Sr. Technical Program Manager | LATAM

About the Position

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. We're seeking a Sr. Technical Program Manager to join our growing PMO team in LATAM, focusing on program delivery, driving portfolio management, and operating model practices.

Responsibilities

• Drive program planning and execution through program management best practices, manage risk and dependencies across multiple programs and teams
• Drive portfolio management practices, overseeing the portfolio delivery pipeline across multiple projects, from incoming requests to evaluation/discovery to successful delivery
• Ensure cross-functional alignment on program goals, strategy, scope, timelines, decisions, and outcomes
• Apply your technical skill set as an active contributor in technical requirements and design conversations with the program teams
• Foster a culture of transparency and trust, apply a lean value-driven approach, manage by influence, support, and empower technical teams through servant leadership
• Ensure strong lines of communication and regular updates to stakeholders
• In partnership with other TPMs, participate in the implementation of continuous cross-functional process improvement initiatives

Requirements

• 5+ years of Program, Portfolio, and Process Management experience
• A combination of a strong technical background and leadership
• 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 program roadmap
• 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 Atlassian & Google product suites is a plus
• Highly detailed-oriented and exceptional organizational and follow-through skills

We Offer

• Opportunity to work in a leading specialized storage cloud company
• Be part of a team that manages over three billion gigabytes of data storage for 500K+ customers in 175+ countries
• Competitive salary and benefits
• Remote work options
• Professional development opportunities

About the Company

Founded in 2007, Backblaze 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. 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 are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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