Principal Technical Program Manager - Healthcare Operations

Principal Technical Program Manager

• Healthcare Operations at Skyrocket Ventures Principal Technical Program Manager
• Healthcare Operations at Skyrocket Ventures in Canyon, California Posted in 3 days ago.

Type:

full-time

Job Description:

Principal Technical Program Manager

• Healthcare Operations Oakland, CA (you can work from home 1 day/week) The company is an employee-owned healthcare and social services organization that has provided in-home support services for children and adults with disabilities throughout Northern California for decades.

The company helps people to live more independently and thrive within their communities. The company has about 50 employees in the corporate office and over 2,000 in the field. This position would interface with about 40 people. The company will pay a salary range of $170-200k, plus 10% bonus, plus the employee stock ownership plan.

Summary:

The Principal Technical Program Manager leads the planning, prioritization, and execution of organization-wide technology initiatives. This role ensures alignment across stakeholders, manages compliance and risk, and drives operational efficiency through structured program delivery and performance oversight.

Job Responsibilities:

• Reporting to the direction of the Chief Product Officer . The position does not have direct reports.
• Coordinating cross-functional teams, vendors, and stakeholders to deliver projects from intake through completion without direct line management.
• Partnering with the CTO to translate future state infrastructure and security initiatives into executable programs.
• Coordinating and driving technology initiatives, both organization-wide and departmental, from intake through completion.
• Managing the intake and prioritization of technology initiatives to ensure alignment with organizational priorities and capacity.
• Coordinating execution across the IT Coordinator, MSP (Endsight), CTO, vendors, and internal stakeholders without direct line management.
• Developing and maintaining project plans, milestones, dependencies, and delivery metrics.
• Owning compliance driven initiatives, including SOC 2 readiness, audit coordination, evidence collection, and remediation tracking.
• Identifying opportunities for automation, workflow optimization, and process improvement across departments.
• Designing and maintaining technology performance metrics and reporting frameworks for IT functions and vendors; defining KPIs and tracking methods with leadership.
• Developing, managing, and tracking the IT budget, including forecasting, spend analysis, and variance reporting.
• Proactively assessing and managing technology, delivery, and compliance risks to prevent issues before they impact operations.
• Providing regular status reporting and executive briefings to ensure transparency and alignment.
• Addressing delivery issues, resource constraints, and competing priorities as they arise.
• Coordinating technical resources and vendor deliverables during active projects.
• Supporting system rollouts, upgrades, integrations, and change management initiatives.
• Establishing and supporting quality assurance practices during system implementations, vendor transitions, and platform modernization efforts, including onboarding CyberDynatics and professionalizing internal systems such as Caretrack.
• Aligning project execution with day-to-day IT operations in partnership with the IT Coordinator.
• Maintaining program documentation and audit artifacts to support governance and oversight.
• Performing additional duties as required.

Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of professional experience as a Technical Program Manager, and 7 years total between being a Program Manager and/or Project Manager.
• PMP certification and/or Scrum certification (CSM, PSM, or equivalent).
• Experience as a Technical Program Manager in healthcare, home care, or government-funded services.
• At least 7 years of experience coordinating or leading cross-functional technology or operational initiatives.
• Experience working with internal IT teams, Managed Service Providers (MSPs), and external technology vendors.
• Self-starter.
• Ability to work with a wide variety of cultures, backgrounds, and abilities.
• Organized and able to maintain focus while managing multiple priorities.
• Ability to coordinate and drive projects from planning through completion.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills across technical and non-technical teams.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Experience working across teams and with external vendors or partners.
• Ability to understand how systems, processes, and workflows connect and impact operations.
• Experience tracking projects, timelines, and deliverables.
• Willingness to continue learning and improving processes.

Nice to have:

• Experience with compliance or audit-related work (e.g., SOC 2 or similar).
• Familiarity with project or workflow management tools (e.

g., Monday.com or similar). About Skyrocket Ventures Skyrocket Ventures is a recruiting firm for hundreds of high growth technology companies that range from industry leaders to top-tier startups. This opportunity is with one of our client companies for a full-time permanent hire. Please only apply if you are authorized to work in the U.S. Please note that even if this job is not a perfect match, we encourage you to apply as long as it is in the ballpark. Companies are often flexible in hiring candidates who do not perfectly fit their written job description, as long as the most important qualifications are there and the candidate is good in general. Most of the jobs we are recruiting for are not posted online, so if you would like to know of all the opportunities we have that match your interests and qualifications, then please get in touch with us. After you apply to this job posting, we'll consider you for this job as well as any other potential matches with our client companies. If we have any potential matches, we'll share your resume with those companies and contact you about any interview opportunities we can get you. Thank you, and we wish you a great job search!