Sr Technical Program Manager

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation. 
 

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager (Sr. TPM) to lead and manage complex technical programs that are essential to our platform scalability, reliability, and customer value delivery. In this role, you will collaborate with Engineering, Product, Architecture teams, and Leadership to guide technical initiatives from ideation to launch. The ideal candidate blends technical expertise with strong program management skills to deliver successful outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Program Leadership

• Drive cross-organizational technical programs impacting multiple product and engineering teams.
• Develop and execute technical roadmaps aligning with business priorities.
• Facilitate alignment through collaboration across teams and stakeholders, including senior leadership.
• Support prioritization and resource planning to meet organizational goals.

Program Management

• Oversee program lifecycles, ensuring seamless planning, execution, and delivery.
• Manage dependencies across engineering and product teams to ensure successful program outcomes.
• Establish program execution frameworks that improve team performance and delivery consistency.
• Define and monitor program success metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Technical Collaboration

• Partner with engineers and architects to shape solutions for scalability, reliability, and platform evolution.
• Support decision-making for architectural alignment and technical feasibility.
• Collaborate on efforts to ensure readiness for implementation and execution.

Risk & Dependency Management

• Identify risks and dependencies affecting project timelines or goals, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Resolve cross-team conflicts by facilitating clear communication and problem-solving.
• Support contingency planning for critical areas or high-impact challenges.

Stakeholder Communication

• Provide updates on program progress, risks, and challenges to leadership and other key stakeholders.
• Develop concise and actionable reports that enable data-driven decisions.
• Communicate trade-offs and dependencies to support informed prioritization.

Operational Effectiveness

• Facilitate improvements in platform scalability, reliability, and cost-efficiency initiatives.
• Drive standardization of program governance processes and best practices.
• Advocate for continuous improvement in program execution and delivery methodologies.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 8+ years in technical program management, engineering, or related fields with proven success in delivering cross-functional programs.
• Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, SaaS solutions, and modern software architectures.
• Leadership Skills: Ability to influence and align teams across organizational boundaries.
• Execution Excellence: Experience successfully managing projects with complex dependencies and risks.
• Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication skills, capable of presenting data-driven insights to stakeholders and leadership.
• Problem-Solving: Strong aptitude for proactively addressing technical and organizational challenges.

This role is suited for someone who is results-oriented, thrives on solving complex challenges, and can drive impactful technical programs in a dynamic, collaborative environment. As a Senior Technical Program Manager, your leadership will be instrumental in advancing our platform’s scalability, reliability, and customer-centric goals.

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

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