Titlesby GlyphTechnical Program Manager a new title on company job boards
Leadership · Emerging · not on Hacker News yet · 307 open roles at 73 companies · median $214k
Coordinates complex cross-functional technical initiatives and drives engineering delivery across teams.
first seen May 2021, job board
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
First seen in our data in May 2021, in a company job-board posting from Palantir. Today 307 open roles use the title at 73 companies, most of them in AI labs.
- PostingThe oldest Technical Program Manager posting we holdPalantir, May 2021 · backs: first sighting
- PostingSecurity Operations Technical Program ManagerWaymo, Nov 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- AI lab50
- Robotics and autonomy49
- AI infrastructure26
- Data platform25
- Consumer17
- Fintech12
- AI application10
- Developer tools8
Cities
- San Francisco92
- Palo Alto63
- New York42
- Seattle31
- Washington11
- Los Angeles9
- Austin4
- London, United Kingdom3
- San Diego3
- Atlanta2
Countries and remote
- United States274
- Canada6
- India5
- United Kingdom4
- Netherlands3
- Ireland2
- Germany2
- Israel2
- Australia2
- South Korea1
Remote option21%
Posted pay
Middle half $192k to $246k, median $214k from 249 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anduril IndustriesA company hiring most for Systems Engineer and Test Engineer. | 61 | |
| 2 | 21 | ||
| 3 | 21 | ||
| 4 | 20 | ||
| 5 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 9 | ||
| 8 | 9 | ||
| 9 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 7 | ||
| 11 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 7 |
Open roles
8 of 307; company pages list the restSenior Security Technical Program Manager, Fraud & Abuse
Remote, Canada; Remote, United States
Technical Program Manager, Factory Infrastructure Deployment
Ashville, Ohio, United States
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Security Operations Technical Program Manager | Tempe, AZ, USA | $152k to $187k | |
| Staff Technical Program Manager, Inference | Bellevue, WA | $177k to $237k | |
| Technical Program ManagerEight SleepSan Francisco$160k to $230k | Eight Sleep | San Francisco | $160k to $230k |
| Staff Technical Program Manager, IT Audit & Governance | New York City; Palo Alto | $151k to $297k | |
| Senior/Staff Technical Program Manager - Automation & Scaling | Foster City, CA | $213k to $295k | |
| Senior Security Technical Program Manager, Fraud & Abuse | Remote, Canada; Remote, United States | $139k to $190k | |
| Technical Program Manager, Compute Infrastructure | San Francisco | $207k to $285k | |
| Technical Program Manager, Factory Infrastructure DeploymentAnduril IndustriesAshville, Ohio, United States$114k to $152k | Anduril Industries | Ashville, Ohio, United States | $114k to $152k |
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About this title
Coordinates complex cross-functional technical initiatives and drives engineering delivery across teams.
281 open postings titled "Technical Program Manager" at Figma, Scale AI, Discord, Airbnb and 68 more (job-board scan, 2026-11-02; proposed by the model). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.
Median posted salary $214k from 249 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.