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Senior Technical Program Manager

Tecovas

Tecovas

IT, Operations
Austin, TX, USA
USD 120k-130k / year
Posted on Jan 10, 2026

Tecovas was founded with the simple goal of making the world's best western boots, apparel and leather goods - and selling them at a fair price. We are a brand revolutionizing a category and welcoming first-time boot buyers and western enthusiasts alike.

Tecovas is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead the delivery of complex, cross-functional technical initiatives across the organization. Reporting to the Director of Program Management, you will own program execution end-to-end—driving prioritization, timelines, and alignment while partnering closely with engineering and technology leaders. You thrive working across diverse technical domains and bring a collaborative, solutions-oriented, positive mindset to everything you do.

What you’ll do:

  • Own end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-quarter technical programs spanning engineering, data, product, and business teams
  • Drive program strategy, roadmap alignment, and execution, ensuring initiatives are tightly aligned to business objectives and customer outcomes
  • Establish and continuously improve program management frameworks, operating rhythms, and best practices across the Technology organization
  • Serve as the primary point of accountability for delivery commitments, proactively identifying risks, dependencies, and trade-offs
  • Partner closely with senior engineering and product leaders to define scope, and resourcing, including roadmap and capacity planning
  • Translate high-level business goals into clear, actionable technical requirements, user stories, milestones, and success metrics
  • Provide executive-level communication and reporting, delivering concise, data-driven updates on status, risks, and outcomes
  • Influence decision-making through deep understanding of technical architecture, delivery constraints, and customer impact
  • Drive feature prioritization and dependency management in partnership with engineering and product, including level-of-effort estimation
  • Anticipate and resolve delivery challenges, escalating with clear options and recommendations when leadership decisions are required
  • Mentor and coach other program managers, helping raise the bar on program execution, communication, and stakeholder trust
  • Develop and maintain portfolio-level dashboards that provide visibility into delivery health, capacity, and backlog across initiatives

Experience we’re looking for:

  • 7+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program management, or related roles, working closely with software engineering teams
  • Proven success leading large-scale, complex technical programs involving multiple engineering teams, systems, business stakeholder groups and dependencies
  • Strong experience partnering with engineering leaders on technical planning, delivery forecasting, and capacity management
  • Demonstrated ability to work effectively within Agile / Scrum environments, including sprint planning, backlog management, and release coordination
  • Excellent customer intuition; demonstrated success in identifying, prioritizing and delivering product capabilities to delight customers
  • Experience translating business and product goals into clear technical requirements, milestones, and delivery plans
  • Track record of driving alignment across engineering, product, data, and business stakeholders in fast-paced environments
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to use data to assess delivery health, identify risks, and inform decisions
  • Experience managing external vendors or development partners as part of an integrated delivery model
  • Bonus points for prior experience in direct-to-consumer, retail, or eCommerce environments

What you bring to the table:

  • You have the capacity to handle multiple tasks, set priorities, schedule and meet deadlines.
  • You have excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, with an ability to influence at executive level.
  • You have a proven track record of earning trust with stakeholders who may possess disparate working styles.
  • You take pride in the quality and durability of your work.

Full Time Benefits & Perks:

  • We offer insurance plans that pay 79-90% of your health premium coverage and 100% of your dental & vision insurance coverage for your family/dependents
  • 401(k) match
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Flexible PTO policy
  • Corporate wellness program
  • Competitive salary: $120,000-130,000/annually (commensurate with experience)
  • Eligibility to participate in Corporate Bonus Program
  • Generous employee discounts!

About Us:

Based in Austin, TX, Tecovas brings the spirit of the West to the modern consumer. Handcrafting the best Western footwear, workwear, apparel, and accessories, Tecovas has grown rapidly since its founding as the first digitally native Western brand in 2015, serving customers through www.Tecovas.com, Tecovas Stores from coast to coast, and select wholesale partners. We’re certainly growing- and hiring passionate, humble, positive, and talented people determined to help us continue to grow!

Important note: We strive to hire values-aligned people because we believe it takes each and all of us to be successful, and lead with grit, speed and a clear vision of where we’re headed. In a remote setting, interviewing at Tecovas may include phone interviews, virtual “on-site” interviews, and on-the-job mock cases. We are committed to run a thorough process for candidates with whom we identify a potential match, and we will do our best to follow-up with each and every applicant! If you’re on the fence, just give it a try!

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and we encourage all qualified individuals to apply! Information collected during the application process is subject to our privacy policy. Please note: Offers of employment may be conditional pending the completion of standard onboarding procedures.