Senior Technical Program Manager
Senior Technical Program Manager
Montreal, Quebec, Canada - Permanent
Job Description
Our client raised a Series C of $45million USD, for over $100million total financing and is now rapidly scaling. They spun out of the UC Berkeley AI Research Lab and develops artificial intelligence to support care for those with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and other cognitive impairments.
Alzheimer’s disease is the single most expensive disease in the US, costing an estimated $600b per year in direct and indirect costs. It affects 1 in 3 people over 85 and 1 in 9 people over 65. Their first product is focused on reducing the frequency and impact of falls, the leading cause of hospitalization for those living with Dementia. We have peer-reviewed results showing up to 80% fewer falls with an average of 40% fewer falls and 80% fewer ER visits from falls.
Your Role:
We are looking for an experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to lead and oversee DataOps initiatives, manage cross-functional projects, and act as the bridge between Product Waterfall schedules and R&D Agile workflows. This role is critical to ensuring efficient data pipeline orchestration, seamless coordination across teams, and timely, budget-conscious project delivery.
You will:
•Drive the orchestration of data pipelines between our team of annotators and Researchers, ensuring the efficient, scalable, and secure handling of our data.•Oversee the creation, management, and optimization of our annotated datasets to support analytics, machine learning, and R&D initiatives.
•Collaborate with Data Engineering and Analytics teams to establish robust data governance and quality assurance processes.
•Lead complex, high-impact R&D projects across multiple teams, ensuring clear communication, alignment, and execution.
•Manage project dependencies, risk mitigation, and stakeholder expectations to drive successful delivery.
•Develop and maintain project roadmaps, timelines, and budgets to ensure on-time and cost-effective execution.
•Serve as the liaison between Product teams and R&D teams by ensuring seamless integration and communication of our strategic projects into the R&D development flow.
•Work with product managers, scrum masters, and engineering managers to translate quarterly roadmaps into executable pieces of work with clear milestones and timelines
•Identify bottlenecks and proactively resolve conflicts between structured product planning and iterative R&D processes.
Must Have Skills:
•8+ years of program management experience in technology, software, or data-focused environments.
•Experience in managing annotation pipelines and collaborating with Data Scientists and annotation teams to build annotated AI training datasets
•Expertise in cross-functional project leadership, managing dependencies across multiple teams and disciplines.
•Experience bridging Waterfall product roadmaps with Agile R&D team's methodology, ensuring smooth collaboration.
•Proficiency in project management tools (JIRA, Confluence, Smartsheet, etc.) and Agile methodologies (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).
•Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate technical complexities into actionable plans.
•Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a data-driven mindset.
•Knowledge of AI data annotation best practice
•Familiarity with cloud-based data platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and big data technologies.
•PMP, CSM, or SAFe Agile certification preferred