Senior Technical Project Manager I

Job Title: Senior Technical Project Manager I Work Location: Austin, TX Office - Hybrid working environment (Mon/Wed/Fri in office) Reports to: Head of Product & Data Level: 5 About Grocery TV Grocery TV is a leading in-store retail media platform. Over 120 retailers partner with Grocery TV to modernize stores and drive incremental revenue while delivering a more engaging shopping experience. We manage the complexities of operating an in-store media network, allowing retailers to focus on serving customers. Reaching 1 in 4 Americans across 6,500+ stores, Grocery TV connects brands with shoppers at the moment of decision, where 90% of purchases take place. For more information, visit www.grocerytv.com. About the role We're hiring a Technical Project Manager to own delivery of our most complex cross-functional work, reporting to the Head of Product and Data. Our programs rarely live inside one team. A single launch can touch hardware in hundreds of stores, the content scheduling platform, data pipelines, measurement methodology, a partner's API, and a retailer's rollout calendar. You'll be the person who turns that into a plan, keeps it honest, and gets it shipped. This is a hands-on role for someone with a real technical background. You won't write production code, but you'll be expected to understand the architecture well enough to challenge an estimate, spot a hidden dependency, and explain a technical tradeoff to a sales leader or a retail partner in plain language. Responsibilities - Own delivery end to end. Take multi-team programs from scoping through launch across our device platform, content and scheduling systems, data infrastructure, measurement, and partner integrations. - Turn priorities into plans. Break roadmap goals into milestones with clear owners, dependencies, and dates, and keep them current as things change. - Run the operating rhythm. Lead planning, status, and risk reviews. Keep our project tracking (Linear) accurate enough that leadership can trust it without asking. - Surface risk early. Flag slips before they happen and come with options and tradeoffs, not just a red status. - Coordinate partner and customer technical work. Scope and track retailer rollouts, pilots, and integrations with ad servers, SSPs, and data partners. Support technical answers for RFIs and RFPs. - Translate between worlds. Bridge Engineering and Data with Sales, RevOps, and Account teams so commitments made to customers match what we can actually build. - Report upward. Write concise weekly summaries for executive leadership on progress, risks, and decisions needed. - Improve how we work. Build and refine the templates, health checks, and playbooks that make delivery repeatable as the team grows. Requirements/Experience - 5+ years delivering technical work, with at least 3 in a project, program, or delivery lead role. - A hands-on technical foundation, ideally time spent as a software or data engineer. You can read an architecture diagram, reason about APIs and data pipelines, and tell a sound estimate from a hopeful one. - A track record shipping complex programs across engineering, data, design, and business stakeholders, including at least one where scope, people, or priorities shifted midstream. - Clear, concise writing. Your status updates get read, and your plans answer questions before they're asked. - Fluency with Agile practices (Scrum, Kanban) and the judgment to use only as much process as the work needs. - Comfort with budgets, capacity planning, and scoping work against real constraints. - Experience working directly with clients or external partners. A consulting or agency background is a strong plus. Nice to have - Experience in retail media, adtech, or digital out-of-home (DOOH). - Background with IoT, connected devices, or managing hardware deployed in the field. - Familiarity with data platforms and BI tools (Omni, Looker, dbt, Snowflake, or similar). - Exposure to measurement, attribution, or experimentation work. - Experience building a program management practice or delivery playbook from scratch. - Experience with AI-assisted delivery workflows and a point of view on where they help. Interview Process - Apply: We review applications as soon as we can. You should hear back about your application within two weeks. - Hiring Manager Interview: Meet with the hiring manager (virtually or in-person) to share your background, learn about the role, and confirm this is the right role/environment for you. - Introduction to HR: Meet our HR team virtually to align on logistics, include compensation, in office expectations, benefit offerings. This is a great time to ask any questions you missed during your interview with the hiring manager. - Technical Interview: Visit our office in-person or remotely for a technical interview that relates to the role. You’ll respond to a prompt, and our team will ask questions to better understand your skillset. - Virtual Values Interview: Meet with two Grocery TV employees who you’ll work cross functionally with to discuss team collaboration. This is a perfect opportunity for you to ask us questions, too! - Virtual Leadership Interview: Lastly, all candidates have a final interview with a member of the leadership team. This conversation gives you the opportunity to reflect on the interview process and affirm this is the right role for you. Why Grocery TV? - 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage - $1,200 annual HSA match - $1,000 annual learning & development budget - Unlimited PTO - 12 weeks of parental leave for all new parents - Hybrid work model: three days in office per week - Monthly DoorDash lunch stipend - $500 home office setup stipend Awards & Recognition BuiltIn Best Places to Work 2026 Best Place for Working Parents 2026