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Staff Technical Program Manager – Reliability & Observability
Location
United States
Posted
93 days ago
Salary
$194K - $242K / year
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Staff Technical Program Manager – Reliability & Observability
Airbnb
• Shape and influence the technical direction of projects, ensuring we meet stakeholder needs while maintaining high-quality standards. Rapidly prototype and validate project ideas through iterative development cycles, adapting as necessary based on insights and data. • Balance broad, outcome-driven thinking with attention to critical details, exercising sound judgment to prioritize where deep focus is necessary to ensure successful execution. • Define and secure stakeholder alignment on clear, measurable success criteria to accelerate AI initiatives. Regularly assess risks and opportunities, and devise proactive mitigation strategies to maintain momentum and project success. • Maintain transparent and effective communication channels to keep stakeholders informed of progress, developments, and challenges. • Expertly present outcomes and updates to senior leadership, clearly and comprehensively articulating trade-offs, risks, and emerging opportunities.
Job Requirements
- At least 10 years of work experience, with at least 8 years as a TPM or relevant experience
- Demonstrated ability to work through ambiguity to detailed solutions. You can take a vague problem, crisply frame the challenge, identify a path forward, and drive an initiative over the finish-line.
- Self-motivated, proactive and proven ability to adapt well and work with teams having different operating cadences.
- Sound business judgment, a proven ability to influence others, strong analytical skills, and a track record of taking ownership, leading data driven analyses, and influencing results
- Experience with ML models, LLMs, LRMs, feature development, model testing and resource management to support the development of AI-powered product experiences.
- Familiar with A/B testing, incremental delivery and deployment.
- Ability to ramp up quickly and learn new technologies with minimal lag time.
- Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders.
Benefits
- Bonus
- Equity
- Benefits
- Employee Travel Credits
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