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Technical Program Manager - Social Platform
2 years ago
Every day, tens of millions of people from around the world come to Roblox to play, learn, work, and socialize in immersive digital experiences created by the community. Our vision is to build a platform that enables shared experiences among billions of users. This is what’s known as the metaverse: a persistent space where anyone can do just about anything they can imagine, from anywhere in the world and on any device. Join us and you’ll usher in a new category of human interaction while solving exceptional challenges that you won’t find anywhere else.
You are:
- A technical leader with engineering background and 3+ years experiences in building large-scale backend systems
- A domain expert in cloud infrastructure or software engineering, with RTC experiences
- Experienced with establishing work relationships across diverse teams and demonstrated critical thinking
- Experienced with identifying important technical problems and opportunities
- Data-driven strategic thinker who can convey ideas through detailed specs
- Experienced with delivering end to end technical programs through road mapping and reliable execution
- Turn specific solutions into systems that benefit larger community in the long run
- Able to work effectively in a fast pace environment with competing resources and priorities
- Knowledgeable about user needs, scoping, planning, execution and delivery
- An outstanding communicator both technical and program
- Flexible around process, using process as a tool when it makes sense for a team
You will:
- Build Social foundation for Roblox development and user needs
- Establish problem space, collect user requirements and guide engineering teams to plan and ship large-scale systems
- Balance efficiency, and priorities based on impact to the community and company's long-term goals
- Align senior leadership and key stakeholders around program roadmap
- Manage programs end to end, focusing on what is best for long-term success
- Unblock teams and allow them to stay true to top priorities
- Allow engineering teams to reliably manage all project phases
- Use data-driven approach to inform teams' direction
- Manage dependencies across teams and components
- Own measurement of success of programs
What you'll need to succeed at Roblox:
- Domain expert in system or software engineering
- Capability of establishing working relationships across diverse teams
- Strong problem solving skills
- Strong communication skills
What will make your application stand out:
- Technical depth
- Communication effectiveness
You’ll Love:
- Industry-leading compensation package
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- A rewarding 401k program
- Flexible vacation policy
- Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
- Roblox Admin badge for your avatar
- At Roblox HQ:
- Free catered lunches
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass
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