About this role
Sr. Technical Program Manager
San Francisco, CA
Who We Are UnitedMasters is building a marketplace that connects artists, brands and fans - empowering artists to earn and grow. UnitedMasters has taken the bold step of building a music distribution service that, radically, puts artists first - disrupting the legacy music business by letting up-and-coming artists distribute their music directly to fans through streaming services while maintaining ownership of their master recording rights and up to 100% of royalties. Through the combination of UnitedMasters' music distribution platform and its deep ties to brands, UnitedMasters enables independent artists and change-makers to grow and earn unlike any other platform. The UnitedMasters team is made up of musicians, marketers, engineers, and storytellers with backgrounds from YouTube, SoundCloud, Pandora, Facebook, Uber, Dropbox, Complex, VICE, and more. We work hand in hand with the award-winning creative teams that forge those innovative partnerships at Translation (our in-house creative advertising agency). We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to join UnitedMasters!
About This Role As a Senior TPM at UnitedMasters, you'll manage the overarching portfolio of programs within your workstreams. You’ll have a large scope of responsibility and influence; partnering with Engineering Managers, Product Managers, UX Designers, as well as cross functional stakeholders in Marketing, Legal, Finance, etc. to build products that align with the organization’s goals. You'll understand technical concepts and meaningfully contribute to conversations about technical solutions while being responsible for delivering the roadmap with limited supervision. Key competencies for this role include: influencing and leadership, program planning, driving results, managing ambiguity, and ensuring accountability. This role requires five years of experience as a TPM in a similarly sized company or industry.
What You'll Do
- Lead the day-to-day program management of multiple work streams across the software development lifecycle, including product strategy, technical design, implementation, experimentation, and go-to-market (GTM)
- Ensure feature development tracks toward deliverables; proactively identify and resolve blockers, including dependencies on other teams
- Manage cross-team dependencies across other scrum teams, strategic partners, Design, and QA
- Drive alignment on commitments across multiple teams (Tech, Marketing, Business Development, QA) to achieve goals
- Assist teams in getting back on track when deadlines are missed by creating and socializing new plans to ensure alignment across engineering teams and stakeholders
- Serve as a reliable representative and point of contact for your vertical alongside the PM and EM
- Bring structure to your workstreams by working through ambiguous situations, gathering appropriate stakeholders and owners to discuss issues, and pushing for solutions
- Hold multiple