Sr. Principal Technical Program Manager
Senior Principal TPM on Axon's Real-Time Operations team (Fusus platform for emergency responders), leading the company's most complex cross-organization programs as strategic advisor to SVP/CTO-level leadership. Focus on program strategy, execution mechanisms, and credible engagement with deep technical architecture decisions for mission-critical SaaS.
- Compensation
- $207K–$331.2K / yr
- Location
- Seattle, Washington, United States
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Principal
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science or related field
- 12 to 15+ years of experience managing complex software or hardware/software delivery
- 2-3 years as a technical individual contributor/engineer or comparable technical depth
- Proven record leading highly complex, high-risk programs across multiple organizations with executive visibility
- Experience leading programs with multiple TPMs, engineering organizations and cross-functional stakeholders
- Driving alignment and accountability at org/company level without direct reporting authority
- Deep technical judgment; credible engagement with Principal/Distinguished Engineers and engineering VPs
- Ability to evaluate end-to-end architecture and long-term cost of poor technical decisions
- Mastery of program management practice and multiple delivery methodologies
- Record of creating mechanisms that improve execution across multiple teams or organizations
- Experience advising senior executives and shaping strategy with SVP- and CTO-level stakeholders
- Experience writing strategy documents influencing short- and long-term direction
- Ability to define problems and establish direction where requirements, ownership or solutions don't exist
- Experience leading novel initiatives with uncertain technical path and significant failure consequences
- Strong executive communication skills; ability to challenge senior leaders respectfully
- Strong influencing, mentoring and coaching skills
- Experience scaling processes across multiple organizations and time zones
- Connection to Axon's values and public safety mission
Nice to have
- Master's or PhD
- Experience with enterprise SaaS or other mission-critical software
Full description
Join Axon and be a Force for Good.
At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.
Life at Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.
Your Impact
As a Senior Principal Technical Program Manager on the Real-Time Operations team, you will lead some of Axon's most complex, ambiguous and high-risk programs across R&D and the broader company.
You will own organization-level and company-level initiatives where success requires alignment across multiple pillars, executive stakeholders and, in many cases, multiple TPMs. You will be the person senior leadership turns to when the work has no obvious owner, the solution is not yet known and the consequences of getting it wrong are significant.
You will identify problems and opportunities before requirements exist, define the strategy, translate that strategy into an executable plan and drive alignment around the people, resources and commitments required to deliver it.
You will operate as a strategic advisor to senior product and engineering leadership, including the RTO SVP, CTO and their directs. You will tell leaders what they need to hear, surface risks before they become issues and help shape both short-term execution and long-term technical direction.
At this level, your scope extends beyond delivering an individual program. You will lead programs with multiple TPMs, establish mechanisms that improve execution across organizations and raise the standard for technical program management across Axon.
The Real-Time Operations team builds, deploys and maintains products for emergency responders, specifically built around the Axon Fusus platform. Because every second counts for our customers, any production outage, functional regression or performance degradation that lasts even a few minutes can have a real impact.
The ideal candidate combines deep technical judgment, strong executive presence and the ability to drive accountability across organizations without relying on direct authority.
Location: Seattle
Reports to: Sr. Director of Technical Program Management
Direct reports: None
What You'll Do
- Lead Axon's most complex cross-organization technical programs, including initiatives that span multiple R&D pillars and business functions.