About this Technical Program Manager role at Motive
Who we are:
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
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About the Role
As a Senior Technical Program Manager on Motive’s embedded Technical Program Management (TPM) team, you will lead complex, cross-functional programs that span hardware, firmware, software, product, operations, and external partners. You will focus on program strategy, execution, stakeholder alignment, dependency management, and delivery across technical teams.
You will lead programs from planning through launch and sustaining phases, establish clear operating mechanisms, manage risks and tradeoffs, and drive predictable execution against Motive’s business and product objectives. This role is based in San Francisco with a hybrid work schedule, and you will report to EmmaMarshall, Manager, Technical Program Management.
You will thrive in this role if you bring strong technical judgment, structured problem-solving, curiosity, and the ability to create clarity in complex environments. You will serve as a trusted partner to engineering and cross-functional leaders, build consensus across competing priorities, and continuously improve the processes used to deliver high-quality products.
What You’ll Do
- Lead end-to-end planning and execution for complex, cross-functional technical programs'
- Partner with hardware, firmware, software, product, operations, quality, supply chain, and external teams to align priorities and drive execution.
- Establish program plans, milestones, dependencies, deliverables, decision points, and success measures.
- Drive phase-gate reviews, launch-readiness assessments, and go/no-go decisions.
- Identify technical, operational, and schedule risks and develop mitigation plans with program stakeholders.
- Translate complex technical discussions into clear decisions, actions, tradeoffs, and escalation paths.
- Communicate program status, risks, dependencies, and recommendations clearly to team members and leadership.
- Improve cross-functional development processes, operating mechanisms, and program management practices.
What We’re Looking For
- 6+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering operations, product development, or a related field.
- Experience leading complex, cross-functional technical programs involving multiple engineering disciplines and partner teams.
- Strong understanding of program planning, dependency management, risk mitigation, launch readiness, and product development processes.
- Ability to understand technical tradeoffs and use structured analysis to guide decisions without owning the underlying engineering design.
- Demonstrated success building consensus and driving execution across teams with competing priorities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting recommendations and status updates to leadership.
- Experience with program management tools and structured operating mechanisms for tracking milestones, owners, risks, dependencies, and decisions.
Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits
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