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( Cost & Efficiency ) Senior Technical Program Manager,
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Job Description
Title: Senior Technical Program Manager – Cost & Efficiency
Company: Discord
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reports To: Sat Kriya Khalsa (Sr. Director, TPM / Chief of Staff, CTO)
- Base Salary Range: $196,000 – $220,000 USD
- Additional Compensation: Equity, comprehensive benefits (including health, PTO, 401(k), etc.)
The Senior TPM will lead and coordinate cross-functional cost optimization initiatives across:
- Infrastructure
- Data
- Machine learning
This role is mission-critical to ensuring Discord remains efficient as it scales — helping the company track, manage, and reduce operational costs while supporting innovation and growth.
- Infrastructure & Data Cost Optimization: Identify and drive savings opportunities in cloud infrastructure and data queries.
- Cost-to-Serve Analysis: Partner with product/engineering teams to evaluate feature costs and provide actionable insights.
- Build Cost Attribution Platform: Create foundational systems for cost observability, metadata tracking, and alerts .
- Capacity Management: Lead programs that align cloud usage with actual needs and manage vendor negotiations.
- Product Consultation: Advise teams on cost impacts during feature planning and rollout.
- Negotiate and manage relationships with providers (AWS, GCP, Azure).
What They're Looking For
Required Skills:
- Strong data analysis skills (dashboards, visualizations, trend insights)
- Demonstrated experience leading cost optimization programs in mid-to-large-scale companies
- Cross-functional collaboration with engineering, product, and data stakeholders
- Strategic & analytical thinking around cost structure and resource utilization
- Vendor/capacity planning experience with major cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Self-starter with the ability to operate in ambiguity
Nice-to-Haves:
- Experience using cost management tools (e.g., CloudHealth, CloudZero, FinOps practices)
- Familiarity with Discord or other large-scale communication/gaming platforms
Why This Role Might Appeal to You
- Impact: Your work directly affects Discord’s ability to scale efficiently.
- High visibility: You’ll work with senior leaders across technical and business teams.
- Innovation: Opportunity to build systems and processes from the ground up.
- Gaming & Tech Enthusiasts Welcome: You'll be shaping cost infrastructure in a space with over 200M+ monthly active users .
- Comp & Equity: Strong salary + equity offering for high-impact, high-autonomy role.