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TPG invests across a broadly diversified set of strategies, including private equity, impact, credit, real estate, and market solutions, and our unique strategy is driven by collaboration, innovation, and inclusion. Our teams combine deep product and sector experience with broad capabilities and expertise to develop differentiated insights and add value for our fund investors, portfolio companies, management teams, and communities.\nTPG’s success depends on our people, and we build and sustain our world-class team by creating an inclusive, supportive culture within the firm that seeks excellence and encourages humility and transparency. The quality of our investments and our ability to build great companies depend on the originality of our insights. Reaching our firm’s full potential means supporting every team member to bring the fullness of their unique perspective to their work and to our community. We are committed to a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace to foster diversity of thought and reflect the breadth of our limited partners and portfolio companies. \nDescription of Position\nAs TPG continues to modernize its technology organization, we are seeking a Principal to join the Engineering Business Management team. This role serves as a strategic engine for the department, driving operational excellence, portfolio visibility, and execution discipline across the engineering ecosystem. Operating at the unique intersection of engineering, finance, and strategy, the Principal partners directly with Engineering leadership to ensure investments and resources are optimized to deliver measurable business outcomes.\nServing as a trusted advisor to the Engineering COO and the broader Leadership Team, this individual owns the business operations framework. You will be responsible for providing clear transparency into priorities, capacity, and delivery risks, ensuring every technical initiative aligns with TPG’s firm-wide strategic objectives.\nThe ideal candidate functions as a hybrid Chief of Staff and Portfolio Leader-someone who can move fluidly between high-level executive strategy and hands-on program execution. This is a high-visibility role that requires the ability to influence at all levels, translating complex engineering data into actionable business insights.\nPrincipal Responsibilities \nEngineering Portfolio Management\nOwn the Engineering Book of Work and provide oversight of the engineering portfolio management process.\nDrive annual planning, quarterly prioritization, and capacity planning processes that determine where engineering resources, budget, and effort are invested.\nPartner with business leaders and Engineering leadership to ensure engineering investments, resource allocation, and delivery commitments align to firm strategic objectives and business priorities.\nMaintain visibility into strategic initiatives, delivery commitments, dependencies, risks, and organizational capacity.\nPartner with Engineering leaders to balance strategic priorities, resource allocation, and execution commitments across the portfolio.\nBuild and maintain executive reporting, dashboards, and portfolio analytics that provide visibility into delivery performance, organizational capacity, engineering impact, and business enablement, helping Engineering leadership, business stakeholders, and firm senior leadership make informed decisions about priorities, investments, and strategic outcomes.\nDevelop and maintain frameworks that measure not only delivery execution, but also the business value, strategic alignment, and operational impact created by engineering investments.\nStrategic Program Delivery\nLead execution of the organization's highest-priority cross-functional initiatives.\nEstablish delivery plans, milestones, governance structures, and success measures.\nCoordinate across engineering teams and business stakeholders.\nManage dependencies and remove barriers to successful execution.\nEscalate risks, trade-offs, and decision points to leadership as appropriate.\nRepresentative initiatives may include:\nAI transformation and productivity initiatives\nEngineering 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organizational effectiveness, execution, business operations, and strategic planning.\nFinancial Management\nPartner with Finance on annual budget planning, forecasting, and variance management.\nTrack technology investments, vendor spend, software contracts, and contractor expenses.\nDevelop capacity, funding, and investment models that support strategic planning.\nSupport investment proposals and business case development.\nEstablish approaches for measuring value realization, engineering productivity, business enablement, and return on investment.\nWorkforce Planning\nSupport organizational design and workforce planning activities.\nMaintain visibility into skill gaps, hiring plans, organizational capabilities, and staffing requirements.\nPartner with Engineering leaders on headcount planning and resource allocation.\nAnalyze capacity, workload, and utilization trends.\nSupport talent planning, succession planning, and team growth strategies.\nContinuous Improvement\nEstablish 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