Staff Technical Program Manager
About lululemon:
lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative products, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we’re in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. In particular, that includes creating an equitable, inclusive and growth-focused environment for our people. As we continue to elevate our shopping experience, our India Tech Hub plays a key role in expanding our technology capabilities in Product Systems, Merchandising and Planning, Digital Presence, distribution and logistics, and corporate systems. Our team in India works as an extension of the global team on projects of strategic importance.
About the India Tech Hub:With an increasingly connected world, the rise of technical athletic apparel as a lifestyle, and growing e-commerce services, the India Tech Hub will play a vital role in strengthening our capabilities and reaching an even wider audience. Together, were co-creating a future that otherwise wouldnt exist. To do that, were looking for people who unite diverse perspectives to lean into bold visions, who strive to be better than they were yesterday. Who are all in, in everything they do.
Staff Technical Program
About the Role:
The Staff Technical Program Manager is a senior, hands-on technical delivery leader responsible for orchestrating complex, multi domain programs that span engineering, architecture, data, platform, and infrastructure. This role leads enterprise scale initiatives, shapes technical delivery approaches, mentors TPMs, and partners closely with senior engineering leadership to ensure predictable, high quality technical outcomes.
You will be accountable for defining and governing technical delivery frameworks, managing architectural and systemic risk, driving cross platform alignment, and guiding teams through ambiguity with clarity, rigor, and purpose.
Key Responsibilities:
Technical Program Leadership:
- Owns high impact, cross platform, multi-year technical programs involving multiple engineering and architecture teams.
- Translate technical constraints, risks, tradeoffs, and dependencies into actionable program structures and executable plans.
- Drive clarity across ambiguous requirements and establish predictable technical delivery models.
Architecture, Risk & Dependency Governance:
- Partner with senior engineering leadership to assess architectural readiness, technical feasibility, and long-term platform implications.
- Define and enforce standards for technical risk management, dependency governance, integration sequencing, and engineering handoffs.
- Identify and proactively manage cross team, cross system, and cross domain risks.
Execution Excellence & Delivery Governance:
- Track technical delivery health, system impacts, and progress toward architectural goals.
- Ensure smooth implementation of complex systems, vendor integrations, and platform transformations.
Cross Team Technical Alignment:
- Coordinate delivery across engineering, product, architecture, and operations teams; ensure synchronized technical execution across multiple workstreams.
- Facilitate architectural alignment and technical decision making across domains.
Stakeholder Management & Communication:
- Communicate technical program status, issues, and risk posture to executives and broad stakeholder groups.
- Manage stakeholder expectations on technical delivery and build alignment across technical and business stakeholders.
Coaching, Leadership & Scaling:
- Mentor TPMs and senior TPMs to elevate technical delivery practices, frameworks, and capabilities across the organization.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelors degree in computer science, Engineering, IT, or equivalent experience.
- 15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience, including:
- Technical program management for large scale, distributed systems
- Cross team engineering coordination
- Complex systems integration & modernization
- Proven experience defining technical delivery approaches, managing architectural risk, and leading multi domain engineering programs.
Deep understanding of:
- APIs, microservices, cloud-native architectures (AWS preferred)
- CI/CD, DevOps, containerization, observability & performance engineering
- Large scale data + infrastructure ecosystems
- Strong organizational, negotiation, facilitation, and relationship building skills.
Preferred:
- Experience with retail, ecommerce, product, supply chain, or customer facing digital platforms.
- Experience guiding platform transformations (Modernization of technology or tools)
- Demonstrated ability to operate at executive altitude while diving deep into technical detail.
Must Haves (lululemon Culture):
- Brings joy, energy, and fun into work with humility and groundedness.
- Acknowledges the presence of choice in every moment and takes personal responsibility for their life
- Possesses an entrepreneurial spirit and continuously innovates to achieve great results
- Communicates with honesty and kindness and creates the space for others to do the same
- Leads with courage, knowing the possibility of greatness is bigger than the fear of failure
- Fosters connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships
- Integrates fun and joy as a way of being and working, aka does not take themselves too seriously
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