Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure Engineering

Company: TikTok
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: June 21, 2022

Job Description:

DescriptionTikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. Our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok has global offices including Los Angeles, New York, London, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Mumbai, Singapore, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.The infrastructure engineering team supports the company's fast growth by building and operating hyper-scale datacenters, managing the life cycle of server fleet, providing cloud solutions, and developing various infrastructure services and making sure they are scalable and are reliable.As a Technical Program Manager on the infrastructure engineering team, you will drive critical infrastructure initiatives in partnership with business stakeholders and across the engineering organizations. You see programs through from inception to the hands of the customer ensuring effective communication and timely, high quality delivery. --- Drive strategic, cross-functional initiatives.--- Drive all aspects of program management (planning incorporating dependencies, key milestones and deliverables, data gathering, analysis, communication, risk management and mitigation, status tracking and reporting, implementation, monitoring, execution, and delivery of the initiative/program.--- Influence and collaborate across organizations including engineering, product, security, legal, compliance, finance, and more to effectively build commitment with execution teams, negotiate competing requirements, ensure alignment and program progress, and improve processes.--- Communicate program plans and risks and issues to stakeholders.--- Partner with leadership to identify and solve cross-functional challenges.QualificationsMinimum Qualifications--- BS in a technical field--- 3+ years project management experience driving complex, cross functional technical programs--- Excellent oral and written communication--- Experience with project management tools including Confluence, Jira, and Asana--- Familiar with infrastructure technologies including cloud, datacenter, networking, etc.Preferred Qualifications--- Experience in software development.--- Experience in improving operational efficiencies.--- Strong ability to influence and partner with stakeholders across multiple organizations to ensure alignment, mitigate risks, manage competing priorities, and allocate resources--- Independent, critical thinking to navigate through ambiguity from a vague problem to a detailed solution.--- Self-motivated and proactive with a proven ability to adapt well in a fast paced tech company and collaborate closely with teams on different operating cadences.--- Detail-oriented and able to understand the bigger picture by using your technical expertise and problem solving abilities to prioritize and manage key challenges.*TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We believe individuals shouldn't be disadvantaged because of their background or identity, but instead should be considered based on their strengths and experience. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. If you need assistance or accommodation, please reach out to us at USRC@tiktok.com.RegularExperienced

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