Senior Technical Program Mgr

As a Senior Technical Program Manager for NetApp ONTAP Infrastructure you will own and lead complex cross-functional engineering programs from definition through release. You will partner with engineering product management quality lab and hardware teams to set goals clarify features manage timelines mitigate risk and deliver high-quality capabilities across ONTAP infrastructure modulesincluding filesystem infrastructure storage services data management encryption metadata services and storage efficiency. You will operate independently in a fast-paced matrixed environment driving outcomes with minimal day-to-day supervision and escalating when leadership alignment is needed. With strong technical depth and clear communication you will connect execution to company priorities drive quality through measurable KPIs and uplevel status to senior leadership.

• Own end-to-end delivery of ONTAP infrastructure programsfrom planning through validation release readiness and handoff spanning filesystem infrastructure storage services data management encryption metadata services and storage efficiency.
• Operate independently with strong judgment: define next steps drive cross-team progress and escalate decisions that require leadership input.
• Apply technical depth to understand architecture dependencies and tradeoffs in enterprise storage and filesystem platforms; resolve cross-team blockers with engineering and architects.
• Run programs in waterfall Agile or hybrid models adapting plans and milestones to team maturity and release constraints.
• Partner with Product Management on scope success criteria timelines and alignment before engineering commitment.
• Build and maintain integrated plans (milestones dependencies resources risks); proactively mitigate schedule scope and quality issues.
• Tie program work to ONTAP Core Data Foundation and broader business priorities so teams understand strategic context and tradeoffs.
• Drive quality initiatives with KPIs (defects escapes coverage release readiness SDL compliance) and use data in leadership reviews.
• Engage and align stakeholders across engineering QA security lab hardware operations and support; secure and track commitments.
• Coordinate lab and hardware needs for test infrastructure through the program multi-team cross-functional enterprise software programs of significant scope and complexity; depth of experience matters more than a specific team-size threshold.
• Present executive-ready status risks and options to directors VPs and senior SDL activities and sign-offs are planned and completed in step with release without authority in a matrixed organization; improve efficiency through practical process and tooling (Jira dashboards automation).

• B.E/B. Tech/BS or in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
• 10 years in technical/engineering program or release management on complex enterprise software programs.
• Preferred: Storage filesystem or platform infrastructure experience is a plus; quality engineering and SDL familiarity; PMP or equivalent is a plus.