The RoleHadrian's engineering organization is scaling fast, and how we plan, build, ship, and respond to incidents needs to scale with it. Right now, that's an open problem. The SDLC processes that will define our engineering culture over the next decade are being built from scratch, and this role owns that work.
As Technical Program Manager, SDLC, you will be the connective tissue across engineering, product, infrastructure, DevOps, and SRE. You will not manage a team, but you will drive how those teams operate together: from release management and incident response to program tracking and delivery predictability. This is a high-visibility role with direct access to engineering leadership and meaningful influence over how Hadrian builds software.
If you want to design the system, not just work within it, this is the role.
What You'll Do- Define and implement SDLC processes across engineering teams, building consistency and scalability where little currently exists
- Own change management and release processes end to end
- Drive the incident management lifecycle: response, postmortems, and continuous improvement
- Establish program tracking, reporting, and execution cadence across engineering
- Partner with engineering and product to align roadmap execution and surface delivery risks early
- Identify bottlenecks in development workflows and implement lasting solutions to improve velocity
- Implement and track SLAs/SLOs for delivery and reliability
- Lead cross-functional program execution for critical initiatives
- Drive continuous improvement across tooling, workflows, and engineering operations
What We're Looking For- 5-8 years in Technical Program Management, Engineering Program Management, or closely related roles supporting software development teams
- Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle and the ability to design and implement scalable processes around it
- Experience driving cross-functional alignment across engineering, product, and operations stakeholders
- Hands-on experience running or improving incident response systems, including postmortem processes
- Strong program tracking and execution discipline: you know how to keep complex initiatives moving without being the bottleneck
- Clear communicator who can operate credibly with both senior leadership and individual contributors
- Comfort with tooling like Jira, GitHub, CI/CD systems, incident tools (PagerDuty, Opsgenie), and Confluence
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field, or equivalent experience
What Will Set You Apart- Experience at a high-growth or scaling startup, ideally in a 0-to-1 process-building context
- Background in DevOps, SRE, or software engineering
- Experience implementing or optimizing CI/CD and release automation
- Data-driven approach to measuring and improving engineering velocity and reliability
- Familiarity with developer productivity tooling
- Experience with compliance or audit frameworks in a technical environment
Growth & TrajectoryThis role is foundational. As Hadrian's engineering organization grows, so does the scope of the program management function. The trajectory from this role leads toward ownership of broader engineering operations and org-wide program leadership, with a potential path to Lead TPM or Head of Program Management.
CompensationFor this role, the target salary range is TBD (actual range may vary based on experience).
This is the lowest to highest salary we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.
Benefits for Full-time Employees- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans for employees
- 401k
- Relocation support may be provided for certain situations, based on business need.
- Flexible vacation policy
ITAR RequirementsTo conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
