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Manager, Technical Programs
$145K–$215K
Chicago, Illinois, United States of America · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 24, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years relevant experience; alternatively, any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree, or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
About the job
Leads internal engineering programs and operational projects from design through release, coordinating teams, managing plans and budgets, and applying AI tools to improve program workflows.
What you'll do
- Develop program plans and coordinate projects, timelines, milestones, deliverables, and procurement.
- Monitor performance, manage budgets, address risks and conflicts, and communicate status to stakeholders and executives.
- Use and improve AI-assisted workflows for planning, coordination, reporting, documentation, and research.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree, or any equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Proven track record managing complex programs in an engineering environment.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience with AI assistants, coding agents, or workflow-automation tools; practical applications such as automating workflows or building lightweight tools.
- Experience working with software engineering teams or technical education/engineering-adjacent experience.
Pay
Chicago, Illinois: ($145,000.00 - $215,050.00 Annually) USD base salary
Tools
Claude Code, Claude Cowork
AI focus
Experiment with AI agents and emerging tools, and design responsible agentic workflows to reduce coordination overhead and improve program planning, synthesis, reporting, documentation, research, and cross-team coordination.
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