Technical Program Manager, Platform ServicesWho we are: Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector. serves as the backbone of Motive’s engineering operations, delivering foundational infrastructure, developer ecosystem tooling, cloud operations, SRE reliability, data pipelines, and core services capabilities. We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to join as a strategic operational leader. VP of Platform Services, this role will drive high-impact, cross-cutting technical programs that span across Motive’s entire product and engineering organization.

Position

OverviewAs a Technical Program Manager at Motive, you will lead complex, high-impact programs that strengthen our platform foundations and improve how engineering teams deliver at scale. This role is ideal for someone who brings strong technical judgment, structured program leadership, and the ability to create clarity across ambiguity, dependencies, and competing priorities. You will work across multiple engineering teams and partner functions to drive planning, execution, risk management, and operations..

You will help align teams around clear outcomes, improve execution across interdependent roadmaps, and raise the bar for how Motive delivers cross-functional platform initiatives. You will not be managing day-to-day sprint boards or acting as an administrative taskmaster. Instead, you will act as a cross-functional orchestrator - driving platform adoption, unblocking architectural shifts, and aligning multi-team investments across all of Motive.

Partner directly with the VP of Platform Services and Engineering Managers to translate organizational priorities into explicit,



executable program roadmaps with measurable business outcomes. Lead end-to-end execution of complex, cross-functional technical programs across Platform Services Engineering, from definition and planning through delivery and adoption. Drive alignment across engineering and partner teams by managing goals, milestones, dependencies, decisions, and execution risks with clear operating rhythms.

Identify systemic issues and execution gaps early, and lead teams toward practical, durable solutions that support departmental and functional objectives. Influence technical and business stakeholders at multiple levels to make informed tradeoff decisions and keep strategic initiatives moving forward. Mentor others through strong program management practices and help elevate execution standards across the broader engineering organization.

Gantt / single-source-of-truth models) that flag delivery risks weeks in advance. 7+ years of experience in technical program management, engineering program management, or a related role within software, infrastructure, or platform organizations. Strong technical fluency and the ability to engage credibly with engineering leaders and teams on architecture, trade offs, delivery risks, and execution plans.

Experience building alignment across senior stakeholders and improving communication, governance, and execution across interdependent teams. Demonstrated bias for action and root-cause problem solving over administrative tracking;

experience moving beyond Jira hygiene to actively unblocking delivery. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to synthesize technical complexities into clear executive summaries and trade-off matrices. Data-Driven Approach: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

Background as a Software Engineer, Systems/Delivery Architect, or Technical Product Manager prior to transitioning into TPM leadership.





Experience driving AI-assisted developer workflow tooling or agentic automation in developer environments. Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units.

Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). The applicant must be authorized to receive and access those commodities and technologies controlled under U.It is Motive's policy to require that employees be authorized to receive access to Motive products and technology. some interviews or new-hire training sessions may be held in person at one of our global offices.

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