Principal Technical Program Manager - Cloud Engineering

Build the future of data. Join the Snowflake team.

We’re at the forefront of the data revolution, committed to building the world’s greatest data and applications platform. Snowflake is striving to become the cloud data platform of choice for everyone who needs affordable, reliable, scalable and elastic data management. Armed with great technical talent, our expanding product offering will automatically handle infrastructure, optimization, availability, data protection, and more so our users can focus on using their data, not managing it. And we’re doing this across all the major cloud providers, breaking new ground in what it means to be multi-cloud and even cloud independent.

We’re looking to hire a talented Principal Technical Program Manager who can be part of a world-class team that connects Snowflake services to the cloud. This is a unique opportunity to make a significant impact creating a scalable, flexible, agile, and resilient cloud platform for all of Snowflake services. Be part of the vision to create the best cloud platform for the best data platform. And our ‘get it done’ culture allows everyone at Snowflake to have an equal opportunity to innovate on new ideas, create work with a lasting impact, and excel in a culture of collaboration.

 

AS A PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER WOKING IN SNOWFLAKE CLOUD ENGINEERING, YOU WILL: 

• Be responsible for defining and delivering important programs with broad organizational, business and technical impact. 
• Provide cross-functional leadership with Engineering and Product Management, and inter/intra team communications to deliver outstanding program outcomes.
• Bring strong, data-driven and strategic technical judgment to decisions. 
• Be hands-on, working closely with Software Engineers and Product Managers to design, build, and deliver the right cloud platform for the next generation of Snowflake services and apps.
• Amplify your impact by educating and mentoring the TPM and Engineering communities on program management best practices.
• Identify opportunities to improve execution of the organization as a whole and increase engineering productivity through tools and process improvements. (Snowflake happens to have a nice data platform to use…)

 

A PRINCIPAL TECHNICAL PROGRAM MANAGER AT SNOWFLAKE IS EXPECTED TO HAVE:

• 10+ years of demonstrated industry experience and expertise leading medium to huge complex projects across multiple cloud technologies. 
• Ability to thrive and succeed in a dynamic environment and not be slowed down by ambiguity or competing priorities. 
• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, product management, and indeed all areas in Snowflake involved in the product life cycle 
• Strong program management skills with both technical and business acumen 
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills, with the ability to interact with technical and non-technical groups.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, consultation and organizational skills.
• BS/MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields or equivalent practical experience.