Sr Technical Program Manager
Couchbase, the operational data platform for AI, empowers businesses to succeed by bringing data to life in new ways. Major market-leading companies rely on Couchbase for mission critical operational, analytical, mobile and AI workloads. Built to replace legacy infrastructure and fragmented data services, Couchbase empowers enterprises with a unified platform architected for performance, flexibility and global scale.
With Couchbase, organizations bring their data to life, launching game‑changing customer experiences, exploring the limitless potential of AI, and seamlessly extending applications from the cloud to the edge and beyond. Couchbase’s AI‑ready technology and enterprise partnership model eliminate complexity and reduce total cost of ownership, enabling teams to stay agile, innovative and secure.
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As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will support the planning, management, communication, and governance of Couchbase Engineering and Cloud programs and projects in a collaborative, fast-paced, disciplined, results-oriented environment. You will own a few projects and work across multiple release cycles while receiving mentorship from senior TPM leadership.
Responsibilities:
- Support and execute efficient release management processes, ensuring the smooth and timely deployment of software updates while maintaining rigorous testing and validation protocols.
- Support the development and implementation of security initiatives, assisting with risk assessments and ensuring compliance with industry standards to safeguard organizational assets and data.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of engineering solutions, consistently meeting and exceeding Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for both development and support functions.
- Coordinate and monitor interconnected projects and programs that set up distributed teams for success, working under mentorship of senior TPM leadership.
- Ensure clarity of cross-functional requirements with clear success criteria.
- Identify and escalate issues affecting scope, quality, and schedules.
- Ensure issues and backlog are managed effectively and timely.
- Manage change and resources while escalating and managing risks at the earliest possible opportunity.
- Support product team discussions to clarify and specify the future of the product.
- Manage dependencies across multiple work streams to identify potential risk areas through data-focused analysis and identify mitigation actions.
- Communicate goals, status, risks, and impact to teams and stakeholders, adapting your communication style to your audience.
- Utilize modern AI tools including Claude and Gemini to accelerate TPM work, including documentation generation, requirement clarifications, and status reporting.
- Understand and analyze QE systems, including basic familiarity with Jenkins, Jira, and log analysis to evaluate test runs and support test strategy planning.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's/Master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent.
- 5 - 8 years of experience managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.
- 3 - 5 years of experience with one or more of AWS, GCP and Azure platforms. Any level of certification is helpful, but not a requirement.
- Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Familiarity with modern AI tools (Claude, Gemini) to support documentation, requirement clarification, and status reporting is a must.
- Good understanding of large scale distributed systems design, and operational challenges.
- Proficient verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to create clear and concise specifications, and executive reports.Adept at working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with rapidly changing requirements.
- Experience partnering with engineering teams and supporting execution across all phases of the software development lifecycle.
- You enjoy working with ambiguity and in a rapidly growing and changing environment.
- Basic understanding of Jenkins, Jira, and ability to analyze logs and test runs is good to have skill.
- Understanding test strategy and planning is good to have skill.
- Knowledge of security and compliance frameworks is good to have skill.
At Couchbase, we believe innovation thrives when diverse perspectives are at the table. We actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds—including women, people of color, LGTBQIA+ professionals, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. If you see a role that excites you, but don’t meet every qualification, we still encourage you to apply.
Studies show underrepresented talent is less likely to apply unless they meet all the criteria. We encourage you to apply if you’re excited about the role and can bring strong contributions to our team.
If you require reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process, please let your recruiter know—we’re happy to support you.
We value diverse educational and career backgrounds. If your experience aligns with the role’s goals—even if it doesn’t follow a traditional path—we’d love to hear from you.
- Generous Time Off Program - Flexibility to care for you and your family
- Wellness Benefits - A variety of world class medical plans to choose from, along with dental, vision, life insurance, and employee assistance programs*
- Financial Planning - Retirement program* and Business Travel Insurance
- Career Growth - Be valued, Create value approach
- Fun Perks - An ergonomic and comfortable in-office / WFH setup. Food & Snacks for in-office employees.
- And much more!
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