Technical program manager

• Own end-to-end program delivery including scope, roadmap, budget, risk, and benefits realization
• Establish and run program governance (steerco, working groups, release forums), ensuring decision clarity, accountability (RACI), and traceability
• Maintain the integrated master plan and dependency map across product teams, platforms, vendors, and enabling functions
• Lead vendor engagement for the managed QE service including service onboarding, SLAs/OLAs and capacity and demand planning
• Co-create and enforce ways of working including RACI, demand & capacity management, financial management, escalations and service delivery management
• Drive benefits realization: financial tracking (budget vs. actuals), productivity baselines, value capture (e.g., reduced cycle time, improved quality), and corrective action plans
• Lead the overall QE Transformation program delivery, ensuring coordinated delivery of initiatives that advance automation, enable AI-driven solutions, improve metrics and reporting, and embed shift-left practices across the software development lifecycle
• Drive alignment and execution by managing cross-functional workstreams, resolving dependencies, and enabling teams to deliver against transformation objectives
• Establish governance and progress tracking for all transformation activities, ensuring risks, issues, and benefits realization are monitored and communicated effectively
• Facilitate stakeholder engagement across engineering, QE, product, and vendor partners to ensure adoption of new capabilities and ways of working
• Enable continuous improvement by tracking outcomes, identifying opportunities for acceleration, and ensuring program objectives remain aligned to evolving business priorities
• Proactively identify and mitigate program risks (technical, operational, vendor, compliance, financial)
• Manage budgets, forecasts, and resource plans
• track spend, variances, and value realization

• 8–12+ years in program management or delivery leadership, with direct experience in QE transformation programs
• QE technical fluency: test strategies, test data management, CI/CD integration, and automation patterns
• Proven track record implementing managed services (vendor selection, onboarding, SLAs, performance, and continuous improvement)
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, Computer Science, or a related field
• Experience in resource planning, vendor management, and stakeholder coordination
• Excellent communication and leadership skills to work in a global, cross-functional environment
• Bachelor’s degree in business or related discipline
• Strong analytical, problem solving and root cause identification skills
• Excellent communication skills - interpersonal, written and verbal
• Excellent listening and facilitation skills
• the ability to sense organizational vibrations
• Coaching and mentoring skills, especially influencing others to move toward a common goal or vision
• Entrepreneurship and resourcefulness – a initiative-taker
• Self-awareness, with a desire for constant self-improvement
• Must be a collaborator and able to work with and through others
• Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)

Experience delivering programs that introduce AI-driven strategies or capabilities is a bonus

• Highly competitive market hourly rates
• A 6 month contract with a strong probability of extension
• Remote interview process