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Minimum 10 years of program or portfolio management experience, including 5+ years leading Technical Program Management teams. * Significant experience leading complex technical programs, strategic portfolios, or program management organizations within a global, matrixed environment. * Demonstrated people-leadership experience, including building teams, coaching program leaders, setting organizational priorities, and developing talent. * Strong experience managing cross-functional programs involving Product, Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, Security, Operations, Finance, and business stakeholders. * Proven ability to lead portfolio planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, executive governance, and organizational escalation. * Experience operating across multiple products, platforms, services, geographies, or business segments. * Strong understanding of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), AI Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC), cloud platforms, agile delivery methodologies, and product development processes. * Demonstrated ability to translate strategic priorities into executable plans, governance mechanisms, and measurable outcomes. * Strong executive communication, facilitation, negotiation, and stakeholder-management skills. * Experience using enterprise planning and execution tools such as Aha!, Smartsheet, Rally, Jira, Jama, or comparable platforms. * Ability to operate effectively in an environment characterized by significant technical complexity, interdependencies, changing priorities, and multiple decision-makers., * Proven leadership in digital transformation, including cloud modernization, platform adoption, and organizational change initiatives. * Experience within healthcare technology, medical devices, or other highly regulated industries, with a strong understanding of quality systems, compliance, privacy, cybersecurity, and risk management. * Knowledge of AI Development Lifecycle (AI-DLC) methodologies, governance frameworks, and responsible AI practices, including deployment of AI-enabled products and services. * Ability to simplify complexity and create clarity across technical, business, and organizational domains, translating strategy into actionable execution plans. * Ability to balance tactical execution with long-term strategic objectives while influencing across highly matrixed organizations. * Current PMP certification preferred. * Lean/Six Sigma certification preferred. ## Description As the Principal Technical Program Manager, you will lead the TPM organization and strategic portfolio execution across Digital, Cloud, and AI initiatives. You will drive cross-functional programs and shared services in a highly regulated healthcare environment, ensuring alignment between business strategy, customer outcomes, and execution excellence. * TPM Organization Leadership * Lead and develop a high-performing TPM organization supporting complex, cross-functional programs and shared services. * Establish clear operating expectations, organizational priorities, and resource allocation aligned with business objectives. * Coach and develop TPM talent, strengthening program leadership, stakeholder management, execution rigor, and strategic thinking. * Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, continuous improvement, and delivery excellence. * Strategic Portfolio Management * Drive portfolio planning and execution across products, services, and business segments, ensuring alignment with strategic priorities and customer outcomes. * Coordinate cross-functional initiatives, dependencies, milestones, and investment priorities across the portfolio. * Partner with segment, product, and engineering leaders to enable adoption of shared platforms and maximize business value. * Execution, Risk & Dependency Management * Establish governance and operating mechanisms that improve execution visibility, predictability, and accountability. * Lead management of portfolio-level risks, dependencies, releases, escalations, and resource constraints. * Facilitate resolution of cross-team challenges and ensure critical issues are communicated and addressed effectively. * Standards, Governance & Operational Excellence * Define and drive adoption of common program management frameworks, tools, metrics, and best practices. * Standardize planning, reporting, milestone readiness, release management, and portfolio governance processes. * Ensure portfolio health, compliance requirements, and operational excellence are consistently monitored and improved. * Financial & Business Management * Partner with Finance and leadership teams on budget planning, investment prioritization, cloud cost management, and chargeback processes. * Monitor portfolio performance and provide data-driven recommendations on priorities, investments, and tradeoffs. * Executive Communication & Stakeholder Engagement * Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Quality, Security, and business segments. * Deliver executive-level reporting on portfolio health, key risks, dependencies, decisions, and outcomes. * Drive alignment across stakeholder groups and represent a unified portfolio perspective in leadership and business reviews.