Title: Technical Program Manager II
Location: On-site in Redmond, WA preferred; will also consider Sunnyvale, CA
Duration: 9 month assignment w/ potential for extension

Summary:

• The Technical Program Manager is responsible for the successful definition, implementation, and delivery of complex, cross-functional programs involving multiple interdependent projects.
• This role requires strategic planning, strong communication, and collaboration across engineering, vendor partners, and internal business teams to ensure delivery within scope, quality, time, and budget constraints.

Key Project:

• Wearables electrical engineering hardware device project.

Job Responsibilities:

Program & Project Delivery

• Deliver programs within defined scope, quality, schedule, and budget constraints, navigating moderate?probability and moderate?impact risk factors
• Lead cross-functional, multi-project initiatives requiring broad alignment and coordination across engineering, operations, and vendor teams
• Need someone with experience managing overseas contract manufacturing vendors, interfacing w/ them and their engineering team, overseeing program management.
• Oversee all phases from design through “OK to Fab,” including work with flexes, rigid boards, and hardware design processes.
• Ensure effective implementation planning and project tracking in large-scale enterprise environments.

Leadership & Stakeholder Management

• Provide program?level strategic planning and partner with executive-level leadership for direction-setting and status communication.
• Manage and influence internal exempt employees, matrixed teams, and contractors to deliver high-quality systems and enhancements.
• Foster strong team collaboration, uphold accountability, and drive issue resolution.
• Engage with vendors, ensuring expectations, schedules, and deliverables are clearly aligned and managed.

Operational & Technical Oversight

• Lead scope definition, requirements gathering, documentation, and timeline estimation.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, status reports, and communication plans across multiple organizational levels.
• Oversee budget management, resource allocation, contingency planning, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Drive the use of program-level issue/bug tracking and risk management tools.
• Manage creation and maintenance of build matrixes across multiple configurations.

Required Skills:

• Need some level of electrical engineering experience - primarily interfacing w/ managing electrical engineering team, scheduling milestones, up-leveling key issues & risks from the engineering team.
• Proven track record managing cross-functional programs, complex schedules, risk management frameworks, and bug/issue tracking in large organizations.
• Demonstrated success in project and program management, particularly in environments involving vendor coordination.
• Oversee all phases from design through “OK to Fab,” including work with flexes, rigid boards, and hardware design processes.
• Strong background in program issue/bug tracking and risk management frameworks.
• Proficiency with project estimating, scheduling, and tracking in large organizations.
• Strong people management and team-building skills.
• Ability to adapt and exercise sound judgment in rapidly changing environments with competing priorities.
• Aptitude for understanding business processes quickly and collaborating effectively across organizational levels.
• Strong capability in assessing risks and applying technology?related management principles.
• Experience delivering technology and business application solutions within large-scale, multi-platform systems.
• Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Mandarin language proficiency.
• Additional experience developing field matrices with a wide range of configuration options.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field required.
• MBA or a related advanced degree preferred.
• PMP or PMI certification preferred.

 
 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws.This position's pay range is $69.43/hr - $80.50/hr.