Technical Program Manager, Project Tapestry

Company: X Development, LLC
Location: Mountain View
Posted on: May 29, 2025

Job Description:

Program Management Mountain View, CA (HQ)About the team:Tapestry, is X's moonshot for the electric grid. We are a team of software engineers, power systems experts and clean energy geeks who are impatient to tackle climate change head on through our energy system. Tapestry is on a mission to make the world's electric grid visible so everyone, everywhere can access clean, affordable and reliable energy. We are working with partners around the world to create AI powered tools that will help everyone who works with the grid build and manage a carbon-free and secure electricity system.Currently incubating at X, Alphabet's innovation lab, we are now building the team that will scale Tapestry for more global impact. We are looking for people who are passionate about revolutionizing the energy sector to join us at this critical growth stage. You'll have the chance to be part of a rapidly growing team that has the agility and impact of an early stage company, while building on world-class technology created at Alphabet. Learn more about Tapestry here.About the role:Tapestry is looking for a Technical Program Manager to help increase the effectiveness of how our Engineering, Product, and Operations teams work together in preparing our product for commercialization. This role will support the day-to-day progress of our Software development, align both Software & Hardware efforts with product priorities, and drive efficiency. This is an incredibly dynamic role and requires high cross-functional communication, organization, and planning. The ideal candidate has a background in programming and has had some exposure to agile methodology.How you will make 10x impact:

• Lead overall program management for a fast paced, highly innovative software development team, including workload balancing, leading engineering sprints, structuring meetings, overseeing and tracking workstreams supporting the program goals, and helping to create project goals as well as carefully track progress against them.
• Work hand-in-hand with our Engineering and cross-functional teams to keep software efforts in alignment with project's priorities and organize bugs/feature requests into our product backlog.
• Identify and escalate risks, drive decision making, and ensure prioritization of key development tasks.
• Proactively identify problems and issues and create programs and processes to solve them.
• Guide the team through the learning and changes inherent in early product development, helping set the right expectations with stakeholders.
• Understand customer priorities and translate into Engineering impact to provide input on timelines and feasibility.
• Drive velocity, efficiency, and teamwork.What you should have:
  • B.S. in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related discipline.
  • At least 5 years of project/program management or product development.
  • Experience driving a program from prototype to a realized product.
  • Excellent communication, organizational, written and analytical skills.
  • Track record of successful implementation of TPM processes in engineering organizations.
  • Total ownership: Takes responsibility and accountability for the key results to be delivered and passion and drive to own the problem in a specific area and run with it including architecture, design, implementation, testing and execution.
  • Egoless: Puts team and Tapestry's needs above own self interests and is customer facing.
  • Works well across functions: Demonstrable partnership approach and an amiable disposition.
  • Bias towards action with exceptional judgment: Takes guidance from the leadership team and key stakeholders, but moves fast, makes sound data driven recommendations and takes decisive action.
  • Bias for execution and planning: Outcomes oriented and has demonstrable experience having previously run program management in fast moving software engineering organizations against a 'high-bar' plan without burning teams or stakeholder relationships.
  • Deals With Ambiguity: In the absence of a clear path, creates the path and defines the resource map and strategy to address.It'd be great if you also had these:
    • Masters degree in engineering disciplines, or equivalent practical experience.
    • Experience working on, or passion for, the energy sector or sustainability.
    • Demonstrated ability to influence without authority, working with technical and cross-functional teams who do not report into this role to get things done.
    • Experience working in a startup-like environment.The US base salary range for this full-time position is $132,000 - $180,000 + bonus + equity + benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.An Equal Opportunity WorkplaceAt X, we don't just accept difference - we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.This position is located in Mountain View, CA. Are you able to commute to the office and/or are you willing to relocate?*Are you currently or were you previously an Alphabet employee, contractor, or intern?*Application consent for XBy clicking the "I Accept" button you expressly give your consent for the collection and use of your information as described at https://www.google.com/about/careers/privacy/ . I consent to the processing of my information as described in that policy including that, in limited circumstances, my information may be shared with trusted third parties to assist in certain phases of the hiring process (such as conducting background checks).
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