Senior Technical Program Manager, Creator
at Roblox
San Mateo, United States
Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.
As a TPM for Roblox Creator, you will make a huge impact by driving our engineering efforts to build and ship technical solutions to enable great creator experiences. Specifically, you will build cross-functional technical programs for technology build, rollout, expansion, adoption and communication. This is a unique opportunity to be an early member of our team and help define what a great TPM can be.
You will:
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Manage Creator programs end-to-end, driving alignment between program objectives and the company’s long-term vision in partnership with cross-functional teams.
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Collaborate with Engineering and Product Management leads to define workflows, scopes of work, milestones, and execution plans in standard documentation.
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Contribute to holistic program direction by identifying gaps in strategy, definition, and execution, and developing plans to address them.
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Enable engineering teams to stay focused on priorities and effectively manage all phases of projects.
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Establish and maintain strong cross-functional communication and collaboration.
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Drive the build, release, expansion, and adoption of technologies, and lead efforts to automate manual processes.
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Communicate program and project health, risks, and timeline impacts to technical and product leads, as well as other stakeholders.
You have:
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Experience as a technical leader with domain expertise in software or systems engineering.
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A track record of working across multiple tech stacks.
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Experience building relationships across multi-disciplinary and geographically distributed teams.
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A history of identifying critical technical problems and opportunities.
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A data-driven, strategic mindset with the ability to translate ideas into plans and daily execution that deliver high-quality products.
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Proven success delivering end-to-end technical programs through effective execution while meeting quality and performance goals.
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The ability to design specific solutions that scale into systems benefiting broader communities.
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The ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities and limited resources.
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Knowledge of user needs, scoping, planning, execution, and delivery best practices.
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Exceptional communication skills with both technical and program stakeholders.
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A self-starter mentality with a high degree of independence and drive.
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A flexible approach to process—knowing when to apply it as a tool to support the team’s success.
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.