Trase · 4 hours ago
Principal Technical Program Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$190K/yr - $250K/yr
8+ years expTrase Systems is a company that empowers enterprise leaders to harness the full potential of AI without the associated complexity and risks. As a Principal Technical Program Manager, you will drive the development of the core AI platform and manage customer deployments, ensuring high-quality software delivery in a fast-paced environment.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Generative AIService Industry
Responsibilities
Drive Strategic Cross-Functional Planning: Work closely with product managers, engineering leads, and customer facing teams to develop integrated program plans, including roadmap, dependency identifications and resource plans. Drive the end-to-end lifecycle of complex technical programs from concept to launch, ensuring alignment across Engineering, Product, Design, and Customer Delivery teams
Operating Rhythm: Establish and lead regular program level meetings with product and engineering leadership to ensure projects are driven to successful outcomes
Operational Rigor: Establish and maintain lightweight, high-impact processes (Agile, Scrum, Kanban) that increase developer velocity and visibility without adding bureaucracy
Risk & Dependency Management: Proactively identify technical risks, bottlenecks, and cross-team dependencies, particularly for deployments in regulated industries; implementing mitigation strategies before issues impact the timeline
Release Management: Partner with DevOps and Engineering to streamline the release process, ensuring reliable and secure delivery of our AI platform and agentic applications to enterprise customers
Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary source of truth for program status; translating complex technical details into clear updates for executive leadership and non-technical stakeholders. Synthesize findings into clear, concise, customer-focused problem statements, recommendations, business cases, analysis, plans of action, and risk assessments
Continuous Improvement: Use data and metrics to analyze engineering performance and drive continuous improvement in our development culture and operations
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related degree, or equivalent work experience
8+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering leadership, or software development, preferably in high-growth technology companies
Demonstrates 2+ years as a successful agilest and change agent, preferably in a B2B Saas environment
Deep technical fluency with experience managing programs related to AI/ML platforms, cloud infrastructure, or complex enterprise software
Expert-level experience in agile practices and project management
Experience includes backlog hygiene, workflow design, roadmap/milestone tracking
Highly execution-focused, milestone-based, and accountability-driven framing to ensure timely and effective program delivery
Proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional projects on time and within budget in a startup or fast-paced environment
Direct experience utilizing modern PM tools (e.g., Linear preferably) for tracking, reporting, and process documentation
Building and owning dashboards, tracking delivery completion percentage, managing capacity and forecasting models, and generating executive-level status reports as a core responsibility
Creating a clear view of team capacity, workload, and delivery forecasts to inform strategic decision-making
Exceptional ability to influence diverse stakeholders, translate between technical teams and business leaders, and align engineering capacity with business objectives
Weekly status updates, executive readouts, and go/no-go decision frameworks
Excellent problem-solving skills, with a demonstrated ability to troubleshoot complex build and deployment issues
Self-starter with a growth mindset, adaptability, and a strong bias for action in a fast-paced, sometimes ambiguous environment
Benefits
100% employer-paid, comprehensive health care including medical, dental, and vision for you and your family.
Paid maternity and paternity for 14 weeks at employees' normal pay.
Unlimited PTO, with management approval.
Opportunities for professional development and continued learning with educational reimbursements.
Optional 401K, FSA, and equity incentives available.
Mental health benefits through TARA Mind.
Company
Trase
Trase Systems is an AI firm that provides safety and security to organisation to run there administrative workflows and processes.
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$10.5M2025-11-06Pre Seed· $10.5M
Leadership Team
Grant Verstandig
Co-Founder & CEO
Baskar Sridharan
President
Recent News
2025-11-10
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