This description is a summary of our understanding of the job description. Click on 'Apply' button to find out more. Role Description Redpanda is looking for a Staff Technical Program Manager to help drive the execution, delivery, and release of Redpanda’s products, with a focus on the Agentic Data Plane (ADP). In this role, you will not only lead complex, cross-team technical programs for ADP, but also drive and strengthen the end-to-end release process across Redpanda’s entire product portfolio, ensuring that we ship high-quality, predictable releases as our platform and organization scale. Redpanda’s Agentic Data Plane enables intelligent agents to autonomously access, reason over, and act on enterprise data in real time, while providing their human counterparts with the visibility and control to ensure and validate that they do so securely. - Drive execution of Redpanda’s most complex, cross-team initiatives, with primary focus on the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) - Lead end-to-end delivery and release execution across Redpanda’s product portfolio, ensuring consistent, high-quality, and predictable releases - Manage program plans, milestones, dependencies, risks, and trade-offs across multiple engineering teams and workstreams - Partner closely with Product Management, Engineering and GTM leadership to translate product strategy and technical direction into executable plans - Drive cross-functional coordination across Engineering, Product, QE, Security, Customer Success, Support, and GTM to ensure delivery and release readiness - Proactively identify and resolve execution risks, technical dependencies, and delivery blockers in a highly distributed systems environment - Maintain clear program and release visibility to stakeholders - Own and continuously improve release processes and operational best practices as Redpanda’s platform and organization scale - Support customer-facing commitments and launches, aligning delivery timelines with business and GTM priorities - Lead retrospectives and drive continuous improvement in program management, release execution, and cross-team collaboration Qualifications - 8+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Engineering Program Management, or similar roles delivering complex enterprise or infrastructure software - Strong technical foundation in distributed systems, data infrastructure, and/or AI/ML platforms - Proven experience managing large, multi-team programs spanning multiple layers of infrastructure - Demonstrated ownership of release management or large-scale delivery processes across multiple products or teams - Ability to align diverse stakeholders, manage ambiguity, and drive execution in fast-moving, high-growth environments - Strong written and verbal communication skills - An ability to empathize with your fellow employees, designing and negotiating policies and procedures that enable needed business outcomes while minimizing friction and overhead - Comfortable working in a 100% distributed / remote environment Requirements - Background in security, policy, and governance systems relevant to enterprise data or AI usage (Nice to Have) - Prior experience scaling release processes in fast-growing or multi-product organizations (Nice to Have) Benefits - U.S. base salary range for this role is $200,000 - $235,000 (CA, NY, WA) and $190,000 - $224,500 (other US locations) - Remote-first company culture - Consideration of each candidate's job-related skills, location, experience, relevant education or training to determine individual base salary Company Description Redpanda is pioneering the Agentic Data Plane (ADP) - a new category in AI infrastructure that makes it simple and secure to connect AI agents with enterprise data and systems. Global leaders including Activision Blizzard, Cisco, Moody's, Texas Instruments, Vodafone and 2 of the top 5 banks in the U.S. rely on Redpanda to process hundreds of terabytes of data a day. Join Redpanda if you’d enjoy being part of a fast-moving, 100% remote organization with team members around the globe and a culture based on trust, transparency, communication, and kindness.

• Establish order, structure, and efficiency across multiple workstreams • Drive organizational alignment by influencing stakeholders across engineering, product, operations, vendors, and executive leadership • Use Jira to build program-level dashboards, dependency maps, commit vs. actual views, and early-warning insights • Improve program efficiency by identifying operational gaps, reducing noise, streamlining processes, and unblocking teams • Lead executive-level updates with clarity, transparency, and fact-based storytelling • Navigate ambiguity and complex stakeholder dynamics with confidence • Act as the gatekeeper for new requests, ensuring roadmap integrity and escalating scope shifts when needed • Maintain deep understanding of program details (roadmap, sequencing, team roles, and technical constraints)

• Leading cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product Management, Network Operations, Sales, Services, and Support to support the product roadmap. • Proactively addressing and reducing risks while creating alternative strategies for potential scenarios. • Maintaining and communicating backlog of work with key stakeholders, guiding them on priorities based on business needs. • Communicating program status and expectation changes to senior leaders with appropriate frequency, using standardized methods. • Maintaining and iterating on a roadmap of committed work through the current calendar.

• Serving as a lead for the Server Team, fostering a culture of excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement • Driving multiple high-impact, complex projects from conception to deployment, ensuring alignment with Akamai's core business objectives • Facilitating collaboration among multidisciplinary teams, connecting engineering, product, and operations while fostering relationships with internal teams on server hardware components. • Acting as a critical contributor to Akamai's global success by optimizing server performance and reliability at scale • Supporting cross-functional teams and providing subject matter expertise in planning and execution of multiple projects and programs • Fostering effective communication while ensuring precise documentation and reporting on program status, risks, opportunities, dependencies, and success metrics to stakeholders. • Engaging consistently with key collaborators, communicating progress effectively, evaluating risks, understanding priorities, and proposing solutions while implementing continuous process improvements