Sr. Manager, Technical Program Management - LinkedIn Talent Solutions

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

LinkedIn is looking for a Senior Manager, Technical Program Management in its Talent Enterprise Engineering (TEE) org. TEE is a fast paced, global and dynamic organization that is responsible for building AI and Agentic products, as part of the LinkedIn Talent Solutions (LTS) line of business. 

The selected candidate will have demonstrated expertise in building and leading high performance teams that deliver impact at scale. You will work with the leadership team to define, prioritize and drive project portfolios to successful and impactful delivery. You will also establish, measure and manage the right project management governance practices and frameworks within the TEE org and also partnering with other engineering organizations at LinkedIn. The ideal candidate will have an excellent balance of leadership, organizational, and technical skills, and can execute and deliver successfully in situations where authority is not a given. Influence, collaboration and leadership across functional lines is essential.

Responsibilities: 

Leadership & Strategy

• Strategic Portfolio Management: Oversee a high-impact portfolio of initiatives, aligning engineering priorities, program backlogs, and resource plans with company objectives.
• Organizational Planning: Lead headcount planning and budget oversight while developing long-term strategic roadmaps with the leadership team. Support organization talent processes and program management.
• Rhythm of Business (ROB): Drive organizational efficiency by managing the cadence of key meetings, reviews, and cross-functional communications.
• Change Management: Act as the primary driver for organizational change, proactively cascading information to minimize disruption and maintain engagement.

Team Development & People Management

• Talent Leadership: As an inspiring servant leader, hire, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Technical Program Managers (TPMs)
• Force Multiplication: Identify and provide strategic opportunities for staff to close skill gaps and support talent processes.

Operational Excellence & Innovation

• Process Optimization: Champion the use of AI-native tools and automation to boost productivity and engineering excellence.
• Program Governance: Establish enterprise-level best practices for program management methodologies, tooling, and risk mitigation (clean escalations and resolutions).

Partnership & Influence

• Stakeholder Representation: Build strong cross-functional partnerships, representing the business area internally and externally.
• TPM Advocacy: Partner with global TPM leaders to standardize best practices and increase the functional impact of the TPM role across the company.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• BA/BS Degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of people management experience
• Experience with software engineering practices gained through experience as a software engineer or managing/leading engineering teams
• Professional experience as a Technical Program Manager or other Engineering Leadership roles

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional experience as a Technical Program Manager or other Engineering Leadership roles 
• Enterprise/AI product development experience
• Demonstrated abilities to grow people’s careers
• Practical and advanced understanding of managing the lifecycle of large-scale programs.
• Excellent communication skills; skilled at cross-functional, cross-organizational and exec communication, and attention to detail.
• Passion for keeping up with emerging technologies and self-development.

Suggested Skills:

• Engineeri