Technical Program Manager 3, - (Chicago - Hybrid) - FreeWheel

What you'll do

• Manage technical programs aligning with strategic business and product needs
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams and senior staff for project execution
• Lead delivery across multiple teams or a moderately complex platform area
• Partner with Product and Engineering leads to align priorities and manage dependencies
• Drive continuous improvement and planning
• Understand technical program scopes and drive key planning milestones
• Research, plan, and achieve program objectives through team collaboration
• Coordinate with senior staff to secure participation from cross-functional team members
• Oversee project execution ensuring technical specifications and program plans are followed
• Schedule work and manage critical path tasks within program scope
• Develop program goals, objectives, and success criteria aligned with technical strategies
• Identify and analyze complex technical risks and issues, provide resolutions
• Support budget and resource forecasting
• Monitor program deliverables for quality and manage changes
• Lead execution of cross-team initiatives
• Coach teams on agile and SDLC maturity
• Own delivery metrics and reporting
• Proactively manage risks and blockers
• Support a single team’s delivery execution under guidance
• Track progress and surface blockers to senior EDMs
• Assist in scheduling and documenting agile ceremonies
• Maintain Jira boards and sprint plans
• Track team availability and flag inconsistencies
• Suggest minor workflow improvements
• Participate in retrospectives and document action items
• Share status updates with internal team and escalate issues as needed
• Work nights and weekends as necessary

Requirements

• Deep understanding of Agile delivery models and metrics (velocity, cycle time)
• Strong grasp of cross-team dependency management
• Knowledge of platform or domain-specific delivery challenges
• Advanced facilitation and conflict resolution skills
• Data-driven decision-making and reporting
• Coaching and mentoring junior team members
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent coursework and experience
• 5-7 years relevant work experience

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Benefits