Udemy
Senior Technical Program Manager
🇺🇸 Austin, TX
🕑 Full-Time
💰 $143K - $179K
💻 Project Management
🗓️ September 17th, 2025
Edtech.com's Summary
Udemy is hiring a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead complex cross-functional programs and drive scalable execution across product and technology portfolios. The role involves managing interdependencies, aligning capacity with priorities, and evolving delivery frameworks to ensure effective product development lifecycle management.
Highlights
- Lead complex, cross-functional programs from inception through delivery, managing scope, schedules, risks, and stakeholder alignment.
- Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and Design leadership to translate strategy into executable roadmaps.
- Facilitate technical discovery and scoping, helping teams assess feasibility and make informed trade-offs.
- Identify and manage interdependencies across multiple workstreams to remove blockers and enable smooth execution.
- Enhance program delivery frameworks, tools, and rituals to improve team effectiveness at scale.
- Champion operational excellence through workflow refinement, automated reporting, and metrics-driven decision-making.
- Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences at all organizational levels.
- Expertise required in project management tools like Jira and Confluence, with capability to configure workflows and dashboards.
- Requires 6+ years experience as a Technical Program Manager or similar in a product-driven environment, with demonstrated success managing multi-team initiatives.
- Compensation range is $143,000 to $179,000 USD, with eligibility for equity.
Senior Technical Program Manager Full Description
Senior Technical Program Manager
Austin, TX
Join Udemy. Help define the future of learning.
Udemy is an AI-powered skills acceleration platform built to help people and teams grow. It’s personalized, practical, and focused on real-world impact.
Our mission is simple: to transform lives through learning. Your work helps people around the world build skills they can use, whether they’re picking up something new or leveling up to stay ahead.
Over 80 million learners and 17,000 businesses already learn with Udemy. If you’re excited by change, energized by learning, and ready to have a real impact, you’ll feel right at home.
Senior Technical Program Manager
About This Role
We’re looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join our growing team and lead high-impact initiatives across our product and technology portfolios. This role is designed for a seasoned TPM who thrives in navigating ambiguity, driving alignment across multiple teams, and enabling scalable execution across the organization.
As a TPM embedded within our broader program management function, you’ll play a critical role in managing interdependencies across teams, aligning capacity with priorities, and implementing scalable processes to support execution at every stage of the product development lifecycle. While this is not a design-only role, prior experience working with design teams and understanding creative workflows will be a strong asset as you contribute to portfolio-level coordination.
This is a highly visible role with significant opportunity to influence how we plan, execute, and scale product delivery. If you’re someone who brings a balance of strategic insight, technical fluency, and tactical execution - and you love connecting the dots across people, systems, and priorities we’d love to hear from you.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Own and lead complex, cross-functional programs from inception through delivery - managing scope, schedules, risks, and stakeholder alignment.
- Partner closely with other lead TPMs, and senior leaders across Product, Engineering, and Design to translate strategy into executable roadmaps, ensuring prioritization and capacity alignment.
- Facilitate technical discovery and scoping processes, helping teams clarify goals, assess feasibility, and make informed trade-offs early.
- Identify and manage interdependencies across multiple workstreams, proactively removing blockers and enabling seamless execution.
- Help evolve program delivery frameworks, tools, and rituals to improve team effectiveness and consistency at scale.
- Champion operational excellence by refining workflows, automating reporting, and supporting metrics-driven decision-making.
- Communicate clearly and effectively at all levels of the organization—adapting communication style for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborate with other TPMs to align on shared practices, scale cross-functional processes, and lead portfolio-level initiatives.
We’re Excited About You Because You Have:
- 6+ years of experience (or equivalent) as a Technical Program Manager or similar role in a fast-paced, product-driven environment.
- A proven track record of managing and delivering complex, multi-team initiatives with high strategic value.
- Deep experience working with engineering and product teams, and comfort interfacing with creative or design organizations.
- Strong fluency with technical concepts and systems thinking - you can understand technical architecture and ask the right questions to align on approach.
- Expertise with project management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence), with the ability to configure workflows and dashboards for clarity and insight.
- Exceptional communication and collaboration skills - you bring structure and clarity in ambiguous situations and build trust across teams.
- A bias for action and a proactive mindset - you’re energized by solving problems and creating leverage for others.
- Ability to operate at multiple altitudes - from strategic planning to executional details.
- Comfort working across a broad portfolio of initiatives, even outside your domain expertise.
Nice to Have:
- Experience contributing to organizational-level practices (e.g., onboarding programs, documentation standards, cross-functional rituals).
- Exposure to user-facing product development and a passion for improving customer experiences.
Familiarity with scaling teams and processes in a high-growth or evolving organizational environment.
Posting Date: September 16, 2025
Application window: September 16, 2025 - 30th September, 2025
Application window: September 16, 2025 - 30th September, 2025
At Udemy, we strive to be transparent around compensation. Actual compensation for this role is based on several factors, including but not limited to job-related skills, qualifications, experience, and specific work location due to differences in the cost of labor. In addition to a base salary, this role is also eligible for equity.
Hiring Compensation Range
$143,000—$179,000 USD
Why work here?
You’ll grow here.
Learning is part of the job. You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately, but what you focus on is up to you.
Learning is part of the job. You’ll get full access to Udemy courses, a monthly UDay to invest in yourself, and a budget to spend on whatever helps you improve. Many people are diving into AI lately, but what you focus on is up to you.
AI is real here.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. You’ll have the space and tools to experiment, apply, and get better at using AI in practical ways.
We use it in the way we learn and the way we work. You’ll have the space and tools to experiment, apply, and get better at using AI in practical ways.
You’ll own your work.
We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. You don’t need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.
We trust people to lead, make decisions, and follow through. You don’t need to wait for permission or layers of approval to have an impact.
You’ll build with others.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice, and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.
We collaborate openly and shape ideas together. Everyone has a voice, and good thinking is welcomed from any direction.
You’ll see your impact.
What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You’ve got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs?
What you build helps people grow their skills, change their careers, or find a path forward. You’ve got the experience, why not use it to help others gain theirs?
Bring your curiosity. We’ll bring the platform and the support. Let’s LEARN together.
Our Benefits Start with U
Our benefits start with you and were built to provide you and your family with the protection and care you need, making it easy to access the right coverage when you need it most. Benefits vary by region, and we encourage applicants to review our Australia Benefits, India Benefits, Ireland Benefits, Mexico Benefits, Turkiye Benefits & US Benefits, pages to get an understanding of some of the benefits we offer. For details on region-specific benefits, please refer to the information provided during the hiring process.
Benefits outlined are provided as a general overview and may vary depending on the location, role, and employment classification. All benefits are subject to change at the discretion of the organization and in accordance with applicable laws and policies.
At Udemy, we value diversity and inclusion and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or family status, veteran status, medical condition, or disability. We understand that not everyone will match each of the qualifications. However, we also realize that everyone has unique experiences that can add value to our company. Even if you think your background might not perfectly align, we'd love to hear from you!
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