Technical Project Manager

Location Hybrid for NYC-area candidates (2 days per week in the office); fully remote for non-NYC candidates (US). The role We're hiring our first dedicated Technical Project Manager to own cross-team execution of our technical programs. You'll be the connective tissue of delivery: sequencing work across teams, clearing dependencies, owning timelines and risk, and giving leadership a clear picture of status. You're technical enough to reason about architecture, integrations, and infrastructure tradeoffs, but your job is driving programs, not writing code. What you’ll do Drive cross-team coordination: sequence work and clear dependencies across teams (e.g., a product feature touching frontend, backend, data engineering, ML, and SRE). Own program delivery end to end: take named initiatives — platform projects, internal tooling, infrastructure work, product launches — from kickoff through ship. Own plans, timelines, and risk: maintain project plans and milestones, track and mitigate technical and delivery risk, and report clear status to leadership. Own intake and capacity: run triage and routing in the Jira request portal — clarify, size, dedupe, and route requests to the right boards — and allocate capacity, with clear specs so async work doesn't stall. Run the cross-team delivery sync: facilitate a Scrum-of-Scrums-style forum that executes against agreed priorities and bring real capacity and dependency data to the portfolio/roadmap sync. Surface trade-offs: when two products contend for a shared resource, make the trade‑off visible with data so leadership can decide. How you’ll work with others Product Owners decide priority; you sequence and deliver against it. You surface cross-product conflicts and aide in the decision‑making process with PO’s and technical leadership. The Tech Lead , along with engineering leadership, owns architecture and technical direction; you understand the architecture and flag technical risk, but engineering decisions remain theirs. The Scrum Master owns team‑level process and health; you consume sprint outcomes to keep the cross‑team plan accurate. What you bring 7 years in technical project / program management delivering cross‑team software and infrastructure programs. Technical literacy: you can reason about system architecture, APIs and integrations, infrastructure, and latency/throughput trade‑offs. Programmatic advertising or ad‑tech experience is a strong plus. Dependency and risk management: proven ability to map critical paths, manage dependencies, and keep complex programs on schedule, with hands‑on Jira experience. Distributed‑team coordination, including working effectively across time zones. Excellent written communication: you translate complex technical status into clear, concise updates for executives. Bonus: ad‑tech experience and a track record standing up project/program management where none existed. Certifications Preferred, not required: PMP, PgMP, PSM, or equivalent. We weight demonstrated experience over credentials. Benefits Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage 401(k) options Unlimited PTO 11 Company Holidays Office‑wide closure between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Chalice participates in E‑Verify. #J-18808-Ljbffr