Overview

We are seeking a Manager, Program Management to lead and develop a globally distributed team of Program and Project Managers within PagerDuty's Professional Services organization. This role is primarily a people leadership position, responsible for building team capability, driving delivery consistency, and enabling measurable customer outcomes at scale. The Manager, Program Management partners closely with Professional Services leadership, Customer Success, Sales, and cross-functional operations teams to ensure the PM team is well-equipped, effectively deployed, and delivering high-quality outcomes across the customer lifecycle.

The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in program delivery and a proven ability to lead distributed teams through change. They lead with clarity, invest in the growth of their people, and maintain a high bar for operational rigor and customer impact.

Job Responsibilities

People Leadership & Team Development

• Directly manage a team of Program Managers and Project Managers across multiple geographies, including Chile, the US, Canada, and dotted-line partnerships in EMEA and APAC.
• Drive team performance through clear goal-setting, regular coaching, structured feedback, and meaningful career development conversations.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, and talent development efforts to build a high-performing, cohesive team across a distributed environment.
• Foster a team culture that values accountability, continuous improvement, and customer-centricity.
• Identify skills gaps and create development plans or training pathways to close them.

Delivery Oversight & Operational Excellence

• Maintain visibility across the team's active programs, identifying patterns in risk, resource strain, or delivery quality that require intervention.
• Establish and reinforce consistent delivery standards, governance practices, and program management frameworks across the team.
• Support capacity planning and workload balancing to ensure sustainable utilization across team members.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of team processes, tooling, and reporting to improve delivery efficiency.
• Identify and advance expansion opportunities within active engagements by ensuring customer entitlements are fully utilized and positioning additional services where value has been demonstrated.
• Own the development and continuous improvement of delivery methodologies, frameworks, and best practices that support new service offerings and evolving customer needs.

​​Stakeholder Collaboration & Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with Professional Services leadership to align team priorities, surface delivery risks, and contribute to operating model improvements.
• Collaborate with Customer Success, Sales, and Resource Management to ensure smooth program staffing and handoffs.
• Contribute to team-level planning cycles, including forecasting, headcount planning, and capacity reviews.
• Represent the Program Management team in cross-functional discussions and leadership forums.
• Partner with Sales and Marketing to develop case studies, testimonials, and referenceable accounts from successful Professional Services engagements that enable pre-sales conversations.

Program Delivery & Customer Engagement

• Maintain direct involvement in select customer programs or strategic initiatives, modeling delivery excellence and reinforcing team standards.
• Serve as an active escalation point for at-risk or high-complexity engagements, stepping in to drive resolution alongside the assigned PM.
• Build and maintain relationships with key customer stakeholders, supporting the team in navigating executive-level conversations and program governance.
• Apply hands-on program management expertise to high-visibility or time-sensitive engagements as business needs require.

Qualifications

Requirement Qualifications & Skills

• 5+ years of experience in program management, business operations, or consulting, preferably in Professional Services or a SaaS environment.
• 2+ years of people management experience, with a track record of developing and retaining high-performing teams.
• Experience managing or closely collaborating with geographically distributed teams across multiple time zones.
• Strong organizational and operational skills, including planning, risk management, and delivery governance.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence across functions and levels.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment where priorities can shift and ambiguity is common.
• Ability to work from the PagerDuty Santiago office at least two days per week, with occasional travel for customer or team engagements.
• Authorized to work in Chile.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills

• Experience with Professional Services delivery operations, including forecasting, resource planning, utilization management, and an understanding of revenue recognition as it applies to services delivery.
• Experience developing customer success stories, case studies, or other sales enablement materials from services engagements.
• Demonstrated ability to create or refine delivery methodologies for new service offerings or emerging technologies.
• Previous experience as a Program or Project Manager, or PMP/equivalent certification, is a plus.
• Familiarity with Salesforce, delivery scheduling tools (Precursive, Mavenlink, or equivalent), and analytics platforms (Google Sheets, Excel, Tableau).
• Knowledge of SaaS post-sales motions, customer success practices, and delivery revenue models.
• Experience leading teams through organizational or operational change.
• You know and understand our space or you're already a fan of our products!

PagerDuty is a flexible, hybrid workplace. We embrace and encourage in-person working as an integral part of our culture. Both our employees and external research tells us that co-located collaboration strengthens connections, drives innovation, and accelerates learning.

This role is expected to come into our Santago office twice per week, so you can thrive in your new role and fully embrace being a Dutonian!

PagerDuty - Senior Forward Deployment Engineering Delivery Consultant (FKA Senior Scaled Delivery | Success on Demand Consultant) 

The Senior PagerDuty - Forward Deployment Engineering Consultant is a pivotal leadership role responsible for overseeing the end-to-end development, deployment, and optimization of PagerDuty's platform and AI-driven solutions for enterprise customers. 

This position requires experience in software development, architecture, and deployment, coupled with a deep technical understanding of AI integration practices and advanced development technologies. 

The successful candidate will guide fast implementation projects, leveraging generative AI and automation to enhance customer outcomes from initial scoping and design through to production deployment and ongoing service enhancement. 

Additionally, they will serve as the principal liaison between customers and internal teams, including Support, Success, Engineering, Professional Services, and Education, as well as between customers and PagerDuty’s Product & Development teams, ensuring that technical strategies align with business objectives. 

This role also involves mentoring junior consultants, leading technical workshops on AI-powered solutions, and representing PagerDuty in external forums to advance modern development and deployment practices. 

Responsibilities: 

• As a Senior Forward Deployment Engineering Delivery Consultant, you will be responsible for collaborating with PagerDuty customers on the successful design, development, and implementation of solutions across the PagerDuty Operations Cloud. 
• Collaborate with large-scale enterprises to perform comprehensive scoping assessments, ensuring that the specific technical and business requirements for platform deployment and AI solutions are thoroughly defined and aligned with organizational objectives. 
• Lead end-to-end deployment projects by planning, coordinating, and executing the integration of PagerDuty solutions, leveraging advanced development techniques to ensure seamless transitions and minimal disruption to ongoing business operations. 
• Partner across the organization’s customer-facing teams (Support, Success, Engineering, Professional Services, Education) as the Subject Matter Expert related to PagerDuty Operations Cloud. Support customer account teams in customer meetings, business reviews, and strategy, deployment, and upgrade planning, particularly where new product features or improvements may be required. 
• Partner across PagerDuty Product & Development teams as the Subject Matter Expert, bringing direct customer feedback for new features, AI capabilities, and integration requirements for improvement in future product releases. 
• Develop a deep understanding of PagerDuty products, solutions, integrations, processes, and workflows used in typical customer engagements.

Requirements: 

• 5–8 years of experience as a Software Developer or Engineer in enterprise-level environments.
• Cloud & Architecture Mastery: Proficient in AWS, Kubernetes, Serverless architectures, and CI/CD pipelines. 
• AI Implementation: Experienced in deploying generative AI models and integrating them into complex platforms. 
• AI-Driven Development: Skilled in using AI Coding Assistants (Claude Code, Cursor, Gemini) for rapid prototyping and agent-based delivery. 
• Tech Stack: Proficient in Python, Java, React, and TypeScript for building REST APIs and data pipelines. 
• DevOps Best Practices: Proven track record in debugging, testing, security, and managing the full software delivery lifecycle. 
• Strategic Leadership: Experience managing large-scale platform deployments and AI initiatives from scoping to delivery. 
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to influence senior executives and translate technical strategies into business outcomes. 
• Team Mentorship: Strong background in leading cross-functional teams and fostering collaborative, high-performance environments. 
• Certifications: Advanced credentials in AI, Cloud (AWS/Azure/GCP), or DevOps/SRE.
• Customer Collaboration: Comfortable providing technical guidance directly to clients, data scientists, and architects.
• Soft Skills: Exceptional problem-solving, English communication, and the resilience to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous settings.

PagerDuty is a flexible, hybrid workplace. We embrace and encourage in-person working as an integral part of our culture. Both our employees and external research tells us that co-located collaboration strengthens connections, drives innovation, and accelerates learning.

If you are within a 50 mile radius of the Santiago office, it is required to come in two times per week, so you can thrive in your new role and fully embrace being a Dutonian!