Senior Technical Program Manager

SnowflakeThe RocksHybridFull-time1 week ago

Snowflake is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to join Frontier Engineering in Sydney, leading technical programs across Forward Deployed Engineering engagements. The role involves owning technical execution, dependencies, and production delivery for data and AI solutions, requiring 8+ years of experience in complex technical programs.

What you'll do

Own the integrated technical plan, cross-workstream dependencies and technical risk across multiple FDE workstreams building on the Snowflake AI Data Cloud.
Drive workstreams from engineering readiness through integration, release, production cutover, and operational handoff, resolving blockers across customer and Snowflake engineering teams.
Lead release and production cutover of Snowflake-based data and AI solutions.
Identify and prioritize customer-driven product gaps and defects, distinguish one-off requirements from recurring product issues, and drive resolution with global Snowflake Product & Engineering teams across time zones.
Give technical estimates, effort and risk input to Engagement Managers and Program Managers to protect delivery feasibility.
Provide commercial awareness of SOW/exhibit scope, change control and delivery done at risk.
Identify scope changes, delivery-at-risk decisions, and emerging technical constraints; provide the impact assessment needed by Engagement Managers to manage SOW scope and change control.
Report technical status clearly to Snowflake and customer stakeholders, from engineering teams to executives.
Use AI-assisted workflows, including Snowflake Cortex capabilities, to improve delivery tooling and execution.
Help establish the FDE Technical Program Management practice in ANZ.

What you need

Must-have

Technical Program ManagementData platformMLOpsGenAI/AISoftware and application developmentDependency managementTechnical risk managementArchitectural trade-offs

Nice-to-have

SnowflakeSnowflake CortexSnowflake OpenflowCloud data platformsRegulated financial servicesAPRA-regulated environmentsConsultancyBig-4 technical program leadership

Soft skills

Low-egoExperimental mindsetCuriosityChallenge assumptionsSound judgmentOwnershipIndependent operationCommercial awarenessStakeholder communication

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