Senior Technical Program Manager, Pano AI
$136-180k
+ Equity
Early wildfire detection & monitoring
Be an early applicant
Early wildfire detection & monitoring
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$136-180k
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To give firefighters advanced tools to safeguard lives, communities, and the environment.
Role
Who you are
- If you are energized by bringing order to complexity, thrive in fast-moving startup environments, and care deeply about building technology that saves lives, we’d love to meet you
- 7+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program management, or a closely related field at a fast-paced technology company or startup
- Proven track record of managing large-scale, cross-functional technical programs with multiple concurrent workstreams, competing priorities, and diverse stakeholders
- Strong technical fluency—comfortable engaging with engineering teams on system architecture, APIs, platform integrations, and sprint-level planning
- Expertise in Agile and Scrum methodologies; hands-on experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Linear, or equivalent project management platforms
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to synthesize complex technical topics for executive and non-technical audiences, and to write crisp status reports and decision documents
- Sharp analytical and problem-solving instincts; proven ability to navigate ambiguity, structure unclear problems, and drive decisions with incomplete information
- High emotional intelligence and relationship-building skills—you build trust quickly across engineering, product, design, and business teams
- Experience in a hardware/software or IoT company is a strong plus; familiarity with camera platforms, geospatial data, or real-time data pipelines is a bonus
- Prior experience working with government agencies, utilities, or public safety partners is an advantage
- BS or MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field preferred; equivalent practical experience considered
What the job involves
- Pano AI is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead the planning, coordination, and execution of complex cross-functional programs across our engineering, product, and operations teams
- As a Senior TPM, you will be the connective tissue between our squads—ensuring that ambitious technical initiatives ship on time, risks are surfaced early, and every team has what they need to move fast
- You will work across our Software, Embedded, and Hardware teams to drive programs from discovery through delivery, and play a key role in maturing our program management practices as we scale
- This is a high-impact, high-visibility role at the heart of Pano’s engineering organization
- You will partner directly with engineering leads, product managers, and design—and have a direct line to senior leadership on program status and risk
- Own end-to-end program management for complex, multi-team technical initiatives—from scoping and planning through execution, launch, and retrospective
- Partner with engineering leads, product managers, and designers to define program milestones, map dependencies, and keep stakeholders aligned on progress, risks, and decisions
- Drive sprint planning, quarterly roadmap planning, and OKR processes, ensuring teams have clear priorities, realistic timelines, and well-defined success criteria
- Build and maintain program dashboards, status reports, and roadmap views that provide leadership and cross-functional partners with real-time visibility into delivery health
- Identify and resolve blockers proactively—driving escalations, facilitating decisions, and removing friction across teams before they become schedule threats
- Lead cross-functional working groups and recurring program syncs, ensuring the right people are engaged and every meeting drives toward a clear, documented outcome
- Support the engineering organization in building scalable processes, tooling, and ceremonies as we grow from 150 to 300+ people
- Collaborate with external partners—including fire agencies, government entities, and utility companies—to coordinate program dependencies and joint deliverables
- Champion engineering team health: track capacity, flag burnout risks, and advocate for sustainable pacing without sacrificing velocity
Our take
With wildfires becoming an increasing concern across the globe, Pano AI has leveraged innovations in AI and computer vision technology to create an early warning and response system for the destructive phenomenon.
Using high-definition, remote-controllable cameras, its hardware is placed within forests, where it can be human-operated or work passively in scanning mode. The video feed is then analyzed by AI, which alerts authorities if it picks up smoke or fire.
At present, Pano AI is monitoring millions of acres of land. It has enjoyed substantial funding for its technology, has a partnership with T Mobile to utilize its 5G network, and has already helped to mitigate environmental disasters by delivering alerts before the first 911 call.
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Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2025
$44m
SERIES B
Jul 2023
$17m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $89m
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Sonia Kastner
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Vice President of Supply Chain at PAX and a Global Supply Manager at Nest.
Arvind Satyam
(Co-Founder & CCO)Currently Growth Advisor at CoMotion and Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum and Board Member at NewCities. Previously Venture Partner at OzoneX Ventures.
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