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