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About the role
Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers across a wide range of industries, including transportation, construction, and
The Platform Services Organization serves as the backbone of Motive’s engineering operations, delivering foundational infrastructure, developer ecosystem tooling, cloud operations, SRE reliability, data pipelines, and core services capabilities. As Motive scales, our platform architecture requires unified, company-wide execution across horizontal initiatives.
We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to join as a strategic operational leader. Reporting directly to the VP of Platform Services, this role will drive high-impact, cross-cutting technical programs that span across Motive’s entire product and engineering organization. You will act as a cross-functional orchestrator - driving platform adoption, unblocking architectural shifts, and alignin
What you'll do
- Partner with the VP of Platform Services and Engineering Managers to translate organizational priorities into executable program roadmaps.
- Lead end-to-end execution of complex, cross-functional technical programs from definition through delivery and adoption.
- Drive alignment across engineering and partner teams by managing goals, milestones, dependencies, and execution risks.
- Build scalable program mechanisms, including roadmap reviews, status reporting, escalation paths, and success metrics.
- Identify systemic issues and execution gaps early, leading teams toward practical, durable solutions.
- Influence technical and business stakeholders to make informed tradeoff decisions.
- Mentor others through strong program management practices and elevate execution standards.
- Drive Monthly/Quarterly Business Reviews and executive reporting to align leadership and product partners.
- Collaborate with Product leadership on mapping the product roadmap into programs that interface with multiple teams.
- Implement dynamic program tracking frameworks that flag delivery risks weeks in advance.
What they're looking for
- 7+ years of experience in technical program management or a related role within software, infrastructure, or platform organizations.
- 15+ years of experience in the technology industry.
- Proven track record leading large, ambiguous, multi-team programs with significant cross-functional dependencies.
- Strong technical fluency and ability to engage with engineering leaders on architecture and delivery risks.
- Demonstrated strength in structuring programs and driving decision-making in fast-paced environments.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for executive summaries and trade-off matrices.
- Expertise in establishing objective metrics to govern program success.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
Nice to have
- Background as a Software Engineer, Systems/Delivery Architect, or Technical Product Manager.
- Experience driving AI-assisted developer workflow tooling or agentic automation in developer environments.
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Motive benefits
◉ Remote policy · in their words
“We are a remote-first organization made up of more than 3,000 employees located around the world. While some of our employees are more effective working remotely ... members also have the option to work on-site at any of our eight global office locations if they prefer.”
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