Director, Technical Program Management (Infra)
- Pay
- $199,000 – $328,000 per year
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
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About the role
At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
This role will be based in Mountain View, CA.
LinkedIn is looking for a Director, Technical Program Management to partner with the Engineering Systems (Dev Infra, Reliability) and InfoSec TPM teams. The right candidate will have demonstrated solid leadership in leading and managing teams and programs to deliver successful outcomes. This candidate is expected to manage a group of Technical Program Managers, partner with key Technical Leaders to define, prioritize and drive project portfolios and establish the right project management governance practices and frameworks with the Engineering teams.
The ideal candidate will have an excellent balance of people, organizational, and technical skills, and can execute and deliver successfully in situations where authority is not a given. Interaction and leadership across functional lines is essential.
The right candidate will have demonstrated solid leadership in leading teams and programs to deliver successful outcomes.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Own delivery OKRs for all Engineering Systems and InfoSec teams, ensuring programs are executed on schedule, meet quality and reliability standards, and achieve committed outcome
- Define, track, and report program-level OKRs and KPIs (e.g., delivery predictability, milestone health, risk burn-down, dependency management) to ensure transparency and accountability across Engineering Systems (Dev Infra, Reliability) and InfoSec teams
- Build, hire, mentor, and lead a high-performing TPM organization, with clear people OKRs focused on capability growth, leadership development, and retention
- Drive execution excellence by establishing operating mechanisms (planning cadences, reviews, escalation paths, and postmortems) that improve delivery velocity and execution efficiency
- Align engineering, product, research, and business leaders around shared OKRs to ensure Infra and InfroSec initiatives translate into measurable business and platform impact
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience
- 10+ years in Engineering leadership
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience leading InfoSec and/or Engineering Systems / Infrastructure Initiatives
- Exceptional communication and persuasion skills, capable of convincing and aligning executive-level stakeholders.
- Ability to identify technical disconnects and propose top options for resolution while taking ownership of driving alignment.
- Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities, with a passion for fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
- Relevant certifications in program management and technology are advantageous.
- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-evolving environments
- Strong capability to influence and collaborate across diverse stakeholders and cross-functional teams
- Proven experience navigating and driving outcomes within complex, matrixed organizational structures
- Sharp focus on proactive risk identification, rapid decision-making, and a fail-fast, learn-fast mindset
- Gen AI - from modeling - pre-mid and post training. Agentic applications. Responsible AI
- Involved in a life cycle of AI products - from early stage and to success.
Suggested Skills
- Technical Program Management
- Leadership
- Collaboration
- Infrastructure
- InfoSec
You will Benefit from our Culture
We strongly believe in the well-being of our employees and their families. That is why we offer generous health and wellness programs and time away for employees of all levels.
LinkedIn is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. The pay range for this role is $199,000 to $328,000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience, certifications, and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.
The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus, stock, benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans.
About the Company
LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We're also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that's built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun - where everyone can succeed.
Join us to transform the way the world works.
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