Anchorage Digital - Member of Technical Staff, Technical Program Management

• Evaluate technical architectures and system designs across teams, identifying risks and trade-offs while ensuring programs are built on sound technical foundations; leverage your engineering background to stay close to implementation details, challenge assumptions, and maintain credibility with senior engineers • Identify when projects need course correction or are technically infeasible, applying deep technical judgment to influence direction and keep initiatives on track • Complexity and Impact of Work: • Lead multi-quarter programs spanning multiple teams with area-wide or org-wide impact, establishing clear roadmaps and aligning stakeholders on technical direction and delivery milestones—often under tight deadlines with significant consequences of failure or requiring novel solutions to ambiguous problems • Proactively identify high-leverage opportunities across the engineering organization and act on them; facilitate difficult prioritization decisions and technical tradeoffs, balancing long-term vision with immediate business needs • Organizational Knowledge: • Maintain a holistic view of engineering and company goals, using judgment to optimize for the wider organization rather than locally optimal outcomes; anticipate challenges and influence technical direction across teams to execute on your vision, even when facing potential misalignment • Understand the needs and constraints across engineering and business teams, identifying gaps in capabilities, processes, or tooling and working with partner teams to prioritize their development • Communication and Influence: • Build deep cross-functional relationships and facilitate the right conversations to reach decisions despite conflicting viewpoints; tailor your message across audiences—from engineers to executives—presenting clearly and concisely at the right level of detail • Exercise influence without over-leveraging your position; disagree and commit when necessary to move critical priorities forward, creating alignment even in challenging organizational dynamics • You may be a fit for this role if you have: • 5+ years in technical program management with demonstrated progression into leading large, ambiguous initiatives that span multiple teams and quarters • Strong software engineering foundation—you've built systems, understand technical architecture, and can engage credibly with senior engineers on implementation details • Track record of proactively identifying high-impact opportunities, defining the strategy to address them, and driving execution without waiting for direction • Proven ability to facilitate tough decisions: helping teams reprioritize work, recommending when to end projects that aren't working, or influencing technical approaches when necessary • Experience introducing org-wide processes or changes, building the business case, and driving adoption across teams • Demonstrated ability to operate in highly ambiguous environments, defining both the problem and the solution when the path forward is unclear • Although not a requirement, bonus points if: • Experience in fintech, financial services, or highly regulated environments where compliance and security are critical • Track record of mentoring or coaching other TPMs or engineers, spreading knowledge through talks, blog posts, or documentation • Proficiency in scripting or programming (Python, Go, JavaScript) to prototype solutions or build tooling when needed • You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)