Remote Staff Technical Program Manager bei GitHub, Inc.

About GitHub:As the global home for all developers, GitHub is the complete AI-powered developer platform to build, scale, and deliver secure software. Over 150+ million developers, including more than 90% of the Fortune 100 companies, use GitHub to collaborate and experiment across 420+ million repositories. With all the collaborative features of GitHub, it has never been easier for individuals and teams to write faster, better code.
Locations:In this role you can work from Remote, United States
Overview:

At GitHub, Technical Program Managers (TPMs) are at the heart of building and launching products that inspire our users and propel our business forward. As a Staff TPM focused on Copilot, you will drive the strategy and execution of critical initiatives at the intersection of AI and developer productivity.

 

This is a highly visible, high-impact role that partners with engineering, product, and cross-functional stakeholders to solve complex technical challenges, identify and unblock bottlenecks, and ensure Copilot maintains its industry leadership. You’ll operate with a strong bias for action, proactively manage risk, foster seamless collaboration, and continuously evolve our ways of working to accelerate delivery in a fast-paced, competitive market.

Responsibilities:

What You’ll Do

• Drive Program Strategy & Execution: Partner with product, engineering, and business leaders to define program vision, develop roadmaps, and execute against strategic milestones.
  
  

• Cross-Functional Orchestration: Proactively identify dependencies and manage complex integrations across engineering, go-to-market, legal, and customer-facing teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
  
  

• Transparent Communication: Provide crisp, actionable updates on program status, risks, and mitigations to stakeholders at all levels including the GitHub executive team.
  
  

• Technical & Business Leadership: Combine deep technical understanding with business savvy to influence priorities, anticipate challenges, and make data-driven trade-offs.
  
  

• Continuous Process Optimization: Design and implement scalable processes, tools, and frameworks that enable the TPM function and empower teams to move with speed and rigor.
  
  

• Executive Engagement: Facilitate executive-level discussions, aligning stakeholders, and driving decisions that unlock program success.
  
  

Who You Are

• Strategic Program Leader: You’re a hands-on leader, equally comfortable in the weeds and presenting to executives.
  
  

• Connector & Mobilizer: You build trust and alignment across diverse, globally distributed teams to deliver ambitious results.
  
  

• Team Empowerer: You champion autonomy, growth, and accountability—removing roadblocks and inspiring high performance.
  
  

• Detail-Oriented Operator: You spot risks early, sweat the details, and hold the bar high for quality and customer impact.
  
  

• Change Agent: You thrive in ambiguity, adapting quickly and guiding teams through complexity and rapid change.
  
  

• Collaborative by Nature: You foster a culture of openness, inclusion, and shared success.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Business, or related field AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Business, or related field AND 4+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 7+ years working directly with engineering, product, and business teams to deliver new products at scale.

• 5+ years experience in managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

 

Preferred Qualifications

 

• 12+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

  • OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Business, or related field AND 10+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

  • OR Master's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Business, or related field AND 8+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

  • OR Doctorate in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, Math, Business, or related field AND 6+ years experience in engineering, product/technical program management, data analysis, or product development

  • OR equivalent experience.

• 8+ years experience in managing cross-functional and/or cross-team projects.

• 4+ years experience designing, building, or supporting software systems. 

Why GitHub, Why Now?

 

This is a unique opportunity to help shape the future of AI-powered development, working alongside world-class talent at the company that’s redefining software. If you’re ready to make an outsized impact at scale, we’d love to hear from you.

 

Compensation Range:The base salary range for this job is USD $127,600.00 - USD $338,500.00 /Yr.

These pay ranges are intended to cover roles based across the United States. An individual's base pay depends on various factors including geographical location and review of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities of the applicant. At GitHub certain roles are eligible for benefits and additional rewards, including annual bonus and stock. These rewards are allocated based on individual impact in role. In addition, certain roles also have the opportunity to earn sales incentives based on revenue or utilization, depending on the terms of the plan and the employee's role.GitHub Leadership Principles:

GitHub values

• Customer-obsessed
• Ship to learn
• Growth mindset
• Own the outcome
• Better together
• Diverse and inclusive

Manager fundamentals

• Model
• Coach
• Care

Leadership principles

• Create clarity
• Generate energy
• Deliver success

Who We Are:GitHub is the world’s leading AI-powered developer platform with 150 million developers and counting. We’re also home to the biggest open-source community on earth (and 99% of the world’s software has open-source code in its DNA). Many of the apps and programs you use every day are built on GitHub.
Our teams are dreamers, doers, and pioneers, leading the way in AI, driving humanitarian efforts around the globe, and even sending open source to Mars (and beyond!). At GitHub, our goal is to create the space you need to do your best work. We’re remote-first and offer competitive pay, generous learning and growth opportunities, and excellent benefits to support you, wherever you are—because we know that people flourish when they can work on their own terms.
Join us, and let’s change the world, together.
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