Senior Technical Program Manager - Engineering Chief of Staff

Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC) Full time 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 product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in.

The Senior Technical Program

Manager, Engineering Chief of Staff, is the right hand to a Vice President of Engineering accountable for lululemon’s digital guest experience: our websites, mobile apps and global ecommerce. You’ll run the organization’s operating rhythm, lead the programs that cross team and organizational boundaries, and lead the program management team that gets our largest launches out the door. This role combines technical depth with executive judgment.

You’ll turn engineering signal into clear plans and decisions, hold teams to their commitments across North America and our India Technology Hub, and help the leadership team make trade-offs on scope, cost and risk. You’ll partner closely with leaders in Engineering, Product, Architecture, UX and the business, and report directly to the VP. As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will coordinate technology program delivery across multiple teams, managing dependencies and ensuring successful delivery of technical capabilities while balancing scope, timeline, and resource constraints.

You will translate business needs into program plans, align work across teams, and drive program execution through effective planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication. You will own program success by tracking progress, managing changes, and coordinating delivery activities, continuously strengthening program management practices. Run the operating rhythm for the VP’s organization: annual and quarterly planning, business reviews, leadership staff meetings, and the decision and action log that keeps them moving Prepare executive reviews and communications for the VP, senior leadership and steering committees, with clear status, risks and asks Drive cross-organization initiatives on the VP’s behalf, such as workforce and location planning, vendor transitions and new ways of working,



from proposal through adoption Represent the VP in forums that need technical judgment, and bring back clear options and recommendations Lead programs that span web, mobile and global ecommerce, including major launches and market expansions: planning, dependencies, release readiness, go/no-go, cutover and hypercare Manage dependencies with platform, commerce, identity, marketing and enterprise technology teams, and resolve conflicts across organizational boundaries Lead and develop the delivery program management team: hire, coach and set the standard for planning, status, risk and release management Use AI and automation to cut manual status reporting, so program managers spend their time on decisions and risks rather than decks Manage program and vendor budgets, including forecasting, variance and delivery-partner performance 10+ years in technology, including 5+ years leading large, multi-team technical programs A technical background, typically as a software engineer, engineering lead or architect, that lets you go deep with engineers on architecture, release and operational trade-offs Experience as a chief of staff or in a business operations role for a senior engineering leader, or running the operating rhythm for a large technology organization A track record of delivering complex, consumer-scale programs in web, mobile or ecommerce, including launches with cutover and hypercare Experience managing budgets of $10M+ and working with vendors and delivery partners Experience delivering with distributed teams across time zones, including global capability centres or offshore partners Fluency across agile and plan-driven delivery, and comfort using data and AI tools to run programs Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering or a related field, or equivalent experience; Acknowledge the presence of choice in every moment and take personal responsibility for your life.

Foster connection by putting people first and building trusting relationships. lululemon’s compensation offerings are grounded in a pay-for-performance philosophy that recognizes exceptional individual and teamperformance.



the base pay offered is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. As part of our total rewards offering, permanent employees in this position may be eligible for our competitive annual bonus program, subject to program eligibility requirements. Recognizing our teams for their performance and dedication, other components of our total rewards offerings include support of career development, wellbeing, and personal growth: Extended health and dental benefits, and mental health plans Savings and retirement plan matching People networks, mentorship programs, and leadership series (to name a few) The Company reserves the right to alter these incentive programs, benefits, and perks in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.

This Equal Employment

Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that Lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective. The use of AI tools, including but not limited to ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot, Gemini, DeepSeek, or any other AI-assisted software, is strictly prohibited during the interview process.

This includes, AI-generated responses, content creation, or any form of automated assistance in live interviews, case studies, technical assessments, or written submissions. Our commitment to responsible AI ensures that proprietary information is protected and that all hiring decisions are based on an individual’s own skills, judgment, and expertise without AI assistance. Any use of AI during the interview process will result in immediate disqualification. lululemon reserves the right to use AI detection tools to verify the authenticity of candidate responses. #

📌 Senior Technical Program Manager - Engineering Chief of Staff (Vancouver)
🏢 Lululemon
📍 Vancouver