Technical Program Manager
Santa Monica, CA
Category: Program/Project Management
Industry: Communications
Reference ID: JN -022026-105431
Date Posted: 02/09/2026
Shortcut: http://careers.eliassen.com/60Mq4w
Description:
Onsite in either Santa Monica, CA or New York, NY or Seattle, WA
This role will partner with product management and engineering to translate business value into actionable plans and execute on the delivery of data engineering initiatives. It requires technical understanding, accountability, and collaboration to manage cross-workstream teams. The environment is fast paced and complex, with a focus on launching data platform products and services.
Due to client requirements, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.
Rate: $80.00 to $85.00/hr. w2
Responsibilities:
- Lead multiple complex technical programs across engineering teams to launch data platform products and services.
- Partner with engineering, product management, and analytics leaders to drive strategic and tactical objectives.
- Build strategic relationships with key engineering and business leaders to ensure program success.
- Plan and execute roadmaps, releases, and backlogs using agile methodologies.
- Identify risks, resolve project blockers, and establish appropriate resolution paths.
- Fill gaps across roles and functions as needed and act as an adaptive problem solver.
- Develop and execute change management and communication plans, reporting progress and raising issues to stakeholders.
- Foster a collaborative environment that promotes transparency, autonomy, innovation, and continuous learning.
- Manage frequent context switching while maintaining productivity and providing effective guidance.
Experience Requirements:
- 5+ years of technical program management experience focused on data engineering, data platforms, data governance, and/or data analytics.
- Experience leading large-scale organizational change efforts.
- Experience building broad communications plans across active initiatives and programs.
- Demonstrated ability to transform ambiguous data needs into actionable execution plans with high ownership.
- Expertise in Agile software development with Scrum methodology and practices.
- Working knowledge of SQL, ETL processing, and Data Warehousing, with familiarity in Looker and Tableau.
- Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, Airtable, Google Workspace, and MS Office.
- Knowledge of the software development life cycle.
- Background working with data engineering and data platform teams across end-to-end data flow and data quality.
- Stakeholder and relationship management experience across enterprise programs.
- Experience with Snowflake and/or Databricks (preferred).
Education Requirements:
- BS in a STEM field with 7+ years of experience, or BA/BS with 11+ years of experience. In lieu of a degree, 17 years of relevant experience.
- Scrum certification (preferred).
W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality.
Please be advised- If anyone reaches out to you about an open position connected with Eliassen Group, please confirm that they have an Eliassen.com email address and never provide personal or financial information to anyone who is not clearly associated with Eliassen Group. If you have any indication of fraudulent activity, please contact InfoSec@eliassen.com.
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