Sr. Technical Program Manager

Backblaze is the object storage leader in the open cloud movement, fueling customer success with cloud storage built purposefully to unlock budgets, unburden administrators, and unleash innovators. Together with our partners, we’re helping customers break free from the restrictive, overpriced legacy solutions that hold them back, and blaze forward with the full power of the open cloud in their hands.

Founded in 2007, we scaled the business with less than $3 million in outside funding until 2021, when we did a traditional IPO on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Today, Backblaze generates over $100m in revenue and is the leading specialized storage cloud - managing over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries, including businesses, developers, IT professionals, and individuals. 

But while there is a lot to celebrate in our past, there is almost as much opportunity ahead of us. We're seeking a Sr. Technical Program Manager!

What You'll Do:

We are seeking a Sr. Technical Program Manager to join our PMO team, with focus on driving technical project/program management and cross-functional operating practices for Cloud Operations, Engineering, CTO, Security, Product Management and company-wide.

• In this technical role, you will drive program and project planning and execution, and will manage objectives, deliverables, risks and dependencies across multiple programs and teams
• Ensure cross-functional alignment on program and initiatives  goals, strategy, scope, timelines, decisions and outcomes
• Apply your “T” in TPM (technical skillset) as an active contributor in technical requirements and design conversations with the project teams
• Ensure strong lines of communication and regular updates to stakeholders and leadership
• Contribute to central delivery portfolio management practices for Backblaze, which includes overseeing the delivery pipeline for your programs and initiatives across a shared cross-organizational roadmap, from incoming requests to evaluation/discovery to successful delivery
• Represent your programs and initiatives in quarterly Program Increment (PI) planning practice 
• Foster a culture of transparency and trust, apply lean value-driven approach, manage by influence, support and empower technical teams through servant leadership
• In partnership with other TPMs, participate in implementation of continuous process improvement initiatives across teams and departments

The Right Fit:

• 5+ years of technical delivery leadership experience
• Strong technical background with design and implementation of scalable systems
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a fast paced environment
• Comfortable with operating in high uncertainty environments, ability to synthesize data from multiple sources and teams into a structured plan
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to manage by influence, identify underlying issues, solve problems and conflicts
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Experience with Agile practices (Agile at Scale a plus)
• Experience with Project and Portfolio Planning tooling (Jira, Smartsheet, Aha!)), Atlassian & Google product suites

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about the job description you're reading. Even if you don't meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. Learning, developing, and growing are key parts of our culture. We're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in various ways. We want people to feel comfortable expressing their true selves and to come, stay, and do their best work here.

At Backblaze, we value being fair and good to our customers, partners, and employees. That’s why diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the core of our values. We are committed to fostering a workforce where all employees feel a sense of belonging regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socio-economic status, ability, veteran status, and education. We believe that our dedication to cultivating a diverse workspace not only allows us to better serve our customers in over 175 countries, but further reinforces our commitment to doing the right thing. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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