Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Modern SaaS companies increasingly rely on cross-functional program leadership to keep product delivery predictable as platforms expand and teams multiply. A Technical Program Management leader at an established cloud data company like Snowflake sits at the junction of engineering, product, and leadership, translating strategic priorities into executable roadmaps while managing dependencies that span multiple organizations.
For a SaaS career, this kind of role builds durable leverage. It develops fluency in how subscription software is shipped and operated at scale, where reliability, security, and iteration cadence matter as much as feature delivery. The remit also reinforces systems thinking: creating repeatable mechanisms, improving planning and accountability, and using metrics to surface risk early, all of which transfer across SaaS environments from platform teams to customer-facing product lines.
This role tends to suit managers who prefer enabling outcomes through structure rather than owning a single product surface area. It aligns with professionals comfortable with ambiguity, able to hold technical conversations with senior engineers, and interested in coaching other TPMs while influencing stakeholders without direct authority. It is a strong match for those who want to be measured on organizational throughput and program clarity.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
At Snowflake, we are powering the era of the agentic enterprise. To usher in this new era, we seek AI-native thinkers across every function who are energized by the opportunity to reinvent how they work. You don’t just use tools; you possess an innate curiosity, treating AI as a high-trust collaborator that is core to how you solve problems and accelerate your impact. We look for low-ego individuals who thrive in dynamic and fast-moving environments and move with an experimental mindset — who rapidly test emerging capabilities to discover simpler, more powerful ways to deliver results. At Snowflake, your role isn't just to execute a function, but to help redefine the future of how work gets done.
A Manager of TPM plays a pivotal role here at Snowflake. TPMs own and drive complex programs across various organizations, acting as the key drivers that empower engineers and product teams to innovate and execute with clarity and confidence. They effectively map out dependencies, mitigate risks, and ensure accountability among team members. They work cross-functionally to plan, track, and execute on dependencies. They provide adaptive leadership and implement processes as needed to enable and accelerate our business goals.
AS A MANAGER OF TPM AT SNOWFLAKE, YOU WILL:
Build a high-performing but happy team culture
Lead and manage a team of TPMs; coach and mentor them, and engage in setting them up for long-term success.
Collaborate closely with leadership in the ongoing definition of the functional ladder and performance evaluation process and criteria within the TPM organization.
Drive process improvements across multiple teams and functions, so as to not solve a particular problem locally; rather solve it for scale.
Engage effectively with cross-functional teams across the board to deliver on high business impact programs either working with other TPMs or driving them on their own.
Deal with ambiguity with confidence and have the ability to adapt to changing business conditions.
OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:
Minimum of 12 years experience in technology field as an engineer, product manager, or a TPM
5+ years of experience in a people management role managing other TPMs.
Technical depth to drive technical conversations with engineering and product management.
A thorough understanding of agile methodologies and the software development lifecycle.
Strong quantitative and analytical skills, proven ability to track and successfully complete complex programs.
Degree in Computer Science, other engineering discipline, or Information Systems.
Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.
Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.
How do you want to make your impact?
For jobs located in the United States, please visit the job posting on the Snowflake Careers Site for salary and benefits information: careers.snowflake.com
