Figma
Technology
TechnicalProgramManager,Infrastructure
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“Technical Program Manager, Infrastructure at Figma. Skills: Infrastructure program management, Cloud-native architectures, Distributed systems, Cross-functional program management. Lead execution of infrastructure projects. Coordinate infrastructure projects”
What You'll Achieve.
Ensure seamless integration; Minimize performance impact; Ensure on-time delivery; Minimize downtime; Ensure high system reliability
Industry & Context.
Reason across org-level goals; Reason across architectural trade-offs; Reason across component-level details; Translate technical constraints; Translate technical risks
Attend in person onboarding
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
8+ years in Infrastructure TPM, Hands-on experience in cloud-native architectures, Hands-on experience in distributed systems, AWS, GCP, or similar experience, Deep technical expertise across infrastructure components, Track record driving large-scale infrastructure programs, Cross-functional program management skills, Proven stakeholder management
Nice to Have
Setting up and scaling TPM functions, Scaling program management practices, Experience working on enterprise security programs, Experience working on compliance programs, Infrastructure incident management experience, Infrastructure incident analysis experience, Experience working with external enterprise partners, Background in software engineering, Site reliability engineering background
What You'll Do.
Lead execution of infrastructure projects
Coordinate infrastructure projects
Manage risk of infrastructure projects
Drive key infrastructure initiatives
Partner with engineering teams
Partner with security teams
Partner with compliance teams
Partner with legal teams
Track program milestones
Ensure seamless delivery
Provide regular updates to leadership
Develop best practices in program management
Improve visibility into progress
Improve visibility into risks
Improve visibility into dependencies
Facilitate testing strategies
Facilitate rollout strategies
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-company engineering efforts; Backend teams; Infrastructure teams; Security teams; Cross-functional stakeholders; External partners; Cloud providers; Enterprise customers
Communication Scope
Executive-level communications; Clear executive-level communications
Process & Methodology
Program management, Risk management, Coordination, Prioritization, Tracking execution, Operational excellence, Best practices
Full Job Description
Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us! The mission of the Engineering TPM team is to drive Figma's most important cross-company engineering efforts, and we are looking for a Technical Program Manager (TPM) to partner with our Infrastructure team. The TPM provides oversight of the most important efforts that require coordinated technical execution across the Org to succeed. This is a role focused on enabling Figma's infrastructure teams to scale, improve performance, and deliver on critical projects. These large-scale efforts will involve collaboration across numerous backend, infrastructure, and security teams and cross-functional stakeholders, prioritization, decision-making, tracking execution, and driving operational excellence. We're looking for someone that can work in a TPM greenspace environment and is passionate about people, technology, and program management. Progress over process is our mantra. This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States. What you'll do at Figma: Lead the execution, coordination, and risk management of Figma's infrastructure projects, ensuring seamless integration with minimal performance impact Drive key infrastructure initiatives, including reliability, storage, distributed systems, cloud-native performance improvements, and compliance programs (e.g., encryption key management, FedRAMP, SOC 2) Partner closely with engineering, security, compliance, and legal teams to ensure alignment and on-time delivery Track program milestones and ensure seamless d
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