Cognite · 1 day ago
Senior Technical Program Manager, AI
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior LevelCognite operates at the forefront of industrial digitalization, building AI and data solutions that solve some of the world’s hardest, highest-impact problems. The Senior Technical Program Manager, AI will drive program execution, manage resources, and ensure alignment across departments to maximize customer value and operational improvements.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Industrial AutomationInformation TechnologyMachine LearningSaaS
Responsibilities
Breaking down complex requirements with the product manager, tech lead, and Office of the CTO, turning them into execution pieces and finding the right sequence
Managing schedule, timelines, and milestones (i.e. alpha, beta, and GA)
Driving the trade-offs between usability, go-to-market (GTM) lead time, features scope, technical debt/investment (i.e. across UX/PM/ENG/GTM) to maximize value for our customers and Cognite
Drive end-to-end alignment from sales to delivery, security, and support
Managing internal and external dependencies arising from end-to-end alignment
Managing budgeting and resource needs
Managing in-market product performance in scope of the program (e.g. usage metrics, cost drivers, required delivery effort, as well as quality, reliability, security etc.), ensuring those metrics are measured, reported, reviewed and acted upon
Automate the "toil" of program management
Run complex, cross-discipline and cross-department programs that span research, engineering, and product
Strong influencing skills: The ability to influence stakeholders and drive consensus across the organization without formal reporting lines
Structured, thorough and detail oriented
Genuine interest in or direct experience on the full product lifecycle (product strategy, sales, delivery, adoption, support, sunsetting)
Qualification
Required
Must have experience from a SaaS company at scale
Must have software development experience (any language) in developing, testing, deploying code for a software product
Strong system design understanding, specifically regarding scalable systems, agentic and generative AI infrastructure, retrieval architectures, and the unique constraints of LLM-based products
Proven ability to use AI tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude code, custom agents) to accelerate productivity
Preferred
Technical MSc degree or proven technical hands-on experience
Experience in leading and managing product development teams, running sprints, scrums, making scoping trade-offs and assessing technical options with tech leads and architects
Benefits
Competitive compensation
401(k) with employer matching
Competitive health, dental, vision & disability coverages for employees and all dependents
Unlimited PTO
Paid Parental Leave Program
Employee Referral Program
Join a team of 60+ different nationalities 🌐 with Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DEI) in focus 🤝
A highly modern and fun working environment with sublime culture across the organization, follow us on Instagram @cognitedata 📷 to know more
Opportunity to work with and learn from some of the best people on some of the most ambitious projects found anywhere, across industries
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Company
Cognite
Cognite develops an industrial IoT data platform that enables digital transformation of heavy-asset industries.
Founded in 2016
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$338.21MKey Investors
Saudi AramcoTCVAccel
2022-02-02Secondary Market· $113M
2021-05-19Series B· $150M
2020-10-27Series A· $75M
Leadership Team
Girish Rishi
Chair and CEO
Fredrik Anfinsen
Co-Founder and Director of Product Development
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