Willis Towers Watson

Technical Program Manager

Willis Towers Watson$128K — $200K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in Technical Program Management or similar roles
  • Successful track record of delivering cross-functional technical programs
  • Experience collaborating with software engineering teams
  • Ability to work effectively across multiple teams and time zones
  • Experience in regulated industries like insurance or fintech is a plus
  • Prior experience in establishing or building a TPM function is advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Drive execution of the North America product roadmap with clear timelines and priorities
  • Own complex, multi-team technical initiatives with dependencies across teams
  • Translate product strategy into actionable plans with milestones and success criteria
  • Collaborate with engineering leaders to identify risks and ensure accountability
  • Manage and map dependencies across teams and external partners
  • Establish framework for program operating rhythms and status updates
  • Act as a central source of truth for program delivery status and insights
  • Define program management frameworks to support TPM function scaling

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
  • Flexible spending accounts for healthcare and dependent care
  • Paid holidays and generous annual paid time off
  • Retirement plans including a contributory pension and 401k
  • Various leave benefits including parental and adoption leave
  • Employee assistance and wellbeing resources
Full Job Description
Job Description

We're looking for a Technical Program Manager to drive execution across our North America product roadmap, with a focus on delivering complex, cross-functional technical initiatives that move the business forward.

This role sits within Product Operations and owns how we deliver. You'll partner with Product and Engineering leaders to translate strategy into actionable plans, manage dependencies across teams, and ensure high-quality, on-time delivery of our most critical programs.

What You Will Be Doing
  • Drive end-to-end execution of the North America product roadmap, ensuring alignment on priorities, timelines, and sequencing.
  • Own delivery of highly complex, multi-team technical initiatives with significant dependencies across engineering, product, and regional stakeholders.
  • Translate product strategy into clear, actionable program plans with defined milestones, deliverables, and success criteria.
  • Partner with engineering leaders to pressure-test estimates, surface technical risk early, and hold teams accountable to commitments.
  • Map and manage dependencies across teams, systems, and external partners; identify risks early and proactively drive mitigation.
  • Establish and run program operating rhythms, including planning, status updates, milestone reviews, and retrospectives.
  • Act as the single source of truth for program and roadmap delivery status, translating technical progress and risks into business-relevant insights for leadership.
  • Define and iterate on the program management frameworks, templates, and standards that will scale as the TPM function grows.
  • Drive collaboration and accountability across distributed teams, ensuring clear ownership and follow-through on every workstream.


What You Bring to the Table
  • Impeccable written and verbal communication, with the ability to structure complex information for technical and executive audiences.
  • Strong ability to influence without direct authority and drive alignment across senior stakeholders.
  • Technical fluency; you're comfortable reading architecture docs, understanding system trade-offs, and engaging substantively in design discussions with senior engineers.
  • Deep understanding of software development lifecycles, engineering workflows, and the realities of shipping cross-functional software.
  • A bias for action and outcomes, with a proactive approach to resolving ambiguity, escalating with judgment, and driving decisions forward.
  • Exceptional organizational skills, with a strong grasp of timelines, milestones, and dependency management.
  • Comfort operating in fast-paced, evolving environments where priorities can shift and process needs to be built as you go.
  • A preference for simplifying process rather than adding it, bringing rigor where it creates leverage instead of overhead.


Qualifications

Qualifications
  • 7+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Program Management, or a similar role in a product or engineering environment.
  • Proven track record of delivering complex, cross-functional technical programs at scale, end-to-end.
  • Experience partnering closely with software engineering teams and engaging in technical decision-making.
  • Experience operating across multiple teams and time zones effectively.
  • Experience in regulated or detail-heavy domains such as insurance, fintech, healthcare, or compliance-driven B2B is a plus.
  • Experience as an early or first TPM in an organization, or building the TPM function from the ground up, is a plus.

This position will remain posted for a minimum of three business days from the date posted or until sufficient/appropriate candidate slate has been identified.

Compensation and Benefits

Benefits information for this position are being included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, qualifications/experience, performance in the role and potential for revenue generation (Producer roles only).

Compensation

The salary compensation range being offered for this role is $128,300 to $200,500.

This role is also eligible for an annual short-term incentive bonus.

Company Benefits:

WTW provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):
  • Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Life Insurance, AD&D, Group Legal, Identify Theft Protection, Wellbeing Program and Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
  • Leave Benefits: Paid Holidays, Annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state/local paid leave where required), Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave), Paid Time Off
  • Retirement Benefits: Contributory Pension Plan and Savings Plan (401k). All Level 38 and more senior roles may also be eligible for non-qualified Deferred Compensation and Deferred Savings Plans


About Willis Towers Watson

Willis Towers Watson is a global insurance and risk management company that provides a range of services to clients in more than 140 countries. The company was formed in 2016 through the merger of Willis Group Holdings and Towers Watson & Co. Willis Towers Watson offers a range of insurance products, including property and casualty insurance, life insurance, and health insurance. The company also provides risk management and consulting services, including actuarial services, investment consulting, and human capital consulting. Willis Towers Watson is known for its expertise in risk management and its ability to help clients navigate complex insurance and regulatory environments.
Learn more about Willis Towers Watson
Size
46,000 employees
Market Cap
$26.2 billion
Industry
Net Income
$996 million
Founded
1828
5 Year Trend
+2.7%
Revenue
$9.3 billion
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