Senior Technical Program Manager

About SambaNova

The era of pervasive AI has arrived. In this era, organizations will use generative AI to unlock hidden value in their data, accelerate processes, reduce costs, drive efficiency and innovation to fundamentally transform their businesses and operations at scale.

SambaNova Suite™ is the first full-stack, generative AI platform, from chip to model, optimized for enterprise and government organizations. Powered by the intelligent SN40L chip, the SambaNova Suite is a fully integrated platform, delivered on-premises or in the cloud, combined with state-of-the-art open-source models that can be easily and securely fine-tuned using customer data for greater accuracy. Once adapted with customer data, customers retain model ownership in perpetuity, so they can turn generative AI into one of their most valuable assets.

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly capable and dynamic Senior Technical Program Manager to drive product delivery at Sambanova Systems. You will play a critical role in planning, driving execution, and orchestrating multiple workstreams and dependencies to drive engineering velocity and transparency towards delivering customer product releases.

Responsibilities

• Lead various Software programs and initiatives in a fast moving organization across different locations covering a range of areas.
• Work closely with engineers, product managers and other stakeholders to define and prioritize Product features and capabilities.
• Put together a comprehensive plan that encompasses all the diverse efforts that are in motion within the teams and streamline the program to improve visibility and scalability.
• Provide hands-on support from development to deployment, including requirements gathering, managing scope, schedule tracking, qualitative testing and documentation.
• Manage cross functional dependencies, risks and changes effectively across multiple streams.
• Leverage your excellent communication and coordination skills to bring the best out of multiple teams. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs with engineers.
• Identify and drive ongoing process improvement opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or a related field
• 8+ years of experience in technical program management
• 3+ years of experience in Software or ML development

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in launching Software products from research to production.
• Ability to work independently and successfully in a fast paced nascent environment.
• Experience with roadmap planning, forecasting and release process management.
• Adept at working with highly skilled and independent engineers.
• Self-motivated and willing to take additional responsibilities over time to contribute to the team’s success.

Key skills/competency

• Technical Program Management
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Machine Learning (ML) Development
• Generative AI Platforms
• Product Feature Prioritization
• Cross-functional Leadership
• Risk Management
• Release Management
• Process Improvement
• Stakeholder Communication