Technical Program Manager

Technology, Data & Digital · Data, AI & Analytics · Machine Learning · Data Science · Software Engineering

In short

Spotify seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead large-scale ML and personalization initiatives, shaping how millions discover audio content. You will manage cross-functional teams, drive roadmap delivery, and ensure alignment across engineering, data science, and product. This role requires 8+ years of TPM experience, preferably with ML/AI backgrounds, and strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end program management for large-scale ML and personalization initiatives, uniting engineering, data science, product, and design.
Drive the delivery of recommendation systems and personalization models globally, with clear accountability for outcomes.
Own program roadmaps, milestones, dependency maps, and risk plans, proactively identifying and resolving risks.
Orchestrate ML development workflows, including model training pipelines, experimentation, data infrastructure, and production deployment.
Partner with engineering leaders on capacity planning, resourcing, and technical trade-off decisions.
Drive alignment across ML engineering, data science, product, platform, and UX teams towards common goals.
Set up program metrics, reporting rhythms, and dashboards for leadership visibility into progress, risks, and decisions.
Keep leadership informed through clear, data-informed communication and enhance ML lifecycle processes.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in technical program management, with significant time on ML, AI, data platforms, or similar complex technical work.
Proven track record of delivering multi-team technical programs from planning to production launch, with accountability for results.
Understanding of ML development workflows (model training, experimentation, feature engineering, data pipelines, production inference).
Ability to build trusted relationships with engineering and product leaders, especially in distributed, cross-functional organizations.
Clear communication skills, translating technical work for diverse audiences.
Comfort with ambiguity and ability to create clarity for teams with differing priorities and timelines.
Leadership through influence rather than authority.
Enjoyment in helping others grow and a curious, open approach to program improvement.

Benefits

Health insurance
Six-month paid parental leave
401(k) retirement plan
Monthly meal allowance
23 paid days off
Paid flexible holidays
Paid sick leave
Equity
Extensive learning opportunities through GreenHouse
Flexible share incentives
All The Feels employee assistance program and self-care hub
Flexible public holidays

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About Spotify

Our mission is to unlock the potential of human creativity—by giving a million creative artists the opportunity to live off their art and billions of fans the opportunity to enjoy and be inspired by it. Spotify transformed music listening forever when it launched in Sweden in 2008. Discover, manage and share over 70m tracks for free, or upgrade to Spotify Premium to access exclusive features including offline mode, improved sound quality, and an ad-free music listening experience. Today, Spotify is the most popular global audio streaming service with 365m users, including 165m subscribers…

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