Sr Technical Program Manager

Role Summary

As McAfee continues to evolve into a consumer-centric business, Technical Program Managers play a pivotal role in driving key Product and Engineering initiatives towards successful launches. This Technical Program Manager will be an important member of our Technical Program Management team supporting new AI-driven features and product launches. You will report to the Sr. Director, Technical Program Management.

As McAfee continues to evolve into a consumer-centric business, Technical Program Managers play a pivotal role in driving key Product and Engineering initiatives towards successful launches. This Technical Program Manager will be an important member of our Technical Program Management team supporting new AI-driven features and product launches. You will report to the Sr. Director, Technical Program Management. This is a Hybrid Position located in Frisco, TX.

We are only considering candidates within a commutable distance to the Frisco office. You will be required to be onsite on an as-needed basis; when not working onsite, you will work from your home office.

• Own and drive key projects from Product portfolio and help release quality products to our consumers.
• Build AI-driven program intelligence by creating Program management agents using tools like Claude.
• Replace manual TPM rituals with intelligent, queryable systems and help up-level the entire TPM org.
• Manage issues and risks, create mitigation plans, elevate to appropriate stakeholders and produce program reports for executive leadership.
• Own all planning activities and manage critical path dependencies, change management and drive key decisions with stakeholders.
• Empower the cross-functional team to operate more efficiently by defining processes where needed and removing or improving existing ones that are not working.
• Interact with engineering, UX, product and business leaders to prioritize and execute on AI based Product, Platform, and Marketing strategy.
• Customer obsessed mindset with a focus on quality user experience with robust Consumer workflows.
• Maintain urgency by ensuring there is strong collaboration within multiple parts of the organization who may have competing priorities.
• Drive accountability and ownership in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience managing programs with geographically dispersed teams.

• 10+ years of technical project or program management experience in driving consumer-centric applications with at least 3 years driving product launches for AI-based features and applications.
• Hands on native AI-TPM using Claude code to build AI applications enhancing the TPM function.
• Proven track record of managing large-scale, complex technical efforts.
• 5+ years of experience using project/portfolio management tools such as Click Up, Atlassian JIRA, Confluence, Version One, Asana,  or Smartsheets.
• Strong technical orientation and solid understanding of Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC).
• Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Strong negotiation and conflict management skills with the ability to articulate concepts and rationale to stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to work through ambiguity to detailed solutions.
• Experience developing processes where little exists and demonstrated flexibility to get things done with global teams, especially working around time zone challenges.
• Detail-oriented and able to understand the bigger picture by using your technical expertise and problem‑solving abilities to prioritize and manage blocking issues.
• Focus on execution, follow-through, accountability, and results.
• Excellent leadership skills, time management, organization and facilitation.

McAfee is a leader in personal security for consumers. Focused on protecting people, not just devices, McAfee consumer solutions adapt to users' needs in an always online world, empowering them to live securely through integrated, intuitive solutions that protects their families and communities with the right security at the right moment.