Member of Technical Staff, Technical Program Management at Anchorage Digital

This role is designed for a high-autonomy Technical Program Manager with a strong engineering foundation (5+ years of experience) who thrives in ambiguity. You

Work type: remote

Location: New York | United States

Type: Full-time

Summary

This role is designed for a high-autonomy Technical Program Manager with a strong engineering foundation (5+ years of experience) who thrives in ambiguity. You aren’t just tracking tasks; you are expected to evaluate technical architectures, challenge assumptions, and lead multi-quarter initiatives across the entire engineering organization. If you have a "Member of Technical Staff" mindset and can treat program management as an engineering discipline, you’ll fit right in. As a fully remote position (specifically mentioning New York context), this role offers significant influence without the need for traditional management authority. You will have the leverage to identify org-wide gaps and build the business case to fix them. While not required, experience in the fintech or highly regulated financial services space is a major plus, as is the ability to write code (Python, Go, or JavaScript) to prototype your own solutions or tooling. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Have a background in software engineering and can hold your own in architecture reviews with senior engineers. * Proactively identify "high-leverage" problems and solve them without waiting for an assignment. * Can navigate complex organizational dynamics to facilitate tough prioritization or kill projects that aren't working. * Enjoy "building the plane while flying it" in a fast-paced environment where compliance and security are paramount.

Job Description

We're looking for a Technical Program Manager who operates with exceptional autonomy and drives impact at scale. You won't wait for assignments—you'll identify the highest-leverage problems facing our engineering organization and own them end-to-end. You'll deliver multi-quarter initiatives that span teams and functions, facilitate tough prioritization and technical direction decisions, and establish processes that multiply the effectiveness of everyone around you. This role requires someone who combines technical depth with strategic vision, thrives in ambiguity, and has a proven track record of turning complex, open-ended challenges into executable programs that move the business forward.

We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Technical Program Manager role:

## Technical Skills:

• Evaluate technical architectures and system designs across teams, identifying risks and trade-offs while ensuring programs are built on sound technical foundations; leverage your engineering background to stay close to implementation details, challenge assumptions, and maintain credibility with senior engineers

• Identify when projects need course correction or are technically infeasible, applying deep technical judgment to influence direction and keep initiatives on track

• Lead multi-quarter programs spanning multiple teams with area-wide or org-wide impact, establishing clear roadmaps and aligning stakeholders on technical direction and delivery milestones—often under tight deadlines with significant consequences of failure or requiring novel solutions to ambiguous problems

• Proactively identify high-leverage opportunities across the engineering organization and act on them; facilitate difficult prioritization decisions and technical tradeoffs, balancing long-term vision with immediate business needs

• Maintain a holistic view of engineering and company goals, using judgment to optimize for the wider organization rather than locally optimal outcomes; anticipate challenges and influence technical direction across teams to execute on your vision, even when facing potential misalignment

• Understand the needs and constraints across engineering and business teams, identifying gaps in capabilities, processes, or tooling and working with partner teams to prioritize their development

• Build deep cross-functional relationships and facilitate the right conversations to reach decisions despite conflicting viewpoints; tailor your message across audiences—from engineers to executives—presenting clearly and concisely at the right level of detail

• Exercise influence without over-leveraging your position; disagree and commit when necessary to move critical priorities forward, creating alignment even in challenging organizational dynamics

• 5+ years in technical program management with demonstrated progression into leading large, ambiguous initiatives that span multiple teams and quarters

• Strong software engineering foundation—you've built systems, understand technical architecture, and can engage credibly with senior engineers on implementation details

• Track record of proactively identifying high-impact opportunities, defining the strategy to address them, and driving execution without waiting for direction

• Proven ability to facilitate tough decisions: helping teams reprioritize work, recommending when to end projects that aren't working, or influencing technical approaches when necessary

• Experience introducing org-wide processes or changes, building the business case, and driving adoption across teams

• Demonstrated ability to operate in highly ambiguous environments, defining both the problem and the solution when the path forward is unclear

• Experience in fintech, financial services, or highly regulated environments where compliance and security are critical

• Track record of mentoring or coaching other TPMs or engineers, spreading knowledge through talks, blog posts, or documentation

• Proficiency in scripting or programming (Python, Go, JavaScript) to prototype solutions or build tooling when needed

• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)

We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Technical Program Manager role:

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