software Engineer, with a track record in software engineering and/or project planning and execution.
• Skills: Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), familiarity with modern frontend technologies, experience with at least one public cloud, ability to analyze data and make informed recommendations, and a strong ability to influence teams.
• Bonus: Experience with data warehousing platforms such as Snowflake, Redshift, or Databricks.