Principal Technical Program Manager - Data Engineering

Build the future of the AI Data Cloud. Join the Snowflake team.

The mission of the Snowflake Data Engineering organization is to build innovative products that enable customers to define, manage and optimize data pipelines and storage throughout the end-to-end data lifecycle. We’re leading the charge in transforming how the world interacts with data. We strive to build the most innovative, reliable, and scalable data platform that empowers businesses to harness the full potential of their data — without the headache of managing it. With cutting-edge technology and a world-class team of talented individuals, we're creating a cloud data platform that is affordable, secure, and effortlessly scalable. We're pushing the boundaries of what's possible by being truly multi-cloud and cloud-agnostic, working seamlessly across all major cloud providers.

We’re seeking an experienced Technical Program Manager to join our world-class team focused on building Snowflakes Data Engineering solutions. In this role, you'll have the unique opportunity to shape a flexible, large-scale, high-performance platform that powers many of Snowflake’s core features and services. You’ll play a pivotal role in bringing our vision of the ultimate data cloud platform to life.

• Be responsible for defining and delivering critical programs with broad organizational, business and technical impact.

• Identify, manage and mitigate both technical and business risks that otherwise threaten the success of the efforts you work on.

• Provide cross-functional leadership together with Engineering and Product Management, and inter/intra team communications to deliver outstanding program outcomes.

• Bring strong, data-driven and strategic technical judgment to decision making.

• Build your subject matter expertise in the area of cloud computing, data engineering and transformation, that will inform your contributions to identifying risks and understanding trade-offs.

• Identify opportunities to improve execution of the teams and organizations you work with to increase engineering productivity through tools and light-weight processes

• Work closely with leadership stakeholders to drive quarterly and annual planning, to set ambitious goals and to hold each other accountable.

• Amplify your impact by educating and mentoring the TPM and Engineering communities on program management best practices

• 10+ years of demonstrated industry experience and expertise leading large complex engineering projects in cloud-based technologies

• Strong technical understanding and judgment to dive deeply into sophisticated software systems, work with stakeholders to develop solutions and identify technical risks and tradeoffs.

• An ability to thrive in the context of ambiguity, dynamic business forces, and competing priorities. 

• Experience working cross-functionally with engineering, product management, data science, customers, and other functions throughout the product life cycle.

• Strong program management skills with technical and business acumen.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adaptively interact with technical and non-technical groups at all levels of seniority.

• Exceptional ability to build relationships, understand organizations and, ultimately, the ability to persuade others to accomplish program objectives while holding yourself and your own stakeholders to a high standard of accountability.

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, consultation and organizational skills.

• BS/MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related fields or equivalent practical experience

Every Snowflake employee is expected to follow the company’s confidentiality and security standards for handling sensitive data. Snowflake employees must abide by the company’s data security plan as an essential part of their duties. It is every employee's duty to keep customer information secure and confidential.

Snowflake is growing fast, and we’re scaling our team to help enable and accelerate our growth. We are looking for people who share our values, challenge ordinary thinking, and push the pace of innovation while building a future for themselves and Snowflake.

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