Technical Program Manager , FreeWheel; Chicago - Hybrid

Job Summary

This role involves managing technical programs, aligning project milestones with product and business requirements, and ensuring successful execution through collaboration with senior staff and cross‑functional teams. The focus is on continuous improvement of engineering processes and effective communication with stakeholders to achieve program objectives.

• Understand the scope of technical programs and participate in milestone planning, driving alignment to milestones.
• Use technical knowledge to research, plan, and achieve objectives through the program team.
• Collaborate with senior staff to engage cross‑functional core team members for program success.
• Oversee project plans from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to technical specifications.
• Maintain program records and manage critical path tasks.
• Drive the development of program goals, objectives, and success criteria, ensuring stakeholder alignment.
• Recommend improvements to engineering processes to increase efficiency and reduce duplication.
• Track program schedules, manage tasks, and adjust to meet objectives.
• Exercise independent judgment and discretion in matters of significance.
• Attend regularly, work nights and weekends, and adapt to variable schedules as necessary.

• Drive team‑level delivery execution.
• Facilitate agile ceremonies and backlog refinement.
• Track and report on team velocity and capacity.
• Identify and address delivery inefficiencies.
• Lead delivery across multiple teams or a platform area.
• Manage cross‑team dependencies and delivery timelines.
• Coach teams on agile maturity and SDLC optimization.
• Drive consistency in estimation and tracking practices.
• Lead quarterly planning sessions with Product and Engineering.
• Balance capacity across new work, technical debt, and stability.
• Identify systemic delivery issues and lead resolution efforts.
• Mentor junior EDMs and team members.
• Communicate delivery status and trade‑offs to leadership.
• Align cross‑functional teams on shared goals and timelines.

• Lead delivery across multiple teams or a platform area.
• Manage cross‑team dependencies and delivery timelines.
• Coach teams on agile maturity and SDLC optimization.
• Drive consistency in estimation and tracking practices.
• Lead quarterly planning sessions with Product and Engineering.
• Balance capacity across new work, tech debt, and stability.
• Identify systemic delivery issues and lead resolution efforts.
• Mentor junior EDMs and team members.

• Knowledge of Agile frameworks and SDLC practices, backlog management, and estimation techniques.
• Skills in facilitating agile ceremonies (stand‑ups, retrospectives) and basic risk identification and mitigation.
• Effective use of Jira, Confluence, and other planning tools.
• Ability to manage delivery for one or more teams and communicate status and risks to stakeholders.
• Capacity to begin coaching teams on delivery best practices.
• Strong facilitation, communication, collaboration, and cross‑functional teamwork.

• Location: Chicago, IL (optimal office location).
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree preferred; applicants with relevant coursework and experience will be considered.
• Certification: Relevant certifications are a plus.
• Experience: 2‑5 years in a similar role or related professional experience.
• Other: Must be able to work nights and weekends and adapt to variable schedules.

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