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Technical Program Manager (III)

Skill, San Jose, California, United States, 95199

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Overview Placement Type: Temporary

Salary: $117.67-130.74 Hourly (up to $130.74/hr)

Start Date: 12.01.2025

Are you ready to make a significant impact within a global technology leader, driving critical initiatives that shape the future of innovation? As a Program Manager, you will orchestrate complex, cross‑functional programs, turning ambitious visions into tangible results while influencing strategic outcomes across teams and organizations. Partnering with Aquent, you'll join a team committed to excellence, where your expertise will fuel groundbreaking advancements and operational efficiencies that resonate across the industry.

Our client is a world‑class technology organization dedicated to solving complex challenges and creating solutions that impact millions. They foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement, empowering every individual to drive meaningful change. As an experienced Program Manager, you will lead the delivery of complex programs, influence strategic direction, and shape the trajectory of key technical initiatives. You'll guide efforts that span multiple teams, organise and drive activities, and engage stakeholders to deliver major business, operational, and technical improvements. Your work will involve navigating ambiguity, defining program scope, driving change management, and ensuring alignment with senior leaders every step of the way. Your advanced domain expertise will be central to your impact in this role.

Key Responsibilities

Program Strategy and Definition

Define, drive, and own program charters across multiple teams, including scope, timelines, objectives, resourcing, risks, and dependencies for moderately complex programs

Translate ambiguous goals into clear, measurable objectives and milestones

Identify the appropriate level of program management required for each initiative

Create detailed project plans outlining phases, risks, dependencies, and constraints

Execution and Delivery Excellence

Determine program phasing and metrics that support continuous improvement and resource optimisation

Optimize checkpoints and dashboard reporting, ensuring alignment on program pivots

Develop technical analysis, tools, and processes that support engineering execution and velocity

Perform technical due diligence to evaluate scope, milestones, timeframe, and resource needs

Identify and manage program tasks and dependencies while maintaining high product quality and inclusive design standards

Create automated processes to improve velocity and monitoring

Stakeholder Management and Communication

Develop effective communication plans for executives and key partners

Represent the program clearly and consistently across all touchpoints

Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders to support decision‑making

Resolve prioritisation conflicts and proactively manage escalations

Change Management and Governance

Anticipate change management needs and develop comprehensive rollout plans, including impact analysis

Drive pivots requiring change management and resolve misalignments

Define ongoing change management needs and collect data required for program governance

Maintain project trackers, status reports, and define governance structures, including mitigations, post‑mortems, and escalation processes

Required Skills and Experience

Proficiency in Continuous Improvement methodologies

Experience managing Organisations Change

Strong Communications Management skills, including executive communications

Expertise in Planning and strategic program definition

Advanced Technical Judgment in evaluating engineering scope and requirements

Exceptional Stakeholder Management and conflict resolution abilities

Experience leading and managing teams in collaborative environments

Strong Execution and Governance capabilities

Experience with Portfolio Management principles

About Aquent Talent Aquent Talent connects top marketing, creative, and design professionals with the world's biggest brands. Eligible talent receives outstanding benefits, including subsidised health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. Aquent is an equal‑opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive environment where all individuals can contribute, grow, and thrive.

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