Director, Technical Program Management

Who We Are:

SiriusXM and its brands (Pandora, SiriusXM Media, AdsWizz, Simplecast, and SiriusXM Connect) are leading a new era of audio entertainment and services by delivering the most compelling subscription and ad-supported audio entertainment experience for listeners -- in the car, at home, and anywhere on the go with connected devices. Our vision is to shape the future of audio, where everyone can be effortlessly connected to the voices, stories and music they love wherever they are.

This is the place where a diverse group of emerging talent and legends alike come to share authentic and purposeful songs, stories, sounds and insights through some of the best programming and technology in the world. Our critically-acclaimed, industry-leading audio entertainment encompasses music, sports, comedy, news, talk, live events, and podcasting. No matter their individual role, each of our employees plays a vital part in bringing SiriusXM's vision to life every day.

SiriusXM is the leading audio entertainment company in North America, and the premier programmer and platform for subscription and digital advertising-supported audio products. SiriusXM's platforms collectively reach approximately 150 million listeners, the largest digital audio audience across paid and free tiers in North America, and deliver music, sports, talk, news, comedy, entertainment and podcasts. Pandora, a subsidiary of SiriusXM, is the largest ad-supported audio entertainment streaming service in the U.S. SiriusXM's subsidiaries Simplecast and AdsWizz make it a leader in podcast hosting, production, distribution, analytics and monetization. The Company's advertising sales organization, which operates as SiriusXM Media, leverages its scale, cross-platform sales organization and ad tech capabilities to deliver results for audio creators and advertisers. SiriusXM, through SiriusXM Canada Holdings, Inc., also

offers satellite radio and audio entertainment in Canada. In addition to its audio entertainment businesses, SiriusXM offers connected vehicle services to automakers.

How you'll make an impact:

As Director, Technical Program Management, you will define how complex, cross-system work gets done across Consumer Product (e.g., streaming and connected devices) and Automotive platforms, translating a strategic vision for Listener Experience into executable, measurable outcomes at scale.

You will own the translation layer between product ambition and engineering reality, shaping roadmaps that are not just planned, but delivered. By leading and developing a team of Technical Program Managers, you will scale execution discipline across a portfolio of interdependent programs, ensuring the right work is sequenced, dependencies are actively managed, and delivery remains predictable.

You will drive integration and interoperability across a rapidly expanding ecosystem of external partners including automakers, device manufacturers, and internal platform teams, ensuring that the Listener Experience product strategy is consistently realized across fragmented and evolving platforms. Your work will directly influence the scalability, reliability, and extensibility of the core SiriusXM listening platforms.

You will establish and enforce program management standards that enable clear decision-making, transparent tradeoffs, and operational visibility across initiatives. Operating at the intersection of product, engineering, and external stakeholders, you will ensure that defined priorities are executed effectively despite technical complexity, organizational boundaries, and competing demands.

The net effect: consistent realization of strategic priorities, faster execution of high-impact initiatives, and a more scalable, resilient cross-platform Listener Experience.

What you'll do:

• Facilitate the cross-org intake process focused on business value and standardization.

• Work with your product partners to facilitate roadmap planning and execution standards across the Consumer Product and Automotive organizations.

• Lead and grow a technical program management organization focused on end-to-end program deliverables across the organization.

• Define, implement and establish program management tools, techniques, and best practices that are uniquely aligned to project execution of cross-platform audio experience and product development initiatives.

• Work closely with your partners in Product, Engineering and Go-to-Market to ensure roadmaps are constantly maintained and well communicated.

• Partner as a technical liaison between stakeholders and engineering teams.

• Communicate schedules, dependencies, issues, and risks across teams and to stakeholders.

• Lead program scoping with architecture, product. engineering, and senior leaders.

• Drive a culture of innovation and be an agent of change.

  • Cultivate a culture that rewards aggressive pursuit of innovative solutions to problems.

  • Be responsive to the business in proposing and developing new products and services.

  • Identify opportunities to create new products and services that meet current and prospective market opportunities.

• Attract and retain the high-caliber TPM talent needed to deliver against SiriusXM's Product Roadmap through high-performance, on-time and on-budget development programs.

• This role will manage a geographically dispersed team.

Leadership & Team Development

• Lead, coach, and develop high-performing teams to foster career growth and professional development.

• Provide constructive feedback, conduct performance reviews, and guide team members in setting and achieving goals.

• Build and maintain an inclusive, collaborative team culture that encourages innovation and accountability.

What you'll need:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business Management or similar field, or equivalent experience, in lieu of a degree.

• 10+ years managing technical project management teams in a software development organization.

• 5+ years of people leadership, with a track record of building, coaching, and scaling high-performing teams.

• Experience in building distributed systems & highly available services using cloud computing services / architecture preferably using AWS.

• Experience working with advertising related technologies strongly preferred.

• Ability to simplify the technically complex and drive well-educated decisions across product, engineering, design, and data science representatives.

• Ability to communicate complexity simply and authoritatively at the executive level.

• Strong technical backgrounds with demonstrable ability to apply systems thinking.

• Ability to proactively identify and mitigate technical risks throughout the delivery life-cycle.

• Exceptional cross-team collaboration; able to work across different functions, organizations, and reporting boundaries to get the job done.

• Technical experience in the following areas:

  • Agile/Scrum methodologies

  • Jira, Wiki, GitHub, AWS

• Must have legal right to work in the U.S.

At SiriusXM, we carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including your background and experience. These considerations can cause your compensation to vary. We expect the base salary for this position to be in the range of $190,100 to $220,000 and will depend on your skills, qualifications, and experience. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary short-term and long-term incentives. We encourage all interested candidates to apply.

Our goal at SiriusXM is to provide and maintain a work environment that fosters mutual respect, professionalism and cooperation. SiriusXM is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, creed, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, alienage or citizenship status, age, disability or handicap, sex, gender identity, marital status, familial status, veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws.

The requirements and duties described above may be modified or waived by the Company in its sole discretion without notice.

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