Senior Technical Program Manager

Senior Technical Program Manager – Architecture & Engineering Governance

Location: New York, NY / Dallas, TX / Chicago, IL

Duration: 6–12 months, with potential for extension

Engagement: Consulting / Contract

Work Arrangement: Hybrid (3 days in office)

Pay range - 85 to 100/hr

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to support a large enterprise technology organization in strengthening its architecture, engineering, and technology program governance .

This is a high-impact consulting engagement for a senior technology leader who can quickly understand a complex engineering environment, establish effective operating mechanisms, and work directly with engineering leadership to improve execution across multiple initiatives.

The successful candidate will operate across Engineering, Architecture, Product, Technology, and Business leadership , while also supporting technology initiatives that span multiple business units and organizational entities.

This is an execution and transformation-oriented TPM role , rather than a traditional project coordination position. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in ambiguity, influencing senior technical stakeholders, challenging assumptions, and establishing scalable governance practices.

What You'll Do

Architecture & Technical Governance

• Establish and enhance processes for reviewing and governing major technology and architecture decisions.
• Partner with senior engineers, architects, engineering managers, and product leaders to evaluate proposed technical solutions.
• Help ensure technology initiatives remain aligned with enterprise architecture, security, data, and technology standards.
• Maintain visibility into architectural decisions, technology risks, technical debt, and longer-term modernization priorities.
• Develop technology roadmaps and identify dependencies across platforms, applications, and engineering teams.

Program & Portfolio Leadership

• Lead multiple complex technology programs involving cross-functional engineering teams.
• Establish effective operating rhythms for program reviews, leadership updates, risk management, and escalation.
• Develop portfolio-level reporting and health metrics covering schedule, scope, risks, dependencies, and resource requirements.
• Identify issues early and drive resolution across teams that may have competing priorities.
• Provide senior leadership with clear recommendations, trade-offs, and decision points.

M&A & Technology Integration

• Support technology-related activities associated with mergers, acquisitions, and organizational integrations.
• Participate in technology assessments and due diligence activities.
• Evaluate applications, platforms, infrastructure, data, and technology dependencies within acquired organizations.
• Support development of integration strategies, timelines, dependency maps, and technology rationalization plans.
• Coordinate with technology, corporate development, legal, and business stakeholders as required.

Cross-Organization Collaboration

• Serve as a senior technology liaison across Engineering and multiple business organizations.
• Translate business objectives into clear technical priorities and communicate engineering constraints to business stakeholders.
• Facilitate discussions around scope, sequencing, ownership, resources, and dependencies.
• Build alignment across teams that do not share direct reporting structures.
• Represent engineering interests in cross-organizational technology governance discussions.

Operating Model & Continuous Improvement

• Assess existing processes and identify opportunities to improve engineering governance and execution.
• Build practical governance mechanisms that can be adopted and sustained by the organization.
• Establish documentation, dashboards, decision frameworks, and operating cadences that improve transparency and accountability.
• Drive measurable outcomes rather than simply coordinating meetings or maintaining project plans.

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Engineering Program Management, Technology Management, Architecture, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 3 years operating at a Senior/Principal level managing complex, cross-functional technology initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience working with architecture governance, technical design reviews, or enterprise technology governance .
• Strong understanding of software architecture, enterprise systems, cloud technologies, APIs, data platforms, integrations, and modern engineering practices.
• Experience managing multiple concurrent programs with significant technical dependencies.
• Experience with technology due diligence, M&A integration, post-merger integration, or technology transformation .
• Ability to understand and constructively challenge technical designs without needing to be the hands-on implementer.
• Strong experience working with senior engineering leaders, architects, product leaders, and executives.
• Excellent executive communication, documentation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to establish processes and governance in ambiguous or rapidly changing environments .

Preferred Background

• Experience with Amazon, Meta, Google, Microsoft, or another large-scale technology organization .
• Background in engineering, infrastructure, data, platforms, enterprise technology, or architecture.
• Experience working in complex organizations with multiple business units, subsidiaries, affiliates, or shared technology environments.
• Experience supporting multiple M&A transactions or technology integration initiatives.
• Consulting experience with a technology strategy, architecture, engineering transformation, or M&A practice.
• PMP, TOGAF, SAFe, or comparable certification is a plus.