Technical Program Manager: StrategyLocation: Hybrid (Onsite & Remote) w/travelAbout the Role:As the
Technical Program Manager: Strategy you will play a critical role in executing both sides of our Installation Resilience Platform strategy: go-to-market and internal clarity on complex platform initiatives. You will establish and track to completion cross-functional opportunities, funded proposals and R&D; matrixed within the Strategy Team (including Product and Sales) and partnering with the Engineering, Security, and User Success Teams you will ensure our company is poised to deliver a platform that remains resilient, secure, and ready for the mission.
Work Model: We prioritize candidates in the
Denver, CO area, but are open to remote talent.
- Locals: 2-4 days/month onsite.
- Remote: Up to 8 x 1-week trips for company, team or customer meetings.
What Success Looks Like:- 30 Days: Onboard the company and begin to understand our processes
- 60 Days: Understand strategic scope, workflow, and make suggestions
- 90 Days: Assume responsibility for delivering your strategic program
What You'll Do:- Clearly distill strategy requirements into actionable initiatives and plans
- Work directly with internal and external stakeholders to define scope
- Draft initiatives and proposals given a technical outline
- Support execution of any sales motion
- Track underway projects to completion
- Identify and manage risk for projects and initiatives across a portfolio
- Work with the Staff Technical Program Manager on continuous improvement
- Orchestrate program-level ceremonies for cross-team dependency resolution
- Provide weekly sales pipeline forecast and customer relationship tracking updates
- Represent the company, as required, to customers, partners, and contractors
What You BringRequired Qualifications:- Experience: 5+ years with demonstrated success in managing project and proposal delivery
- Technical Skills: Proficiency in Agile methodologies and demonstrated use of
- Project Management Tools: Jira, Asana, MS Project, etc.
- Project Communications Tools: Slack, MS TEAMS, etc.
- Project Documentation Tools: Confluence, Google Workspace, etc.
- Domain Knowledge: Extensive experience managing multiple concurrent interrelated projects, preferably within a scaling go-to-market environment.
Travel: You will be required to travel up to 8 times per year for site visits, current or future customer engagements and/or company meetings.- Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain a DoD NIPR network account and Common Access Card (CAC)
- Must have, or be able to obtain, a Secret Clearance.
Preferred Qualifications:- Based in the Denver, CO area.
- Demonstrated translation between traditional waterfall and agile models
- T-shaped person (experience in many things, depth in a handful) with depth in one or more of the following is important:
- Project Management of
- Strategic development
- Proposal and quote writing processes
- Solution Architecture Development
- Cybersecurity, outage monitoring, and incident response
- Network Operations, NOC/SOC day-to-day support and operations
- DevSecOps
- Continuous improvement to optimize processes and procedures
- Set up, configuration and operation of project management and pipeline tooling
- Familiarity with small business and startup culture
- Department of Defense project experience is a bonus
Compensation and BenefitsPay Range: $130K-$160K per year. Compensation is determined based on experience, skill level, and location. We review ranges regularly to ensure market competitiveness.
Competitive Benefits- Equity
- Medical, Life, Short-Term Disability, and AD&D insurance
- Medical travel coverage
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- 401k matching
Our Typical Hiring Process- Find Your Fit: Your journey starts here. Explore and apply to our open positions to find the right role for your skills.
- Initial Chat: A brief call with our recruiting team to learn about your background and answer your initial questions about Simplesense.
- Values & Vision: A conversation with a hiring manager to discuss how your aspirations align with our mission and goals of the team.
- Show Your Skills: Complete a technical assessment that reflects the work you'd be doing.
- Team Interview: Interview with the team to discuss your experience and see if we're a great match.
- Final Handshake: A final conversation to ensure we've answered all your questions before making a decision.
- Welcometo Simplesense!
