Senior Technical Program Manager, Tech Platforms

9 Minutes ago • 6-10 Years

Program Management

Job Description

As a Senior Technical Program Manager for Tech Platforms at PayPay, you will drive critical engineering initiatives, focusing on tech enablers like architecture improvements, performance optimization, and system scalability. This influential role involves leading large-scale, cross-functional programs for core payments, data engineering, and infrastructure teams. You will manage complex projects with minimal supervision, ensuring a robust and innovative technical foundation, operating at the intersection of engineering, product, and strategy.

Good To Have:

8-10+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager.
Proven track record delivering large-scale programs for core payments, data engineering, SRE, or cloud infrastructure.
Experience managing tech enabler programs (tech debt, security fixes, refactoring).
Adept at acquiring necessary technical domain knowledge.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills, influencing without authority.

Must Have:

Lead planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale, cross-functional programs for tech platform teams.
Define program scope, objectives, and deliverables for complex tech enabler projects.
Proactively identify and manage risks, dependencies, and blockers.
Establish and maintain clear communication channels with stakeholders.
Partner with Engineering Managers and Directors to align priorities.
Contribute to architecture and design reviews for scalable solutions.
Champion and implement engineering process improvements.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
6-8+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or Software Engineer.
Experience managing the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Experience working with engineering teams on platform, infrastructure, or backend systems.
Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and project management tools like Jira and Confluence.

Perks:

Annual leave (up to 14 days in the first year)
Personal leave (5 days each year)
Annual salary paid in 12 installments (monthly)
Special Incentive once a year
Late overtime allowance
Digital salary payment “PayPay Paycheck” option
Social Insurance (health insurance, employee pension, employment insurance and compensation insurance)
401K
Translation/Interpretation support
VISA sponsor
Relocation support
Hybrid Workstyle (flexible working style including Remote and office)
Super Flex Time (No Core Time)
Every Sat/Sun/National holidays (In Japan)/New Year's break/Company-designated Special days

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Job Description

As a Senior Technical Program Manager for Tech Platforms, you will be responsible for driving our most critical engineering initiatives. You will lead programs focused on tech enablers—projects that improve our core architecture, optimize performance, enhance developer productivity, and ensure our systems can scale for the future.

You will operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and strategy, diving deep into system design and architecture to help our platform teams deliver robust solutions. This is a highly influential role where you will manage projects of high complexity and business impact with minimal supervision, ensuring our technical foundation remains strong and innovative.

Main Responsibilities

Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of large-scale, cross-functional programs for our tech platform teams (Core Payments, Data Engineering, Infra/SRE).
Define program scope, objectives, and deliverables for complex tech enabler projects, including security fixes, addressing tech debt, major refactoring, service re-architecture, and cloud infrastructure migrations.
Proactively identify and manage risks, dependencies, and blockers, driving them to resolution by working with senior technical stakeholders across the organization.
Establish and maintain clear and effective communication channels, providing regular status updates on program progress to engineers, managers, and executive leadership.
Partner closely with Engineering Managers and Directors to align on priorities, resolve resource conflicts, and ensure programs are on track to meet strategic objectives.
Dive into technical discussions, contributing to architecture and design reviews to ensure solutions are scalable, reliable, and efficient.
Champion and implement improvements to our engineering processes, driving a culture of operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
At least 6-8+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager, Technical Project Manager, or Software Engineer.
Experience managing the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for technical projects.
Experience working directly with engineering teams on platform, infrastructure, or complex backend systems.
Strong knowledge of Agile methodologies and project management tools like Jira and Confluence.

Preferred qualifications

8-10+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager.
Proven track record of successfully delivering large-scale programs for core payments platforms, data engineering (e.g., data pipelines, warehousing), SRE, or cloud infrastructure teams.
Demonstrated experience managing tech enabler programs, such as managing tech debt backlogs, coordinating security fixes, and leading major refactoring efforts.
Adept at acquiring the necessary technical domain knowledge to be an active participant in decision-making with engineering leaders.
Exceptional stakeholder management skills with a proven ability to influence without authority and build consensus among senior engineers and leadership.