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Director, Technical Program Management

at Discover Financial Services

📍 2 Locations Unknown 💰 $230K – $263K USD / year Posted April 17, 2026
Salary $230K – $263K USD / year
Type Full-Time
Experience executive
Exp. Years At least 7 years of experience managing technical programs
Education Bachelor's degree
Category Project & Program Management

Lead technical programs that deliver critical business goals and build large-scale products and platforms. You will grow the TPM practice, mitigate technical risks throughout delivery, and drive cross-functional execution across engineering, product, design, and data science.

  • Lead technical program delivery and a team of TPMs
  • Proactively identify and mitigate technical risks across the delivery lifecycle
  • Simplify technically complex work and drive decisions across product, engineering, design, and data science
  • Ensure execution, follow-through, accountability, and measurable results
  • Build the foundations for the TPM practice and foster cross-team collaboration

Role focuses on technical program management for scalable platforms, distributed systems, and cloud-based delivery, with preferred exposure to distributed computing, AWS, and highly regulated environments. Emphasis is on translating technical complexity into well-educated decisions and accountable execution using Agile delivery practices.

The ideal candidate is a TPM Director-level technical program leader with 7+ years managing technical programs and a strong technical background building scalable platforms, products, or services. They proactively identify and mitigate technical risks, drive execution with accountability, and influence cross-functional partners (product, engineering, design, and data science) while growing and developing a TPM team.

managing technical programsstrong technical backgroundproactively identify and mitigate technical riskscommunication and collaboration skillsproblem solving and influencing skillsquantitative approach to problem solvingexperience as a TPM leader to grow and develop a team of TPMsdeep focus on executionfollow-throughaccountabilityand resultsexceptional cross-team collaboration
designing and building data-intensive solutions using distributed computingbuilding distributed systems & highly available services using cloud computing services / architecturebuilding highly scalable mobile products & platforms3+ years of experience with Agile deliverydelivering large and complex programs where you own the business or technical visionexperience in building systems & solutions within a highly regulated environmentBachelor's degree in a related technical field (Computer ScienceSoftware Engineering)MBA or Master's Degree in a related technical field (Computer ScienceSoftware Engineering)
Agile
technical program managementmanaging technical programstechnical risk mitigationcommunicationcollaborationproblem solvinginfluencing skillsquantitative problem solvingsystems thinkingTPM leadershipexecutionfollow-throughaccountabilitycross-team collaborationAgile deliverydistributed computingdistributed systemshighly available servicescloud computingAWShighly regulated environmentscalable mobile productsscalable platforms
technical program managementtechnical risk mitigationsystems thinkingcross-team collaborationexecutionfollow-throughaccountabilitybuilding highly scalable platformsdistributed computingdistributed systemshighly available servicescloud computingAmazon Web ServicesAWSAgile deliverydelivering large and complex programsowning business or technical visionunblocking teamshighly regulated environmentdata-intensive solutionsdistributed systems architecturehighly scalable mobile products and platformsquantitative approach to problem solvingdesigndata scienceproduct engineering collaboration
communicationcollaborationproblem solvinginfluencing skillsleadershipability to simplify technically complex informationdriving well-educated decisionsemotional intelligencegood listenerdeep seated empathystrategic and tactical executioncross-functional leadershipmentoring and growing a team
Industry Banking
Job Function Direct and scale enterprise technical program delivery while managing technical risk and leading TPM leadership.
Role Subtype Technical Project Manager
Tech Domains Amazon Web Services, Kubernetes, Docker, Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Linux, Python, Java, JavaScript, SQL / PostgreSQL
Visa Sponsorship No
DirectorTechnical Program ManagementTPMtechnical program managementmanaging technical programstechnical riskmitigate technical risksexecutionfollow-throughaccountabilityresultscross-team collaborationinfluencingsystems thinkerAgile deliverydistributed computingdistributed systemshighly available servicescloud computingAWSAmazon Web Serviceshighly regulated environmentmobile productsplatformsquantitative approachBachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree required, At least 7 years of experience managing technical programs required

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