Manager, Technical Program Management - Security

A Manager of TPM (Security) 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.

- Build technical and product depth to understand Security architecture choices, evaluate tradeoffs, and anticipate downstream implications and risks.

- Bridge engineering execution with customer outcomes and product strategy, ensuring Security programs are aligned with both technical priorities and business impact.

- Engage deeply in architecture reviews, design discussions, and technical tradeoff conversations, helping teams pressure-test assumptions and make well-informed decisions.

- Raise the bar in program reviews by asking high-quality technical and product questions, identifying gaps, and driving teams toward crisp decisions and accountable follow-through.

- Translate complex technical topics into clear narratives for cross-functional and executive audiences.

- 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.

- 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.