Technical Program Manager - Data Platform
Canva, Australia

We’re constantly working towards making Canva the best place to work, for everyone. We believe deeply that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expression is key for building the best product for our equally diverse community all around the world. We celebrate uniqueness and whatever makes you, you and encourage everyone who wants to help us transform the way the world designs, to join us on this journey. We value all different types of experiences. If you don’t think you quite meet all of the qualifications, we’d still love to hear from you.
About UsAt Canva, our mission is to democratise design and empower creativity for anyone and everyone, on every platform. Inspired by a team of talented thinkers, an amazing culture and a remarkable growth trajectory we’re out to change the world, one design at a time.
Since launch in August 2013, we have grown exponentially, amassing over 60 million monthly active users across 190 different countries who have created more than 6 Billion designs. We are one of the world’s fastest-growing technology companies and we have only achieved about 1% of what we want to do.
About the Technical Program Managers
As a Technical Program Manager, it is your mission to work closely with senior managers and product development teams to build a sustainable culture of delivery. You will lead complex, multi-disciplinary programs and be equally comfortable working with leadership to set strategic goals and clarify priorities, as you are with teams to communicate program status, escalate issues and manage dependencies as you are discussing technical trade-offs with an engineer.
About the Data at CanvaData at Canva is focused on providing highly skilled engineering and analytical resources to our product and business teams as well as building industry leading data platforms and high performing infrastructure. Focusing on driving growth without increasing our risk profile, Data spans the breadth of the organisation, with a goal of building highly scalable and efficient solutions that will power the future of Canva.We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to join the team to help us deliver against our strategic vision and build the future of Data at Canva. You will help to deliver outcomes within data infrastructure and data platforms, working with teams across Canva to fuel growth while managing risk.What you’ll be doing

• Monitor and track delivery status across multiple teams and projects
• Promote accountability towards technical program delivery
• Manage open issues relating to program delivery
• Assess and manage program risks
• Manage dependencies across teams and groupsFacilitate effective, timely and transparent team decision making practices
• Ensure an appropriate degree of consistency in planning, documentation and core practices across teams to ensure meaningful velocity and promote our ability to scale how teams work across Canva
• Facilitate continual improvement rituals to build the effectiveness of product development and engineering teams
• Build a culture and environment to achieve excellence and innovation
• Build partnerships with cross-functional teams to influence decisions, drive alignment and prioritisation
• Partner with Group Leadership to facilitate the delivery of Canva’s highest priority, complex and multi-disciplinary initiatives

Experience you’ll need

• A minimum of 5 years TPM experience at a SaaS company
• Deep understanding of Agile product development processes
• Knowledgeable in technical concepts, systems and practices
• Experience working with Product Managers, Designers and Engineers to deliver key company initiatives
• Comfortable with ambiguity in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities
• A natural communicator who leads through influence, not authority
• A love for navigating complexity and tackling ambiguous problems
• Process-oriented but flexible in approach
• Motivated to provide an inclusive and psychologically safe environment for our diverse team to collaborate together, in a timely fashion, towards shared goalsIntrospective focus to continually improve the effectiveness of Canva’s teams
• Leadership capability to ensure clarity, alignment and accountability to achieve our crazy big goals
• Ability to think strategically but also able to make crazy big goals happen. This role will be very hands-on!

Being a Force for good.
One of our core values at Canva, Being a force for good means we are actively working towards a world that isn't just good for a small few, but one that’s good for everyone. We believe deeply that bringing together diversity of thoughts, perspectives and expression is key for