Sr. Technical Program Manager, Enterprise Resilience

Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM)

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

Position Overview We are seeking a strategic and experienced Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead our enterprise-wide Technology Resilience program. This is a senior leadership role responsible for orchestrating a unified strategy across the three core pillars of resilience:
High Availability (HA), Disaster Recovery (DR), and Data Protection (Backup).

In addition to strong technical program management skills, this role requires expertise in disaster recovery, backup, and high availability as well as experience conducting application impact assessments and analyses.

You will be the single-threaded owner responsible for the program's success, from long-term strategy to execution and governance. You will drive complex, cross-functional initiatives, manage a budget, and ensure that our technology services are architected and operated to withstand any disruption.

It is a true TPM position for a leader who can think holistically about resilience, influence technical and business leadership, and manage a multi-faceted program that is critical to the trust of our customers and the health of our business.

Key Responsibilities

• Define, own, and drive the enterprise-wide Technology Resilience strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Lead large-scale programs that enhance HA, DR, and Backup capabilities across our on-premises and multi-cloud environments.
• Serve as the primary thought leader for resilience, guiding engineering and operations teams toward robust and efficient solutions.
• Conduct application impact assessments and analyses to ensure resilience strategies are aligned with business priorities and critical applications.

• Establish and manage a holistic governance framework that includes policies, standards, and controls for HA, DR, and Backup, ensuring resilience investments are appropriately aligned with business criticality.

• Oversee a comprehensive assurance program that includes HA failover testing, backup/restore validation, DR simulations, tabletop exercises, and impact analyses of resilience initiatives.
• Analyze program data, test results, and industry trends to identify gaps and drive a continuous cycle of improvement, risk mitigation, and maturation.

• Manage the end-to-end program budget, including forecasting, monthly tracking, and reporting on expenditures for resilience-related initiatives, tools, and services.
• Oversee relationships and contracts with key third-party vendors for resilience technology and services.

• Act as the central point of communication for the Technology Resilience program.
• Develop and present clear, concise updates on program status, risks, and overall resilience posture to executive leadership and governance committees.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships with leaders across Application Development, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, and Business Units.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• Experience:
  
  10+ years of experience in technical program management, IT operations, or technology leadership, with a proven track record of managing large, complex, cross-functional enterprise programs.
• Domain Expertise:
  Deep understanding of the principles of Technology Resilience. Expert-level knowledge in disaster recovery, backup, and high availability, and a strong ability to conduct application impact assessments/analyses.
• TPM Acumen:
  Mastery of program and project management methodologies (e.g., Agile,…