Senior Technical Program Manager

Date PostedMarch 10, 2026LocationRemoteCompanyZillowSalary$148,600.00 - $237,400.00 (varies by location)TypeSenior Level

Job Summary

As a Senior Technical Program Manager on the FUB & Partner team, you will lead complex, cross-functional technical and product programs. You will bridge the gap between engineering, product, and data science to drive high-impact initiatives including platform infrastructure and AI-enabled capabilities. This role focuses on delivering scalable solutions while ensuring clarity, alignment, and predictable execution across organizational boundaries.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional technical and product programs
  • Drive alignment across engineering and product teams
  • Manage AI and ML-enabled product development
  • Define metrics and track program execution health
  • Identify and mitigate project risks and bottlenecks

Required Skills

  • 5+ years of TPM experience
  • Expertise in AI/ML lifecycle management
  • Knowledge of distributed systems and API architectures
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication
  • Experience in complex, cross-functional environments

Job Details

Responsibilities: - Own complex, multi-team programs across Engineering, Product, Data Science, Design, Marketing, Partnerships, and external partners, driving execution for high-impact initiatives in the FUB ecosystem. - Drive alignment across organizational boundaries by surfacing dependencies and misalignments early, engaging leadership with clear trade-offs, risks, and decision frameworks. - Lead both engineering-focused initiatives (such as platform modernization, reliability improvements, API evolution, and data and AI infrastructure) and customer-facing product programs (such as new FUB capabilities, partner workflow enhancements, monetization initiatives, and cross-platform launches). - Balance short-term delivery needs with long-term platform health and scalability, ensuring that technical investments set up future product velocity. - Partner with Engineering and Data Science to deliver AI- and ML-enabled capabilities end to end, including model integration, experimentation, evaluation, rollout strategies, and post-launch monitoring, while ensuring responsible AI practices and quality measurement. - Develop clear, structured program plans with milestones, dependencies, and measurable outcomes; identify risks early, anticipate bottlenecks, and drive mitigation strategies to keep programs on track. - Define success metrics, track program health across delivery, quality, and business impact, and establish scalable mechanisms that improve engineering velocity and cross-team execution. - Connect platform and product investments to customer impact and business outcomes, influencing roadmap priorities by surfacing technical and operational trade-offs and making principled decisions that balance constraints, commitments, and customer value. Requirements: - 5+ years of experience in technical program management or software program management in complex, cross-functional environments. - Experience leading both infrastructure/technical programs and customer-facing product initiatives. - Experience working with modern web and mobile architectures, distributed systems, and APIs in agile environments. - Knowledge of the AI/ML product development lifecycle, including experimentation, deployment, evaluation, and monitoring. - Ability to identify dependencies across systems, teams, and partners, bring clarity to ambiguous environments, and think in systems about how technical investments enable product velocity and long-term scalability. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders and influence without formal authority. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including assessing trade-offs and making data-informed decisions.