Redpanda Data · 2 hours ago
Staff Technical Program Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $235K/yr
8+ years expRedpanda is pioneering the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) - a new category in AI infrastructure that makes it simple and secure to connect AI agents with enterprise data and systems. In this role, you will lead complex, cross-team technical programs for ADP and drive the execution, delivery, and release of Redpanda’s products, ensuring high-quality and predictable releases as the organization scales.
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Responsibilities
Drive execution of Redpanda’s most complex, cross-team initiatives, with primary on the Agentic Data Plane (ADP)
Lead end-to-end delivery and release execution across Redpanda’s product portfolio, ensuring consistent, high-quality, and predictable releases
Manage program plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and trade-offs across multiple engineering teams and workstreams
Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering and GTM leadership to translate product strategy and technical direction into executable plans
Drive cross-functional coordination across Engineering, Product, QE, Security, Customer Success, Support, and GTM to ensure delivery and release readiness
Proactively identify and resolve execution risks, technical dependencies, and delivery blockers in a highly distributed systems environment, and maintain clear program and release visibility to stakeholders
Own and continuously improve release processes and operational best practices as Redpanda’s platform and organization scale
Support customer-facing commitments and launches, aligning delivery timelines with business and GTM priorities
Lead retrospectives and drive continuous improvement in program management, release execution, and cross-team collaboration
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Engineering Program Management, or similar roles delivering complex enterprise or infrastructure software
Strong technical foundation in distributed systems, data infrastructure, and/or AI/ML platforms, with the ability to reason about architecture and engineering trade-offs
Proven experience managing large, multi-team programs spanning multiple layers of infrastructure, including dependency management, risk mitigation, and execution tracking
Demonstrated ownership of release management or large-scale delivery processes across multiple products or teams
Ability to align diverse stakeholders, manage ambiguity, and drive execution in fast-moving, high-growth environments
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly communicate status, risks, and trade-offs, including the ability to adapt communication to targeted audiences from diverse teams and roles (individual contributors to executives)
An ability to empathize with your fellow employees, designing and negotiating policies and procedures that enable needed business outcomes while minimizing friction and overhead
Comfortable working in a 100% distributed / remote environment, collaborating via GitHub/JIRA, Slack, Google Docs, and modern productivity tools
Preferred
Background in security, policy, and governance systems relevant to enterprise data or AI usage
Prior experience scaling release processes in fast-growing or multi-product organizations
Company
Redpanda Data
Redpanda is pioneering the agentic data plane — AI infrastructure to connect agents with enterprise data and systems simply and securely.
51-200 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$265.5MKey Investors
Google VenturesLightspeed Venture Partners
2025-04-03Series D· $100M
2023-06-27Series C· $100M
2022-02-23Series B· $50M
Leadership Team
Alexander Gallego
Founder & CEO
Jennifer Lawrence
Chief Revenue Officer (CRO)
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