Program Manager

Posting Open Date: 10/23/2024

Anticipated Posting Close Date*: 12/31/2024

*Job posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Program Manager - Product, Engineering, & Platform Systems

Fastly is looking for a passionate Program Manager to drive execution of critical product development, engineering, and operational efforts across our business. You’ll be a leader at Fastly. You will engage teams to enable our products, platform, and tools to be more powerful and more useful to our customers. You’ll be essential to our success, relied upon by a wide array of individuals and teams. The projects and programs you lead will give you a clear line of sight to the benefit delivered to Fastly’s customers, internally to Fastlyans, and our bottom line.

This is a role which has an impact on a large number of human lives. We provide a supportive environment, where you can learn and develop. We check our egos at the door. You’ll make sure our customers benefit from services built to the highest standards in the industry.

What You'll Do:

• Drive multiple Product, Engineering and Platform Systems-led programs through a full program lifecycle of definition through to launch
• Work closely with cross-functional resources as primary point of contact representing the Product, Engineering and Platform Systems teams
• Participate in regular planning, help teams remove blockers, handle dependencies, and drive resolution to prioritization decisions
• Instill discipline and consistency within the teams in terms of operational methodologies and documentation working with Manager & Senior Manager level resources
• Coordinate across teams often using varied project management techniques (waterfall, Agile/Scaled Agile)
• Lead special efforts as needed and support improvement of team processes

What We're Looking For: 

• You have at least 4 years experience in Program Management with 3 years of product development, GTM, or software engineering program experience and various methodologies
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and facilitation skills working with distributed teams and remote working environments
• Process and detail oriented, yet comfortable with ambiguity
• Strong sense of ownership with a willingness to go above and beyond to chase down loose ends that lead to successful delivery
• Focus on results and outcome, not just process with a strong action bias, preference for execution and incremental improvements
• Self-motivated and proactive to maintain momentum and progress, and an ability to operate autonomously
• Collaborator who can execute whilst building positive relationships, proven capability in reducing organizational impedance, and possesses the appropriate levels of urgency
• Experience of Salesforce, Netsuite, Logisense, Aria and System Integration projects would be a benefit.

Work Hours: 

• This position will require you to be available during core business hours. 

Work Location(s) & Travel Requirements: 

This position is open to the following preferred office locations:

• San Francisco

Fastly currently embraces a largely hybrid model for most roles which allows employees flexibility to split their time between the office and home. 

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary: 

The estimated salary range for this position is $133,200 to $166,500. 

Starting salary may vary based on permissible, non-discriminatory factors such as experience, skills, qualifications, and location.

This role may be eligible to participate in Fastly’s equity and discretionary bonus programs.

Benefits:

We care about you. Fastly works hard to create a positive environment for our employees, and we think your life outside of work is important too. We support our teams with great benefits that start on the first day of your employment with Fastly. Curious about our offerings? 

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, and vision insurance. Family planning, mental health support along with Employee Assistance Program, Insurance (Life, Disability, and Accident), a Flexible Vacation policy and up to 18 days of accrued paid sick leave are there to help support our employees. We also offer 401(k) (including company match) and an Employee Stock Purchase Program. For 2025, we offer 11 paid local holidays, 11 paid company wellness days.