Lead Principal Technical Program Manager
OPOWER·Accel (Getro)
Seattle, WA$117k–$264kPosted Jul 7, 2026
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Lead Principal Technical Program Manager
Seattle, WA, United States
Job Identification
338836
Job Category
Product and Research
Posting Date
07/01/2026, 08:55 PM
Role
Individual Contributor
Job Type
Regular Employee
Does this position require a security clearance?
No
Years
10+ years
Applicants
Less than 10 applicants
Additional Info
Visa / work permit sponsorship is not available for this position
Applicants are required to read, write, and speak the following languages
English
Job Description
Partners with senior management and stakeholders to align priorities and goals using technical know-how in a fundamental engineering area or technical domain. Establishes scope and milestones for each aspect of a technical program, aligning to the broader program plan and company strategies and goals, managing efforts between cross-functional teams to deliver programs or services. Shapes and leads technical programs and highly complex, cross-organizational initiatives impacting products and business. Drives the management of and responses to issues, bottlenecks, and risks, serving as a point of escalation for all issues. Shapes program improvement strategies, leveraging best practices to drive transformational change and optimize processes across multiple teams. Shapes technical program improvement strategies, leveraging best practices to drive transformational change and optimize processes across multiple teams. Shapes technical collaboration across multiple teams, ensuring alignment of priorities and program goals. Provides expert technical guidance to shape and direct the automation of comprehensive reporting, leading collaboration with development teams to drive innovations in reports, dashboards, forecasts, and models for long-term technical program execution. Shapes the strategic direction of collaboration efforts as a technical liaison across stakeholder teams for high-impact technical programs.
Responsibilities
Key
Responsibilities
Technical
Management and Execution - Technical Management:
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Leverages
technical knowledge to identify risks, manage scope, estimate program
timelines, request feasibility, testing requirements, and determine appropriate
resources.
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Designs
and shapes the strategy for product or service delivery, ensuring alignment
with the third party, security, export, and accessibility compliance
requirements.
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Integrates
program demands and resourcing.
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Leads
rapid response to the most critical security escalations, coordinating across
teams and departments and serving as the primary point of contact to executives
to assess risk, determine comprehensive mitigation strategies, and ensure
alignment and execution of the most effective path to resolution.
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Leads
the transformation and optimization of processes to ensure the highest
reliability and resilience of products or services.
Technical
Management and Execution - Technical Strategy and Execution:
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Utilizes
technical knowledge to identify and manage program dependencies and risks.
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Supports
rapid response to escalations, coordinating within team and communicating to
senior team members to assess risk, determine mitigation strategies, and
execute the optimal proposed path to resolution.
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Shapes
overall planning activities, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture.
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Defines
and enforces delivery standards and...