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# Sr. Technical Program Manager - FinOps

- **Company:** Axon Enterprise, Inc.
- **Location:** Seattle, WA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $131,250.0 - $210,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Excel, Agile Methodology, Amazon Web Services, Data Analysis, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Computer Engineering, Database Queries, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Software Engineering, Cloud Platform System, Containerization, Information Technology, Webforms, Data Analytics, Cloud Optimization, Terraform, Programming Languages
- **Published:** July 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=092bbec59d8eb0e5

## About the Role

We're looking for an experienced Technical Program Manager who's already worked for several years with engineering teams in cloud-hosted distributed service environments. and has a proven track record of executing and coordinating complex software deliverables across multiple teams and job roles. In this role, you'll be partnered with engineering and finance VPs. We're looking for someone who knows a lot or can research what they don't about how AWS and Azure charge for their services in order to guide teams during architectural design to pick the best alternative. Success will be left-shifting financial understanding into software design; failure would be launching a feature only to find it's too expensive to run. Amazing success will be developing this function into a repeatable process that scales beyond your individual contributions., * Working knowledge of how networking works in AWS and Azure

 * 2+ years of experience in Cloud FinOps engineering analysis and Cloud cost optimization
 * 2+ years in cloud operations role managing Cloud environments, budgets, forecasts and implementing financial controls.
 * Strong principles of financial analysis
 * Analytical skills and experience with cost optimization
 * Excellent SQL querying, Excel, and charting/graphing skills
 * Ability to gain trust querying and analyzing data accurately
 * Ability to communicate effectively and deliver presentations
 * Understanding of cloud cost management tools
 * Some experience with containerized environments and Terraform
 * Some experience with automation/development languages (PowerShell, Bash, Python)
 * Experience working on multi-million-dollar environments
 * Ability to influence engineering teams to optimize spending, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software/Electrical Engineering, Data Science, or other related field
 * 7+ years professional experience in leading and managing system/software delivery, with at least 2 specifically in a technical program management role.
 * High degree of competency and proven success with project management including: Agile Software Development Lifecycle methodology, identifying and managing risks, tracking dependencies and milestones, and communicating overall project status.
 * Evidence in work history of owning and driving large, ambiguous technical software programs
 * You are able to learn quickly and cannot only deal with ambiguity, but can effectively partner with others to reduce ambiguity
 * You resonate with Axon's Values and our mission that technology can be applied to tackle public safety's biggest challenges.
 * Strong interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating, influencing and team building
 * Strong written and verbal English communication skills
 * Experienced with enterprise SaaS or other mission critical software product is a plus.
 * Experienced with cloud IaaS and PaaS offering such as AWS and Azure is a plus.

## Description

As a Technical Program Manager, you will leverage your leadership skills and expertise to partner with engineering and product management teams to drive projects from inception, through design, development, and deployment.

This role will operate in a five person team at the intersection of Engineering, Product, and Finance, to optimize spending decisions that are aligned with our product and financial strategy. We're not developing cost-controls and approvals; we empower our engineering teams with budgets and help them understand, forecast, and optimize their spending while maintaining their development velocity., Location: This role is based out of our Seattle, WA office and follows a hybrid schedule. We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

 * Lead execution across product management, engineering, and design teams to build excellent, data-driven project plans and schedules.
 * Drive process improvements in your space to build better faster so they teams are more effective and can deliver with higher velocity because of your impact.
 * Own your dependencies & invent and simplify as you face challenges pushing everyone towards the right outcome.
 * Tracking all major risks/issues/roadmaps and ensure clear communication of issues
 * Build trust with senior leaders by aligning your priorities with theirs, providing timely, accurate, and succinct status updates, and helping other teams when needed
 * Leading by example with thoroughness, detail, and care for our customers.
 * Work with all levels of technical staff across software and hardware engineering earning their trust, holding them accountable and problem solving alongside them.
 * You'll help teams capture and improve detailed process and software architectural documentation as needed.
 * Working knowledge of the public cloud providers, The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.

Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.

We collect personal information from applicants to evaluate candidates for employment. You may request access, deletion, or exercise other CCPA rights at axongreenhousesupport@axon.com or via our Axon Privacy Web Form. For more information, please see the Your California Privacy Rights section of our Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice.

Axon's mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon's impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.


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