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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) - **Company:** Keysight Technologies - **Location:** Santa Rosa, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $149,850.0 - $249,750.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Data Analysis, Confluence, JIRA, Software Documentation, Microsoft Project, Systems Development Life Cycle, Systems Integration, Smartsheet - **Published:** July 16, 2026 - **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/main/sendform/8/8/28176/1/17608955?backUrl=%2Fcareer%2F17608955%2FSenior-Technical-Program-Manager-Tpm-California-Santa-Rosa ## About the Role * Bachelor's in engineering or related field (advanced degree preferred). * + 5-8+ years in technical program management or engineering leadership. + Demonstrated success leading complex hardware, software, or integrated system development programs. + Excellent organizational, problem-solving, risk management, and stakeholder management skills. + Strong understanding of product development lifecycles, system integration, validation, and manufacturing readiness. + Strong risk management and problemsolving skills. + Experience coordinating across R&D, manufacturing, and supply chain. + Experience managing multiple concurrent projects with competing priorities and aggressive schedules. + Proficiency with Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Confluence, or similar program management tools. + PMP certification or equivalent. Preferred Qualifications + Strong customer-facing leadership experience, including executive-level communication and escalation management. + Experience in high-technology industries (e.g., wireless, satellite, networking, test & measurement). + Experience leading complex hardware/software customer programs. + Excellent communication and executivelevel reporting skills. Success Measures + On-time delivery of customer milestones, contractual commitments, and program deliverables. + Clear, consistent documentation, including timely program reporting. + Effective management of risks, issues, scope changes, and resource constraints. + Strong crossfunctional alignment and customer satisfaction. + Predictable, nosurprise program execution. ## Description Program Leadership & Execution * Lead end-to-end planning and execution across R&D, IST, manufacturing, supply chain, and customer teams. * Serve as the primary program interface to the customer TPM, internal leadership, and engineering organizations. * Ensure alignment on requirements, priorities, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and required milestones. * Drive accountability to program milestones, customer commitments, and business objectives. Scheduling, Risk & Documentation * Develop, maintain, and continuously update the integrated master schedule, critical path, dependencies, and resource plan. * Maintain a comprehensive risk register including risk identification, owners, mitigation plans, and closure timelines. * Ensure all program documentation (SOW deliverables, plans, reports, action logs) is up-to-date and accessible. * Coordinate engineering development, integration, validation, manufacturing readiness, and customer deployment activities. Reporting & Communication * Deliver weekly internal status updates summarizing progress, risks, issues, decisions, and next steps. * Provide monthly program reports for leadership and customer, highlighting: * Milestone achievement and schedule performance * Critical path status and forecasted delivery dates * Key accomplishments and upcoming priorities * Risk and issue summaries with mitigation and closure plans Develop executive-ready dashboards, presentations, and data-driven insights to support decision-making. Ensure all program documentation, action logs, deliverables, and decisions are current and accessible. * Communicate issues clearly with root causes, impacts, and recovery plans. Customer Engagement * Partner closely with customer TPMs to clarify requirements, review progress, manage expectations, and address escalations. * Facilitate reviews, milestone checkpoints, demonstrations, and acceptance activities throughout the solution delivery lifecycle. * Build trusted customer relationships through proactive communication and predictable program execution. * Effectively manage customer expectations while balancing technical, schedule, and resource constraints. * Ensure commitments to customers are realistic, documented, and consistently met. Process & Governance * Establish and maintain program governance, including milestone reviews, risk management, issue escalation, and change control processes. * Drive continuous improvement of program management processes, tools, and reporting mechanisms. * Promote best practices for execution consistency across multiple customer programs. * Support portfolio planning, resource prioritization, and cross-program coordination. ## Related Videos - [Successful talent development: A joint journey of executives and talents](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1002-successful-talent-development-a-joint-journey-of-executives-and-talents) - [42 x 2 Canvases Later: Two Years, Two Minds, Many Lessons](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1458-42-x-2-canvases-later-two-years-two-minds-many-lessons) - [Collaboration Quantified: Lessons from Open Source Developer Networks](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1422-collaboration-quantified-lessons-from-open-source-developer-networks) - [A Founder's Journey : From Startup Chaos to Purposeful Growth](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1926-a-founder-s-journey-from-startup-chaos-to-purposeful-growth) - [You’re a great coder? 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