Senior Technical Program Manager - User Voice
Canva
- Sydney, NSW
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Monitor and track delivery status across multiple teams and projects
- Promote accountability towards sustainable program delivery
- Support engineering leads in maintaining and driving good delivery techniques during (& after) goal planning - including milestones shaping/scoping, prioritisation efforts, estimations, capacity planning.
- Manage open issues relating to program delivery
- Assess and manage program risks
- Manage dependencies across teams and groups
- Facilitate effective, timely and transparent team decision making practices
- Ensure an appropriate degree of consistency in planning, documentation and core practices across teams to ensure meaningful velocity and promote our ability to scale how teams work across Canva
- Facilitate continual improvement rituals to build the effectiveness of product development and engineering teams
- Build a culture and environment to achieve excellence and innovation
- Build partnerships with cross-functional teams to influence decisions, drive alignment and prioritization
- Partner with Group Leadership to facilitate the delivery of Canva's highest priority, complex and multi-disciplinary initiatives
- You have a minimum of 5 years TPM experience at a tech company
- Former engineer or engineering manager
- You have experience working in a Customer Support domain
- You have deep understanding of Agile product development methodologies
- You are knowledgeable in technical concepts, systems and practices
- You have experience working with Product Managers, Designers and Engineers to deliver key company initiatives
- You are comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
- You are a natural communicator who leads through influence, not authority
- You have a love for navigating complexity and tackling ambiguous problems
- You are process-oriented but flexible in approach
- You are motivated to provide an inclusive and psychologically safe environment for our diverse team to collaborate together, in a timely fashion, towards shared goals
- You have introspective focus to continually improve the effectiveness of Canva's teams
- You are dedicated to personal growth and improving in your craft as a TPM
- You demonstrated leadership capability to ensure clarity, alignment and accountability to achieve our crazy big goals
- You have the ability to think strategically but also able to make crazy big goals happen. This role will be very hands-on!
- Equity packages - we want our success to be yours too
- Inclusive parental leave policy that supports all parents & carers
- An annual Vibe & Thrive allowance to support your wellbeing, social connection, office setup & more
- Flexible leave options that empower you to be a force for good, take time to recharge and supports you personally