Senior Technical Program Manager

Remote, USA
Posted Jun 14, 2026
Full-time

We’re not just building better tech. We’re rewriting how data moves and what the world can do with it. With Confluent, data doesn’t sit still. Our platform puts information in motion, streaming in near real-time so companies can react faster, build smarter, and deliver experiences as dynamic as the world around them.

It takes a certain kind of person to join this team. Those who ask hard questions, give honest feedback, and show up for each other. No egos, no solo acts. Just smart, curious humans pushing toward something bigger, together.

One Confluent. One Team. One Data Streaming Platform.

About Role:

As a Technical Program Manager in the engineering organization, you will play a critical role in fulfilling the engineering vision to build, deliver, and operate a highly scalable streaming infrastructure and the surrounding product ecosystem. You should be comfortable and experienced in driving and delivering highly complex projects on time. These projects will span multiple teams, functions and geographies.

What You Will Do:

  • Work with stakeholders to drive cross-cutting and/or critical initiatives for the company

    Ensure that we are able to deliver projects on time

    Proactively identify and resolve roadblocks/challenges affecting projects

    Train and help other leaders to become better in program management

    Make technical decisions to keep projects running on time

    Explain technical architecture, decisions and tradeoffs to both engineering and other functions.

    Work with Engineering, Product and Security leadership to streamline and drive our projects on a predictable schedule

    Run cross-functional meetings and drive decision making around schedule adjustments, bug triage and internal and external partner/customer delivery.

What You Will Bring:
  • Experience driving complex and massive projects across the organisations

    Strong communication, interpersonal and leadership skills to work with both engineering and other nontechnical stakeholders

    Experience managing end-to-end lifecycle of technical projects

    Strong technical skills & experience in actual design and development of software projects is a plus

    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent practical experience

    5+ years of experience in a similar TPM role.

    What Gives You an Edge:

    • Master’s degree in a related field.

      Certifications in project management (e.g., PMP, Agile Certified Practitioner).

      Experience with continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices.

      Technical expertise in the platform being released.

    Ready to build what's next? Let’s get in motion.

    Come As You Are

    Belonging isn’t a perk here. It’s the baseline. We work across time zones and backgrounds, knowing the best ideas come from different perspectives. And we make space for everyone to lead, grow, and challenge what’s possible.

    We’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. Employment decisions are based on job-related criteria, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by law.

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