Senior Technical Program Manager II

Summary

Join Axon and be a Technical Program Manager, leveraging your leadership and expertise to drive projects from inception to deployment. Collaborate with product management and engineering teams, translating proposals into executable plans and ensuring projects stay on track. You will have a significant impact across all business units. The ideal candidate is an experienced technical program manager with a proven track record of executing complex software deliverables. Work from home as much as you want, living near any of our US R&D hubs. Axon offers competitive salary, 401k matching, paid time off, parental leave, and various health and wellness benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software/Electrical Engineering, Data Science, or other related field
• 10+ years professional experience in leading and managing system/software delivery, with at least 7+ 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

Responsibilities

• 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
• Communicate regularly and effectively with our teams in Seattle, Scottsdale, Vietnam and Finland

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Fitness Programs
• Emotional & Mental Wellness support
• Learning & Development programs