Staff Technology Program Manager (SaaS)

Location: Hybrid in Austin, TX, USA; candidates must reside within commuting distance of the Austin office.

Base compensation: $130,000–$150,000 per year.

Company

hirify.global provides cloud-based SaaS software for automotive dealerships and original equipment manufacturers, supporting vehicle sales, financing, insurance, repair, maintenance, inventory, and payments operations.

What you will do

• Lead strategic, large-scale technology programs across the Vehicle Inventory Suite and SimplePay platform.
• Define program objectives, plans, schedules, milestones, deliverables, metrics, and release coordination across product, engineering, architecture, and business teams.
• Manage cross-platform dependencies, risks, blockers, priorities, change control, and production reliability through the full project lifecycle.
• Communicate program status, dependencies, risks, and decisions to sponsors, stakeholders, senior management, and cross-functional teams.
• Drive process improvements, agile execution, standards adoption, change management, and post-project retrospectives.
• Represent program teams across organizational forums and coordinate execution across multiple remote teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of relevant technical program or project management experience partnering with product and engineering teams in software development, SaaS, distributed cloud services, databases, data processing, web, or mobile environments.
• Experience managing several projects across multiple cross-functional teams and geographies, building sustainable processes, coordinating release schedules, and delivering on time with high quality.
• Strong organizational, stakeholder management, project management, communication, collaboration, analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to discuss technical matters with business stakeholders and business matters with technical teams, influence decisions, push back when needed, and exercise sound judgment.
• Experience working in an Agile environment with multi-location cross-functional teams.
• Strong client-service attitude, leadership capabilities, bias for action, and ability to organize a busy workload.

Nice to have

• Experience leading complex technical programs in a technology company across remote cross-functional teams and taking products to market.
• Experience with enterprise SaaS, cloud platforms, distributed systems, microservices, APIs, data and event-driven integrations, AI/ML, AI-enabled solutions, fintech, or payments platforms.
• Experience with Tableau, Jira, Microsoft PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Project, SharePoint, or Confluence.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, matrixed environments, and challenging conversations with Director-level and more senior stakeholders.
• Impeccable attention to detail and experience building effective business processes for diverse teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work combining Austin office days with remote work on remaining days.
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• Paid time off, 401(k) matching, and tuition reimbursement.
• Inclusive and diverse workplace focused on collaboration, different perspectives, and meaningful impact.
• Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without current or future employment-based visa sponsorship.