Senior technical program manager
Company: Tek Spikes
Location: O Fallon
Posted on: February 16, 2026
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Job Description:
Job Description Job Description Only qualified Senior Technical
Program Manager candidates located near the O'Fallon, MO area to be
considered due to the position requiring an onsite (hybrid)
presence Required Education: • Bachelor's Degree in engineering,
computer science, or related discipline Required Experience,
Knowledge & Skills: • Project Planning & Delivery – Able to create
project plan as blueprint for delivery and managing against,
including proactively removing impediments/blockers and making
data-based decisions • Dependency & Risk Management – Able to help
identify dependencies & proactively identify and manage risks &
issues • Technical acumen – e.g. ability to read & understand
architecture diagrams, previous experience in technology field,
general understanding of APIs, data stores, software delivery,
implementing code, etc. • Advanced – Project Management experience;
will need to be able to work fairly independently, with guidance
provided. • Intermediate – Microsoft Project – All TPMs to create &
maintain end-to-end delivery plans using MS Project • Foundational
– Some form of online, agile management work tool (e.g. Rally,
Jira, Monday.com, etc.). • Intermediate – Data visualization &
analysis – able to create data visualizations as needed & analyze
data & work with teams to identify story data is telling us.
Desired Skills: • Previous experience as programmer, developer, or
tester • Experience driving delivery for multiple, strategic
efforts in parallel • Experience in payments or financial field
Role: Our TPMs conceptualize, rationalize, and drive multiple,
simultaneous projects to deliver engineering work across the
portfolio in our Scrum execution model. In this role, you may drive
the execution of a feature through the full stack or may drive a
project which spans multiple teams and integrations, reporting
meaningful status along the way. As a Senior TPM, you will: • Work
across teams to organize and accelerate delivery by ensuring all
teams are delivering in a coordinated manner, identifying and
removing blockers, and always finding the path forward in
challenging situations. • Understand the business strategy and
design approaches within product, program, or domain with depth to
be credible and effective with teams you work with. Act as first
point of contact for your team or area and the source of truth for
status, providing the right information and associated data about
the state of the project to the right audience at the right time. •
Regularly review metrics and proactively seek out new and improved
data/mechanisms for visibility, ensuring your program stays aligned
with organization objectives. • Proactively manage all
dependencies, ensuring all outputs are production ready at time of
launch. • Proactively identify risks & issues and ensure mitigation
efforts are being carried out throughout the software development
lifecycle. • Keep abreast of evolving technology landscape. Can ask
the right questions to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of
designs (scalability, latency, security, performance, data
integrity, etc.). • Work with ambiguity and with limited guidance –
able to get the inertia out and the project in motion.
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