Data Infrastructure Technical Program Manager

Job description

DESCRIPTION

Data is central to Twitch's decision-making processes, and the Data Infrastructure team builds and operates the real-time behavioral data pipeline and batch data systems that collect, store, analyze, and distribute data. As our TPM, you would help us drive company-wide initiatives to improve how we produce, use, and analyze data.

Our team sits between data producers and consumers, which means we interact with tens of teams and hundreds of kinds of data. You will help us manage that complexity by recognizing, planning, and driving change to address the cross-cutting problems in our data ecosystem. Communication, goal setting, measuring progress, managing dependencies, and clearing blockers will be key to your success.

Desired profile

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

Responsibilities
· Deliver high impact, cross-team programs related to data and data infrastructure.
· Partner with other engineering teams to drive data programs that are secondary to their primary focus area but important to their long-term success.
· Drive strategic cross-functional planning, leading discovery and prioritization by closely partnering with engineering leads to develop program plans, including roadmap, dependency identifications and resourcing plans.
· Establish and drive adoption of tools and best practices. Share your program management knowledge with engineering leadership teams. Lead post-program analysis to guide future programs.
· Communicate clearly and effectively to executive management on the plans, status and critical issues. Escalate urgent issues appropriately and driving them to closure in a timely manner.

Requirements
· 5+ years experience as a technical program manager, engineering lead, engineering manager, product manager, or equivalent in software development organizations.
· 3+ years experience as a technical program manager in software development organizations.
· 1+ years experience writing executive communications.
· 1+ years experience working with agile methods.
· 1+ years using SQL for basic data analysis.
· BS or MS degree in computer science or equivalent experience.