Technical Program Manager | LATAM

Backblaze is seeking a Technical Program Manager to join their growing PMO team, focusing on program delivery, portfolio management, and operating model practices for their leading cloud storage business.

Location: Colombia, Costa Rica

Responsibilities

• Support program planning and execution through program management best practices, help manage risk and dependencies across multiple programs and teams
• Support portfolio management practices as required, which includes contributing to the portfolio delivery pipeline across multiple projects, from incoming requests to evaluation/discovery to successful delivery
• Ensure cross-functional alignment on program goals, strategy, scope, timelines, decisions and outcomes
• Apply technical skills in technical requirements and design conversations with the program teams
• Contribute to a culture of transparency and trust, apply lean value-driven approaches, and support technical teams through collaboration and servant leadership
• Ensure strong lines of communication and regular updates to stakeholders
• Participate in implementation of continuous cross-functional process improvement initiatives

Requirements

• 3+ years of Program, Portfolio and Process Management experience
• A combination of technical background and developing leadership skills
• Experience working with cross-functional teams in a fast paced environment
• Comfortable with operating in high uncertainty environments, ability to synthesize data from multiple sources and teams into a structured program roadmap
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Ability to manage by influence, identify underlying issues, solve problems and conflicts
• Strong verbal, written communication skills
• Experience with Atlassian & Google product suites a plus
• Highly detailed-oriented and exceptional organizational and follow-through skills