Staff Technical Program Manager (Software Deployments) (Federal)

About Zscaler

Zscaler accelerates digital transformation to ensure our customers can be more agile efficient resilient and secure. As an AI-forward enterprise we are constantly pushing the envelope leveraging the worlds largest security data lake to power our cloud-native Zero Trust Exchange platform. This innovation protects our customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users devices and applications in any location.

Here impact in your role matters more than title and trust is built on results. We say impact over activity. We seek innovators who actively use AI to amplify their impact and who thrive in an environment where we leverage intelligent systems to stay ahead of evolving threats. We believe in transparency and value constructive honest debatewere focused on getting to the best ideas faster. We build high-performing teams that can make an impact quickly and with high quality. To do this we are building a culture of execution centered on customer obsession collaboration ownership and accountability.

We value high-impact high-accountability with a sense of urgency where youre enabled to do your best work and embrace your potential. If youre driven by purpose thrive on solving complex challenges and want to be part of the team thats helping to secure the AI age we invite you to bring your talents to Zscaler and help shape the future of cybersecurity.

Role

We are looking for a Staff Technical Program Manager (Federal) to join our team. This is a hybrid (minimum 3 days in office San Jose CA) role reporting to the Senior Manager Technical Program Management in the Technical Program Management Team. The TPM will partner directly with Engineering and be responsible for establishing a clear intake and commitment process leading execution and delivery reviews to ensure programs stay on track and driving release readiness criteria to meet Zscalers quality bar.

What Youll Do (Role Expectations)

• Drive End-to-End Program Delivery: Own planning across multiple concurrent initiatives managing independent Scrum teams and aligning scope owners timelines and success metrics across three engineering orgs
• Build and Own the Central Intake Process: Design and operate a centralized intake function partnering with stakeholders to triage requests assign effort levels and translate demand into rolling roadmaps and execution plans
• Lead Execution Reviews: Run weekly program reviews tracking active initiatives production incidents service health and OKRs maintaining an integrated status view that surfaces risks and dependency conflicts before they become blockers
• Orchestrate Cross-Functional Delivery: Coordinate release planning and production readiness across capacity expansions provisioning and new service onboarding keeping infrastructure SWE and product stakeholders aligned on commitments and change control
• Elevate Process Maturity: Replace manual tracking with JIRA-based structures establish SDLC standards and drive delivery predictability across both repeatable operations and highly ambiguous ad-hoc programs

Who You Are (Success Profile)

• You act like an owner with a deep passion for the mission operating with integrity and navigating seamlessly between high-level strategy and hands-on execution.
• You are a high-trust collaborator who builds team success through candor clear communication and ongoing respectful feedback.
• You are customer-obsessed anchoring decisions in solving real-world problems and championing internal and external user needs from start to finish.
• You champion simplicity by distilling complex technical concepts into clear actionable plans and precise communication.
• You think at scale connecting daily execution to global business goals while building processes designed for long-term growth.

What Were Looking For (Minimum Qualifications)

• US Citizenship is required (due to the nature of assigned customers)
• 8 years of experience in Engineering/Technical Program Management
• Proven bias for action with a track record of taking smart risks and driving continuous incremental progress.
• Demonstrated success in stakeholder management with the ability to communicate effectively across both technical and executive levels of the organization.
• Proficiency in JIRA including JIRA dashboards JIRA Structure and advanced tracking methodologies
• Undergraduate degree in Engineering Computer Science Business or a related domain
• Foundational understanding of AI/ML technologies and experience leveraging securing or positioning AI-driven solutions to optimize outcomes within your functional domain

What Will Make You Stand Out (Preferred Qualifications)

• Background in software program management and systems engineering with hands-on experience managing end-to-end SDLC production software deployments and operational process improvements.
• Prior hands-on engineering experience in low-level networking (protocols network configuration routing etc.) and software fundamentals.
• Deep understanding of the networking industry with the technical depth to identify software/architectural risks and translate complex system challenges into actionable plans.

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