Staff Technical Program Manager jobs: 95 open roles
Open staff technical program manager jobs taken from employers’ own career sites and checked to still be open. Listings that state pay show a median of $222,500 a year.

The market for staff technical program manager work
Every figure names its source. Skills and AI-skill shares describe the whole Engineering function this title sits in.
- Verified open staff technical program manager jobs
- 95
- Median pay in listings that state it
- $222,500
- Engineering openings that ask for AI skills
- 8%
Source: NextChapter, checked against employer career sites, last 7 days.
See the detail →Source: NextChapter verified openings.
Source: NextChapter verified openings.
Skills most often named in openings
- 1. python10%
- 2. project management5%
- 3. linux4%
- 4. c++4%
- 5. aws4%
- 6. agile4%
- 7. supply chain4%
- 8. procurement3%
AI skills worth building for this work
- 1. ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
- 2. LLM application engineering
- 3. RAG and vector search
- 4. Model fine-tuning
- 5. Model training and deep learning
- 6. MLOps
Where staff technical program manager experience can go next
Career moves the skills carry over to, closest fit first. Time is how long a move usually takes.
Technical program management
Close fit · A few months
Technical program management pays more for the same delivery craft, aimed at engineering teams.
Carries over: Delivery planning, Risk management, Stakeholder updates
Implementation and onboarding
Close fit · Quick switch (weeks)
Customer implementation is project management with a customer on the other side.
Carries over: Running projects with customers, Scope and timeline control
Operations management and chief of staff
Adjacent · A few months
Chief of staff and business operations roles hire strong program people to run the leadership agenda.
Carries over: Cross-team coordination, Executive reporting, Process
Product operations
Adjacent · A few months
Product operations runs the product team's processes and releases, a natural home for delivery people.
Carries over: Release planning, Process, Tooling
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Open staff technical program manager jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Staff Technical Program Manager
IonQ · Louisville, KY
$152k–$190k · Nov 7, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Inference
CoreWeave · Bellevue, WA
Nov 6, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Platform
1X Technologies · San Carlos, CA
$190k–$230k · Nov 6, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager, IT Audit & Governance
MongoDB · New York City; Palo Alto
$151k–$297k · Nov 6, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager
Rivian Automotive · Torrance, California
Nov 6, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager - EPC
Rivian Automotive · Carson, California
Nov 6, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Data Center Supply Chain
Cerebras · Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Nov 5, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Data Center New Product Introduction
Cerebras Systems · Sunnyvale, CA
Nov 4, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Data Center Data & Tooling
Cerebras Systems · Sunnyvale, CA
Nov 4, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Data Center Supply Chain
Cerebras Systems · Sunnyvale, CA
Nov 4, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Diagnostic Engineering
Rivian Automotive · Hayward, California; Irvine, California
Nov 4, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Firmware Lifecycle and Release Management
Crusoe · Bellevue, WA - US
Nov 4, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Firmware Lifecycle and Release Management
Crusoe · Bellevue, WA - US
Nov 4, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager - AI/ML
PlayStation (Sony Interactive Entertainment) · United States, Austin, TX
$207k–$310k · Nov 3, 2026
- Staff Technical Program Manager - AI/ML
PlayStation (Sony Interactive Entertainment) · United States, San Mateo, CA
$226k–$338k · Nov 3, 2026
Showing the newest 15 of about 95 verified open jobs here. Search all jobs
Staff Technical Program Manager salary
The middle half of staff technical program manager listings that state pay run from $202,000 to $227,000. See the full staff technical program manager salary breakdown.
Engineering jobs in the rankings
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Where staff technical program manager jobs are
- California61
- Washington8
- Texas5
- Massachusetts3
- New York3
- Kentucky2
- District of Columbia2
- Virginia2
- Mississippi1
- Colorado1
- Arizona1
Between jobs? Unemployment benefits and severance rules in these states, or in every state.
Staff Technical Program Manager jobs by city and state
Employers hiring staff technical program managers
- Anduril Industries 12
- Rivian Automotive 6
- Crusoe 5
- CoreWeave 3
- PlayStation 3
- PlayStation (Sony Interactive Entertainment) 3
- Shield AI 3
- Relativity Space 3
- Cerebras Systems 3
- Pinterest 3
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