Staff Technical Program Manager, Engineering Excellence

About this role

GET TO KNOW US

Horizon3.ai http://Horizon3.ai is a fast-growing, remote cybersecurity company dedicated to the mission of enabling organizations to proactively find, fix and verify exploitable attack vectors before criminals exploit them. Our flagship product, the NodeZeroTM platform, delivers production-safe autonomous pentests and other key assessment operations that scale across the largest internal, external, cloud, and hybrid cloud environments. NodeZero has been adopted by organizations of all sizes, from small educational institutions to government agencies and Global 100 enterprises. It is used by IT Ops/SecOps teams, consulting pentesters, and MSSPs and MSPs.

We are a fusion of former U.S. Special Operations cyber operators, startup engineers & operators, and formerly frustrated cybersecurity practitioners. We're committed to helping solve our common security problems: ineffective security tools and false positives, resulting in alert fatigue, blind spots, "checkbox” security culture, cybersecurity skills shortage, and the long lead time and expense of hiring outside consultants. Collectively, we are a team of learn it alls, committed to a culture of respect, collaboration, ownership, and results.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager, Engineering Effectiveness to drive measurable improvements in how our engineering organization delivers value. This role focuses on optimizing developer productivity, streamlining workflows, and implementing data-driven practices that accelerate delivery without sacrificing quality. You'll be the catalyst for making our engineers more effective, satisfied, and impactful.

Unlike traditional engineering management focused on people or products, this role centers on the systems, metrics, and processes that enable engineering excellence at scale.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

STRATEGIC CROSS-FUNCTIONAL INITIATIVE LEADERSHIP

- Own and drive 1-3 major strategic initiatives per quarter that span multiple teams and departments

- Act as the central coordinator and single point of accountability for complex, multi-stakeholder technical projects such as: - Infrastructure transformations (e.g., database migrations, architecture reworks) - Platform consolidations or modernization efforts - Major tooling or process changes affecting the entire engineering organization - Technical initiatives requiring coordination across Customer Success, Sales, Business Analytics, Product, and Engineering teams

- Navigate competing priorities and build consensus across departments with different objectives

- Define success criteria, track progress, manage dependencies, and communicate status to stakeholders

- Identify and mitigate risks before they become blockers

- Drive initiatives from conception through successful delivery and post-launch measurement

PROCESS OPTIMIZATION AND WORKFLOW EXCELLENCE

- Design and continuously improve engineering workflows including agile practices, sprint cycles, and release processes

- Identify and eliminate friction points in the development lifecycle from code commit to production deployment

- Strategically drive CI/CD pipeline improvements to reduce cycle time and increase deployment frequency

- Establish engineering best practices and standards that scale across teams

- Define, track, and report on key engineering effectiveness metrics

- Build dashboards and reporting systems that provide actionable insights to engineering leadership

- Translate technical metrics into business impact for executive stakeholders

- Conduct retrospectives and data analysis to identify trends and improvement opportunities

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

- 6+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager (TPM) or similar role driving cross-functional technical programs

- Proven track record leading complex, cross-functional technical initiatives involving 5+ teams/departments

- Strong project and program management skills with ability to drive initiatives from conception to completion

- Proven track record of implementing metrics and measurement systems

- Strong analytical skills with ability to translate data into actionable insights

- Experience with modern development practices

- Understanding of agile methodologies and their practical application

- Excellent communication skills with both technical and non-technical audiences

- Experience influencing without authority across engineering organizations

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

- Gets energized by making other people's work easier and more effective

- Loves digging into data to find insights and patterns

- Can navigate complex organizations and build consensus

- Thinks in systems and sees the interconnections between tools, processes, and people

- Isn't afraid to challenge the status quo with data-backed proposals

- Balances pragmatism with ambition, shipping incremental improvements while building toward transformational change

- Genuinely cares about developer experience and engineering craft

- 3+ years in software engineering with deep understanding of the full development lifecycle

TRAVEL REQUIRED

We are a fully remote company, and this job may require up to 10% of travel to be successful.

COMPENSATION AND VALUES

At Horizon3, we believe that our people are our greatest asset, and our compensation philosophy reflects this core value. We are committed to fostering an environment where all employees feel valued, respected, and rewarded for their contributions. Our compensation structure is designed to be fair, competitive, and transparent, ensuring that every team member is recognized and compensated equitably across roles, levels, and locations.

In accordance with various State’s transparency regulations, we provide the following salary range information for this position:

- Base salary range: $230,000 - $265,000. The exact salary will be determined based on the selected candid

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