Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Publicis Groupe Holdings B.V. is hiring a Senior Technical Product & Program Manager to connect pre-sales solution development with technical product definition and program delivery. The role translates client needs into requirements and executable programs, shapes technology and business cases, and ensures engineering delivery reflects client commitments.
Responsibilities
- Partner with pre-sales and solution leads to understand client needs, define use cases, and shape technically credible, differentiated solutions
- Build business cases with cost/benefit trade-offs, credible value claims, delivery assumptions, and measurable success criteria
- Develop client- and executive-ready supporting materials, including pitch and proposal content, solution narratives, architecture and workflow overviews, demos, and roadmaps
- Present and position each technology solution’s unique selling proposition (USP), business value, and technical approach in client pitches, workshops, and stakeholder reviews
- Ensure proposed capabilities, timelines, and proof points accurately reflect development maturity, distinguishing current functionality from planned capabilities
- Own functional requirements documents (FRDs), translating business needs into use cases, workflows, integrations, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria
- Partner with Product Managers and technical leads to shape product requirements documents (PRDs), priorities, product roadmaps, and release plans
- Keep client commitments, functional requirements, engineering deliverables, and testing standards aligned
- Lead complex, cross-organizational programs from technical scoping and system design through stakeholder alignment, implementation, and production rollout
- Architect and scale services, balancing program vision, business needs, and technical constraints
- Break complex challenges into practical workstreams, prototype with technologists, and coordinate timely, structured engineering delivery
- Manage delivery across cloud, APIs, automation, data, and AI platforms, advancing AI systems from proof of concept to MVP and production readiness, including inference and model tuning
- Collaborate with Program Managers, Product Managers, engineers, and business stakeholders across Publicis Groupe entities, including MRCL AI, Publicis Production, and media and creative agencies
- Build strong partnerships across adjacent teams, working with finance, legal, and senior leadership to align priorities, dependencies, and execution
- Provide rigorous, data-driven reporting on status, milestones, risks, and decisions for business and technical audiences
- Keep pitches, demos, and technology claims aligned with engineering progress and solution readiness
- Identify risks, technical gaps, and trade-offs; develop pragmatic mitigation plans and recommendations
- Validate engineering progress against FRDs, agreed technical and quality standards, acceptance criteria, and production-readiness checkpoints
- Own programs end-to-end, pivoting as needed while preserving creative integrity, technical viability, and the intended business value
Skills
- 8+ years of experience in technical product or program management working directly with software engineering teams
- 3+ years of software development experience
- Demonstrated ability to manage cross-functional technical programs, build processes, and coordinate testing and release schedules
- Experience developing FRDs and functional specifications, shaping PRDs, and evaluating system-level technical designs
- Experience developing and executing product and technical roadmaps
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, including business cases, solution materials, and reporting to senior leadership
- Proficiency in program management methodologies and agile workflows
- Experience supporting pre-sales, solution consulting, client pitches, proposals, business cases, or technology demonstrations
- 5+ years of experience in scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, and critical path management preferred
- Experience defining KPIs/SLAs used to drive multi-million-dollar businesses preferred
Benefits
- Medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401K, parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.
- For regular roles: medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off.
- Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in the freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met.
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