Director, Technical Program Management

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Austin, TX
Senior level
Big Data • Real Estate • Software
Realtor.com® is an open real estate marketplace built for everyone.
The Role
The Director, Technical Program Management will work closely with Product and Engineering leadership to shape the organization's long-term strategy, manage product roadmap planning, develop program plans, and mentor a team of technical program managers. The role focuses on ensuring alignment across teams, driving execution, and managing dependencies to deliver solutions effectively.
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At Realtor.com®, we have among the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of real estate listings and the most engaged users across all the online real estate portals. Our mission is to make buying, selling, renting, and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone.

Building your career? Build it better at Realtor.com®. Join us and help change the world of real estate, one home at a time.

At realtor.com, we are building products that empower millions of home buyers, renters, dreamers, and real estate professionals. We aim to radically simplify the home buying/selling process, and to help more people achieve the dream of home ownership. To help us achieve this mission, we are looking for a Director, Technical Program Management to drive product development collaboration, processes and execution.

In this role, you will work side by side with Product and Engineering leadership to drive operational consistency, scale best practices, and ensure visibility and accountability of work across teams. 

Director, Technical Program Management Responsibilities:

  • Work with engineering and product management leadership to define long-term strategy for the organization
  • Translation of the strategy and platform/product requirements into technical requirements and solutions in collaboration with your partner teams and engineering counterparts
  • Support the roadmap planning process to ensure that product, design and engineering leadership, as well as other stakeholders are aligned on deliverables 
  • Define and lead technical execution strategy for multiple product and platform areas.
  • Work with the team to develop end-to-end program plans, influence teams to deliver against them, and keep the org and leadership informed on progress.
  • Manage, mentor, and grow the existing product technical program management teams.
  • Drive internal process improvements across multiple teams and functions.
  • Work with teams to set milestones, communicate program statuses, and identify/address potential setbacks.
  • Work with engineering to ensure the team’s work focuses on the highest priority partner team and customer needs.
  • Work across organizations to align plans, manage dependencies, drive execution, and deliver broad solutions.
  • Responsible for people management - hiring, developing, and implementing organizational structure, delivering performance reviews, providing continual feedback, coaching and career growth.

Ideal Qualifications:

  • Strong technical background, great communication skills, effective cross-organization collaborator, and a proven program management background
  • Demonstrated experience leading large projects across multiple software teams and organizations with strong dependencies, as well as building and growing an organization of TPMs
  • The candidate must be able to thrive and succeed in a fast-paced environment and not be hindered by ambiguity or competing priorities
  • 10+ years of software industry experience, including systems engineering, hardware engineering, or technical product/program management experience

  • 10+ years of people management experience leading teams to deliver technical programs or products from inception to delivery

  • Experience building, growing, and leading a technical program management organization through design and execution of large product, infrastructure, tools and applications
  • Analytical and problem-solving experience 
  • Thorough understanding of modern software development lifecycles

Do the best work of your life at Realtor.com®

Here, you’ll partner with a diverse team of experts as you use leading-edge tech to empower everyone to meet a crucial goal: finding their way home. And you’ll find your way home too. People are our foundation—the core that drives us passionately forward. At Realtor.com®, you’ll bring your full self to work as you innovate with speed, serve our consumers, and champion your teammates. In return we’ll provide you with a warm, welcoming, and inclusive culture; intellectual challenges; and the development opportunities you need to grow.

Diversity is important to us, therefore, Realtor.com® is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Realtor.com® will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.

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The Company
Austin, TX
1,900 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1995

What We Do

We pioneered the world of digital real estate more than 25 years ago. Today, through our website and mobile apps, we are a trusted guide for consumers, empowering more people to find their way home by breaking down barriers, helping them make the right connections, and creating confidence through expert insights and guidance. For professionals, we are a trusted partner for business growth, offering consumer connections and branding solutions that help them succeed in today's on-demand world.

Why Work With Us

The way home begins with you. With a diverse team of experts alongside you, you’ll help us reach new heights at the forefront of the digital real estate space. Bring your extensive knowledge and deep expertise and collaborate with other passionate visionaries to lead our industry and revolutionize the way people find home, in every form.

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