Nace AI
Technical Program Manager
Palo Alto, CA · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 16, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years; Technical Program Manager, Program Manager, or similar role.
- Education
- BS degree in a technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Oversees product execution from roadmap through release, coordinating cross-functional teams and keeping programs visible, sequenced, and on schedule.
What you'll do
- Plan and track deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and deadlines across engineering, research, product, and domain-expert teams.
- Run execution cadence, communicate progress and risks, and coordinate product launches.
- Establish scalable program management processes and tooling standards.
What they ask for
- 4+ years as a Technical Program Manager, Program Manager, or similar role driving complex, cross-functional technical programs.
- Strong written and verbal communication, organizational, and scheduling skills.
- Technical fluency to engage with engineers on scope, dependencies, and tradeoffs; proven track record of shipping programs on time.
- Fluency with modern program management and collaboration tooling (Linear, Jira, Notion, or similar).
Nice to have
- Experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup building program management practices from scratch.
- Experience with ML/LLM product development; regulated enterprise software delivery or launches involving software and subject-matter-expert workflows.
Tools
Linear, Jira, Notion
AI focus
Coordinates product programs involving AI platforms and, as a preferred qualification, ML/LLM development, including model releases, evaluation cycles, or data pipelines.
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