Technical Manager

We all love what we do, and we all love doing it together, because we demand the best people to make the best Venmo. Venmo was founded on the principles of breaking down the foreboding walls of financial transactions to make them intuitive and even fun with friends. And it worked, people love sending money with Venmo.

As a TPM, you’ll have the important role of managing a portfolio of simultaneous projects. The TPM will be expected to build out project plans, mitigate risks and regularly communicate status to the Venmo leadership team. You will need to balance a portfolio of projects and work closely with Product Managers and Engineering Managers to manage scope, costs, resourcing and quality.

* Manage multiple projects across multiple teams to planned milestones, communicating progress to stakeholders proactively. * Coordinate priorities, projects, and resourcing across Engineering, Product, Design and Operations teams, guiding cross-domain gaps or misalignment of goals with guidance and collaboration. * Plan for project risks and critical choke points, make trade-off decisions * Advocate for and play a key role in the software development life-cycle: initiating, planning, project execution, delivery, monitoring, maintenance, etc. * Internal and external partner management

* Bachelors and/or Masters in computer science OR related field of study * 8+ years experience in software development or a related field * 5+ years of experience in program and project management * Experience building teams and teamwork * Excellent communication skills -- both written and oral (must be able to give honest, direct, and actionable feedback) * Knowledge and experience using modern software development and project management methodologies (e.g. scrum, TDD, pair programming)