Senior Technical Program Manager ||
Strava
About This Role
Strava is the app for active people. With over 150 million athletes in more than 185 countries, it’s more than tracking workouts—it’s where connection, motivation, and personal bests thrive. No matter your activity, gear, or goals, Strava’s got you covered. Find your crew, crush your milestones, and keep moving forward. Start your journey with Strava today and Join the Strava Club.
We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives for our Community Engagement team. The Community Engagement team at Strava owns the community connection for all Strava athletes, focusing on user-generated content like Posts, Messaging, and Comments, along with managing Clubs and coordinating Events. We ensure a safe and engaging environment where athletes can share their journeys, celebrate achievements, and inspire each other to meet fitness goals. Our work is crucial in fostering meaningful interactions and strengthening the active community.
In this role, you will partner with the team to develop and implement scalable processes, foster collaboration, and ensure strong, transparent communication across stakeholders.
The ideal candidate has a strong grasp of the product development process, and can partner with cross-functional teams to architect ways of working for scale. We are looking for candidates who are comfortable with ambiguity and are able to provide structure and leadership in leading complex programs. You’ll influence how we approach problem solving and scale those learnings across our product development process!
We follow a flexible hybrid model that generally translates to around half your time on-site in our Denver office—roughly three days per week.
What You’ll Do
- Manage the full lifecycle of large programs & initiatives from ideation through launch and post launch
- Serve as the connective tissue across cross-functional teams, bringing teams together spanning different time zones to foster collaboration, improve decision-making, and deliver value
- Manage program communications with key partners at all levels across the company to enable transparency and timely information sharing
- Anticipate and mitigate risk by conducting assessments across the program to determine if the implementation plans meet requirements and will achieve strategic objectives
- Act as primary escalation path for any program-related issues for assigned programs
- Create and improve product and technical operations so that programs and teams operate efficiently
- Demonstrate proficiency in leveraging technological solutions such as Jira, Confluence, Airtable, and others to streamline workflows and enhance program and team efficiency
What You’ll Bring to the Team:
- You have a minimum of 5 years of software program management experience.
- You have experience designing program scope, goals, and deliverables that align with business objectives.
- You have facilitated communication and alignment between technical and non-technical teams.
- You know how to bring technical and creative stakeholders together to build amazing experiences for users.
- You have experience building consumer facing features and programs that support the user journey.
- You bring energy, ideas, and creativity to the team.
- You are proactive and curious by nature.
- You have a strong understanding of the product development life cycle.
Compensation Overview:
At Strava, we know our employees are the most important ingredient to our success, and our compensation and total rewards programs reflect that. We take a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on the department and your location. Salary ranges are categorized into one of three tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. We will determine the candidate’s starting pay based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. We may modify these ranges in the future. For more information, please contact your talent partner.
Compensation: $150,000-$185,000. This range reflects base compensation only and does not include equity or benefits. Your recruiter can share more details about the full compensation package, including the range specific to your location, during the hiring process.
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Why Join Us?
Movement brings us together. At Strava, we’re building the world’s largest community of active people, helping them stay motivated and achieve their goals.
Our global team is passionate about making movement fun, meaningful, and accessible to everyone. Whether you’re shaping the technology, growing our community, or driving innovation, your work at Strava makes an impact.
When you join Strava, you’re not just joining a company—you’re joining a movement. If you’re ready to bring your energy, ideas, and drive, let’s build something incredible together.
Strava builds software that makes the best part of our athletes’ days even better. Just as we’re deeply committed to unlocking their potential, we’re dedicated to providing a world-class, inclusive workplace where our employees can grow and thrive, too. We’re backed by Sequoia Capital, TCV, Madrone Partners and Jackson Square Ventures, and we’re expanding in order to exceed the needs of our growing community of global athletes. Our culture reflects our community. We are continuously striving to hire and engage teammates from all backgrounds, experiences and perspectives because we know we are a stronger team together.
Strava is an equal opportunity employer. In keeping with the values of Strava, we make all employment decisions including hiring, evaluation, termination, promotional and training opportunities, without regard to race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, physical handicap, mental disability, medical condition, disability, gender or identity or expression, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, marital status, height and/or weight.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
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