Technical Program Manager , SoundCloud
$130-180k
+ Employee Equity Plan
More information about location
Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
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Next-generation music entertainment ecosystem
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$130-180k
+ Employee Equity Plan
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To empower artists and fans to connect and share through music.
Role
Who you are
- The right candidate is passionate about advancing the consumer experience and possesses a strong program management background, with a demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity and manage competing priorities effectively
- Have a technical acumen. You should be able to understand technical conversations with software engineers as well as understand technical requirements
- 8+ years experience in successful technology program delivery and management through each of these stages initiation, planning, execution, tracking, and closing. Experience must demonstrate - consistent delivery of the right software on time with both internal and external team dependencies
- Proven ability to lead ambiguous, high-impact programs with complex dependencies
- Ability to successfully manage multiple projects, in varying stages, across multiple products and stakeholder groups, with fungible judgment
- Ability to anticipate issues and risks before they have a material impact to delivery. When they do have a material impact, ability to autonomously quantify impact, weigh options, identify the best path forward, align stakeholders, and drive to success
- Ability to align your team's deliverables with goals of the broader organization. - Success in identifying, influencing, and leading implementation of impactful process improvements
- Success in leading and influencing teams to positive outcomes and continuous improvement, even when the team is not under your direct management
- Clear and concise verbal and written communication with a passion for keeping stakeholders informed on what to expect and when, with an ability to vary style and level of detail as appropriate to the audience
- You are highly skilled in working in a global environment, both with colleagues across multiple time zones and countries
- A solid understanding of software development methods like CI/CD, Agile Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, etc. and can apply the right tool or technique to the situation
- Experience with JIRA, Confluence, Linear, Airtable, and Smartsheet or other project management tools
What the job involves
- SoundCloud is seeking a talented and driven Technical Program Manager (TPM) to lead multidisciplinary technology teams and join our dynamic group
- In this position, you will be responsible for shepherding the development and deployment of new features within our Artist/Creator experiences
- As a Technical Program Manager, you will anticipate bottlenecks, recognize the most impactful issues to the customer experience, generate appropriate visibility with senior leadership, negotiate, prioritize, and track mitigation and resolution of risks
- Maturity, high judgment, negotiation skills, ability to influence, technical acumen, analytical talent and leadership are essential to success in this role
- The Delivery & Operations team is a collaborative group dedicated to helping engineering teams thrive working closely with our Product Management and Design partners to deliver high-impact features
- We are passionate about music, technology, value open communication, and are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where every team member can contribute to our collective success
- Overseeing multiple cross-functional technology programs, ensuring alignment with strategic business objectives
- Creating and managing detailed program plans for big ticket initiatives and providing leadership in helping teams quickly and effectively adapt to change
- Collaborating across functions to ensure timely delivery of dependencies
- Working with Product Managers to establish and create efficient backlogs
- Maintaining open communication channels with product management, design, engineering teams, and other stakeholders
- Providing regular program status to various stakeholders
- Coordinating cross-functional teams, ensuring alignment and collaboration towards common goals
- Responsible for scrum-based ceremonies / overall agile based workflow
- Gather deliverables for go to markets (GTM) to ensure on-time delivery
- Facilitate conversations for how we implement and ensure team has created needed technical/UX design(s)
- Capacity management
- Dependency mapping and tracking
- Partner on roadmap creation based on product priorities, sizing, and capacity
- Sprint progress tracking
- Coordinate and collaborate with development teams during implementation
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to define, develop, shape and refine an implementation plan
Our take
Founded in 2007, SoundCloud recognized the need for an artist-first platform. The company set out with a clear mission: to empower independent artists by providing them with the necessary tools and resources to grow and build their careers.
Today, SoundCloud boasts over 40M artists on its platform, far outpacing Spotify, which has 11M. As a result, SoundCloud is the largest audio discovery platform in a rapidly growing market. According to MIDiA Research, the independent artist market is poised for continued revenue growth in the coming years, further solidifying SoundCloud's place in the industry.
The company plans to scale its audience and expand its services through new offerings, such as the SoundCloud "roster". This tier system is designed to provide artists with significant creative and financial resources, along with market support, rivalling major record labels. While artists retain ownership of their copyrights, they will be represented by SoundCloud, further enhancing the platform's appeal to independent creators.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Feb 2020
$75m
SERIES G
Aug 2017
$170m
SERIES F
Total funding: $469.1m
Company HQ
Mitte, Berlin, BE
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