Technical Program Manager

Cluj-Napoca, RomaniaFull-timePosted Jul 21, 2026

At Mindera, we craft software with people we love. 💛

We're looking for a TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER to join our team!

As a Technical Programme Manager, you support complex cross team initiatives and programmes , ensuring work progresses smoothly through effective planning, coordination and removal of delivery impediments.

As a programme manager you build and manage integrated delivery plans based on priorities, roadmaps and technical inputs owned by Product and Engineering. You help identify pain points and delivery inefficiencies, support agile ways of working, and strengthen sequencing, dependency management and escalation mechanisms within and across teams. You provide practical delivery support by tracking progress, coordinating ceremonies, supporting releases, and maintaining programme budget visibility and forecasting, escalating cost risks via Product and Finance governance.

Working closely with Product, Engineering and other Delivery colleagues, you help maintain delivery flow, transparency and discipline, while developing your delivery leadership capabilities and contributing to continuous improvement across people, process and technology.

When you join Mindera we welcome you into a fun and politics-free work culture, built on the principles of lean and self-organisation.

Note: Depending on the project and our clients' needs, you may get the chance to pack your bags and take off every now and then. Typically, we estimate travel time to be between 0% and 15%.

Key responsibilities:

Plan and coordinate the delivery of key initiatives and programme workstreams ensuring established project delivery standards and best practices are achieved.
Drive team delivery effectiveness by identifying pain points and inefficiencies within teams, actively removing blockers to improve delivery flow.
Support effective agile ways of working, including planning, ceremonies, prioritisation and delivery discipline.
Coordinate programme sequencing and delivery dependencies across teams where needed, ensuring technical dependencies are owned by Engineering and priority trade-offs are resolved by Product.
Embed clear escalation mechanisms, ensuring risks and issues are surfaced early.
Drive delivery transparency and track and communicate team delivery progress, supporting clarity of priorities, milestones and outcomes.
Support release readiness and rollout coordination, working closely with Product and Engineering.
Drive capability development, contributing to continuous improvement across people, process and tooling.
Support the development of delivery capability, particularly for Associate TPMs.
Works closely with Product Managers and Engineering teams to coordinate planning and execution, escalates to the Senior TPM/Head of TPM when needed, and engages with Architecture, Security and business stakeholders to manage dependencies and communicate progress.

Requirements

Strong delivery coordination skills and project/ programme management experience
Good working knowledge of programme management tooling such as Jira, Monday.com
Ability to identify delivery pain points and inefficiencies and actively remove blockers.
Solid understanding of agile ways of working, including planning, ceremonies and prioritisation.
Basic sequencing and dependency management capability, supporting cross-team coordination.
Delivery tracking and facilitation skills, ensuring progress, risks and issues are visible.
Effective escalation awareness, knowing when and how to surface risks.
Collaborative working style, partnering closely with Product and Engineering colleagues.
Financial and commercial awareness, supporting efficient delivery and value for money.
Learning mindset, seeking continuous improvement across people, process and tools.
Clear, calm communicator, especially under delivery pressure.
Agile and DevOps delivery expertise, enabling delivery flow while maintaining discipline.
Coaching and mentoring capability, supporting TPMs and contributing to delivery maturity.
Problem solving mindset, able to simplify complexity into executable plans.
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

Benefits

THE PERKS OF BECOMING A MINDER:

Private medical subscription
Counseling and psychotherapy services
Self-proposal salary process
Annual profit distribution, subject to company performance and board decision
Mindera Unit Plan
Flexible benefits options (sports, medical, cultural, donations)
Trainings and learning opportunities to grow within your role
Coaching and development guidance
25 days holiday (+ bank holidays)
Flexibility to choose where you work from
Vacation incentive
Parties, gatherings & trips

WHY MINDERA?

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to share with you what it's like to be a part of the Mindera community.

We're a group of friendly and talented individuals who work together to bring projects to life, in a fun, politics-free environment.

Our culture is all about being adaptable and self-organized. We want Minders to take risks, make decisions, work together and feel free to be their most authentic selves, every single day.

We work closely with our clients to truly understand their products and develop high-performance, resilient, and scalable software systems that make a real impact for their users and businesses, worldwide.

We are proud of our work, we're always learning and growing in our Agile and collaborative environment, and we hope you'll love it here just as much as we do!

Check out our Handbook & get to know us better: https://mindera.com/handbook.pdf