Senior Technical Program Manager

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><p>Chainguard is the trusted source for open source. By delivering hardened, secure, and production-ready builds of all the open source software engineers and AI agents rely on, Chainguard helps organizations build faster, stay compliant, and eliminate risk. <br><br>Our customers include Fortune 500 enterprises and global industry leaders, including Anduril, Canva, Fortinet, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, OpenAI, Snap Inc., and Snowflake. <br><br>Chainguard is venture-backed by leading investors, including Amplify, IVP, Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mantis VC, Redpoint Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Spark Capital.</p></div><p><strong>The role, in a nutshell:</strong></p> <p>Great security starts with solid execution. At Chainguard, that means delivering the right outcomes without the chaos.</p> <p>We’re looking for a <strong>Senior Technical Program Manager</strong> who can help steer important, high-impact initiatives across teams. If you’ve worked in fast-moving engineering environments, know how to herd cats without breaking their stride, and can turn ambiguity into momentum, you’ll fit right in.</p> <p>You’ll be a key partner to engineering, product, and security teams to keep work unblocked, aligned, and steadily shipping. You’ll translate strategy into motion, and motion into results. </p> <p>This is a hands-on role for someone who’s equal parts planner, doer, and communicator. You’ll be building the foundation for how secure software gets delivered at Chainguard and across the industry.</p> <h3><strong>What You’ll Do:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><strong>Wrangle complexity: </strong> Help break down big ideas and thorny problems into well-scoped, achievable plans.<br><strong>Drive alignment.</strong> Translate vision into shared goals across teams, then keep those efforts focused and moving forward.</li> <li><strong>Own delivery.</strong> From kickoff through launch, you’ll track progress, manage risk, and make sure we ship with confidence.</li> <li><strong>Bring clarity.</strong> Keep stakeholders informed, flag blockers early, and use data to guide decisions when tradeoffs are tough.</li> <li><strong>Be the duct tape.</strong> Work across engineering, product, security, and leadership to keep everyone on the same page.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>What We’re Looking For:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>You’ve led cross-functional programs before with ideally 5+ years in high-growth or technical environments.</li> <li>You’re technically fluent: maybe you’ve got a degree in Computer Science or just years of real-world experience with engineering teams.</li> <li>You’ve worked closely with infrastructure, platform, or developer tooling teams and understand how they tick.</li> <li>You know how to influence without authority and bring structure without red tape.</li> </ul> <h3><strong>Bonus Points:</strong></h3> <ul> <li>Experience with security-focused or compliance-driven engineering orgs.</li> <li>Familiarity with product operations as a discipline</li> <li>A deep respect for secure-by-default systems and a genuine love for open source communities.<br><br></li> </ul> <h3><strong>Why You’ll Love Working Here:</strong></h3> <p>We’re a team that cares deeply about doing the right work and doing it well.</p> <p>At Chainguard...</p> <ul> <li>You’ll shape how the modern software supply chain stays secure (yep, the whole dang supply chain).</li> <li>You’ll work with sharp people who want to do the right thing and actually do.<br>We trust each other to do great work, we value autonomy, and we are not afraid to laugh while pushing the envelope (securely of course).</li> </ul><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="title">Base Salary Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$153,000</span><span class="divider">—</span><span>$180,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><h3>About Us</h3> <p>We live and breathe our company values:</p> <ul> <li>We are customer obsessed — We focus on delivering solutions to our customers that create value and make their lives better.</li> <li>We have a bias for intentional action — We prioritize, plan, try things, and fail fast.</li> <li>We don't take ourselves too seriously (but we do serious work) — We are solving an important problem which takes focus, but we also like to enjoy the journey.</li> <li>We trust each other and assume good intentions — We're transparent with decisions to empower team members to make well informed decisions.</li> </ul> <p>A few of the benefits we offer:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Flexible & Remote-First Culture:</strong> Work remotely with team meetup opportunities, bi-annual destination summits, and a monthly stipend for coworking spaces, phone and internet costs.</li> <li><strong>Our Approach to Equity:</strong> Receive stock options upon hire and promotion. Plus, you can participate in secondary offerings and have 10 years to exercise your options (yes, you read that correctly: 10 years!).</li> <li><strong>100% Covered Health Insurance:</strong> We cover…