Senior Technical Program Manager II
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Sep 30, 2026.
At Compass, our mission is to help everyone find their place in the world. Founded in 2012, we’re revolutionizing the real estate industry with our end-to-end platform that empowers residential real estate agents to deliver exceptional service to seller and buyer clients.
TheConsumer Engineering team is at the core of driving our next phase of growth and platform evolution across our consumer platform, which includes both web and mobile apps. We empower millions of home buyers and sellers to seamlessly navigate their real estate journey by offering a world-class, highly engaging search and discovery experience. By building intuitive, high-performance applications, our team provides the technology that powers property exploration, personalized recommendations, and intuitive consumer engagement at a massive national scale.
Delivering on this vision requires more than great engineering-it requires disciplined cross-functional execution across many internal teams and external partners, each with their own systems, timelines, and compliance constraints. Strong program leadership is the connective tissue that turns this ecosystem into powerful operational synergies. This work directly drives agent efficiency and deeper client loyalty, ultimately leading to strengthened platform adoption, enhanced customer retention, and increased per-transaction profitability for Compass.
At Compass You Will:
- Lead large scale initiatives aimed at building the new products or platform for Compass.
- Manage the full life cycle of key programs including coordination of detailed functional plans, communication with key stakeholders, and issue resolution. Create awareness of cross-functional inter-dependencies and establish prioritization for plan execution to minimize disruption on daily operations.
- Champion with product, design, engineers, and operation leadership. Communicate with Executive Leadership on progress and risk.
- Drive the strategic planning and execution of high-impact programs within our product development teams, collaborating closely with infrastructure and cross-functional groups across the company.
- Plan, manage, and deliver multiple technical programs that may span multiple organizations and locations
- Act as a key contributor to the agile practice at Compass and high-level planning, both quarterly and yearly.
- Drive, operational and cost excellence and process improvement across the organization.
- Provide programmatic leadership for security initiatives geared towards hardening our real estate platform.
- Create clarity and drive decision making with data and metrics through well-written executive-level and team-level narratives.
What We Look For:
- BS/MS in Computer Science or related engineering field.
- 7+ years of Technical Program Management experience in a large high pace tech environment.
- Strong verbal and written communication - excellent ability to influence stakeholders and leadership through data-driven reporting.
- Experience with scripting languages & SQL queries
- Proven track record of successful technical program management in high-performance teams, directing initiatives across multiple teams and managers.
- Experience managing initiatives within large scale systems in rapid growth environments.
- Familiarity with modern software development practices and technologies (e.g containerization, microservices architecture, continuous integration, and delivery).
- Knowledge of AWS and modern cloud architectures as well as security platforms and frameworks.
- Self-drive and ability to create a sense of urgency in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial environment.
Compensation: The base pay range for this position is $170,000-$190,000; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Bonuses and restricted stock units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to a full range of benefits. Base pay is based on market location. Minimum wage for the position will always be met.
Perks that You Need to Know About:
Participation in our incentive programs (which may include eligible cash, equity, or commissions). Plus paid vacation, holidays, sick time, parental leave, and recharge leave; medical, tele-health, dental and vision benefits; 401(k) plan; flexible spending accounts (FSAs); commuter program; life and disability insurance; Maven (a support system for new parents); Carrot (fertility benefits); UrbanSitter (caregiver referral network); Employee Assistance Program; and pet insurance.
Do your best work, be your authentic self.
At Compass, we believe that everyone deserves to find their place in the world - a place where they feel like they belong, where they can be their authentic selves, where they can thrive. Our collaborative, energetic culture is grounded in ourCompass Entrepreneurship Principles and our commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, growth and mobility. As an equal opportunity employer, we offer competitive compensation packages, robust benefits and professional growth opportunities aimed at helping to improve our employees' lives and careers.