Sr. Principal Technical Program Manager

Seattle · United States · USD 207,000-331,200 · 15+ years experience · Posted Oct 16, 2026

At a glance

As a Senior Principal Technical Program Manager on the Real-Time Operations team, you will lead some of Axon's most complex, ambiguous and high-risk programs across R&D and the broader company.
You will own organization-level and company-level initiatives where success requires alignment across multiple pillars, executive stakeholders and, in many cases, multiple TPMs.
You will operate as a strategic advisor to senior product and engineering leadership, including the RTO SVP, CTO and their directs.

Lead Axon's most complex cross-organization technical programs, including initiatives that span multiple R&D pillars and business functions.
Own organization-level or company-level outcomes from early strategy and problem definition through execution, launch and post-production.
Lead programs involving multiple TPMs and establish clear ownership, operating mechanisms and accountability across the program.
Identify high-impact problems before requirements exist and translate them into strategy, technical direction and executable plans.
Drive alignment across engineering, product, business, legal, information security, policy and other company organizations.
Own program plans, schedules, resourcing strategies and change management across multiple organizations.
Drive company-level accountability for commitments, dependencies and critical milestones.
Foresee systemic risks and organizational dependencies and establish mechanisms that prevent them from becoming execution failures.
Define success metrics for large-scale initiatives and ensure leaders use those metrics to make roadmap and investment decisions.
Own or guide end-to-end technical requirements across complex systems and multiple engineering organizations.

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Science or a related field.
12 to 15+ years of experience managing complex software or hardware/software delivery.
2 to 3 years of experience as a technical individual contributor, engineer or equivalent hands-on technical role, or comparable technical depth developed through your career.
A proven record of leading highly complex, high-risk programs across multiple organizations with significant executive visibility.
Experience leading programs with multiple TPMs, engineering organizations and cross-functional stakeholders.
Experience driving alignment and accountability at the organization or company level without relying on direct reporting authority.
Deep technical judgment and the ability to engage credibly with Principal and Distinguished Engineers, engineering VPs and executive leadership.
Ability to evaluate end-to-end architecture, identify the long-term cost of poor technical decisions and distinguish meaningful technical risk from inflated or incomplete information.
Mastery of program management practice and the ability to select, adapt and teach multiple delivery methodologies based on the needs of the organization.
A demonstrated record of creating mechanisms that improve execution across multiple teams or organizations.

Master's or PhD optional.
Preference for experience with enterprise SaaS or other mission-critical software.

Base pay, bonus, and stock awards
Array of options to help support you physically, financially and emotionally through the big milestones and in your everyday life