Who is SimSpace:
SimSpace launched in 2015 with a singular purpose – addressing the most urgent and sophisticated cybersecurity challenges to reduce risk for our most vulnerable and valuable infrastructure. The organizations around the world that we depend on every day to keep our loved ones safe and secure. Our healthcare facilities, schools, financial institutions, transit centers, grocery stores, and workplaces just to name a few. To deliver global resiliency, we provide an elite cyber range platform to curate unassailable cyber defenses, data driven decisions, cutting edge training labs, live attack scenarios, and extensive individual and dynamic team readiness training.
SimSpace works as OneTeam to elevate humanity around the world. We are committed to continuously improving and delivering a cultivated member experience whether that is accomplished through focusing on supporting our client’s teams or our own mission driven SimSpacers.
We are an international company headquartered in Boston's Fort Point in the U.S. If you are interested in elevating the technology and creative solutions necessary to secure and safeguard our future while working alongside others who share your passion for purpose and development, we want to meet you!
Why should you choose a career at SimSpace?
We are an organization that is focused on building our culture and mindfully enhancing our atmosphere everyday which is why we have collaborated on an integral value system. Our governing philosophy of being Human Centered is deeply embedded within our value system. We apply this philosophy to every one of our internal team members, external clients, and their customers.
Our core values:
- Serve to Protect – We provide safe space, deliver on the mission, and elevate humanity
- Acquire Understanding – We seek and provide clarity 10x, cultivate comprehension, and believe information goes both all ways
- Operate as Innovators – We stay curious, practice consistency over intensity, and continue to be the change we need in the world
- Teamwork Without Borders – We are never alone, we solve for all, and keep people at the heart of everything we do
We are seeking a Staff Technical Program Manager to drive coordination, tracking, and process management across multiple R&D teams at SimSpace. This role is a key enabler for delivering complex initiatives by ensuring visibility, alignment, and execution across teams—without direct authority over any of them.
Reporting to the VP of R&D, you will facilitate communication, track status, remove roadblocks, and refine processes that help teams stay focused and productive. You will work across engineering, product, and other business units to ensure work is progressing smoothly, risks are identified early, and dependencies are well-managed.
This role is not about managing people—it’s about keeping teams and initiatives moving forward by ensuring clarity, consistency, and accountability across a dynamic technical environment.
What will you be doing as a Staff Technical Program Manager at SimSpace:
- Drive cross-team coordination – ensure alignment across multiple R&D teams, tracking status, dependencies, and risks to keep programs moving forward.
- Improve visibility – create dashboards and reports to provide clear, up-to-date status to executives and stakeholders.
- Facilitate communication – act as a central point of contact between R&D, Product, IT, and other business units to ensure smooth collaboration.
- Refine processes – identify and implement process improvements that increase efficiency and reduce friction in product development and delivery.
- Support prioritization – partner with Product Management to integrate customer feedback and business priorities into the development roadmap.
- Enable onboarding and execution – help teams onboard new processes, ensuring smooth adoption and tracking of key initiatives.
- Guide and support – drive best practices for program management, helping teams stay focused and accountable without adding unnecessary overhead.
Who you are:
- You have 6+ years of experience in program or project management for software development initiatives.
- You have deep knowledge and experience with JIRA - creating dashboards, label and tag work for reporting, JQL knowledge and knowledge in additional engineering insight tools such as, linearB, JellyFish or others.
- You have proven experience operating as part of a software development organization.
- An active PMI certification is highly preferred but not required.
- Past experience as a Scrum Master is highly preferred but not required.
- You have detailed experience with Agile, Scrum or similar methodologies.
- You thrive in a highly collaborative, cross-functional environment, working with multiple teams without direct authority.
- You excel at clear, concise communication, translating technical updates into meaningful insights for diverse audiences.
- You are organized and detail-oriented, able to track multiple projects and dependencies without losing sight of the big picture.
- You have a customer-first mindset and strong judgment in balancing competing priorities.
- You are adaptable and thrive in a fast-changing technical environment.
To be successful as a Staff Technical Program Manager:
- You are a strong facilitator and problem-solver, ensuring alignment across teams without direct authority.
- You embrace complexity and can drive progress in an environment where priorities shift and technical challenges arise.
- You bring a positive, collaborative approach, fostering teamwork and engagement across engineering and business units.
- You are eager to learn and absorb the details of SimSpace’s technical solutions, enabling you to track progress effectively and flag potential risks.
Total Rewards at SimSpace
We’re proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive package designed to support your well-being, growth, and success:
- Compensation. Base salary range: $160,000 – $220,000, reflecting our confidence in your expertise and impact, with the opportunity for annual bonuses tied to company performance and individual contributions.
- Health & Wellness. Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits, plus savings plans—coverage starts on day one!
- Mental Health Support. Access to company-paid counseling, coaching, and resources for you and your family through Spring Health.
- Financial Well-Being. Plan for your future with a 401(k)-retirement savings plan featuring a company match.
- Flexible Time Off. Take the time you need with unlimited vacation and dedicated health & wellness days. SimSpace provides flexible solutions to meet the diverse work-life needs of team members.
- Parental Leave. Paid leave plans to support you and your loved ones during life’s most important moments.
- Ownership Opportunities: Equity stock options at hire, with annual performance-based grants—become an invested stakeholder in our shared success.
- Referral Rewards: Earn $1,500–$3,500 for every qualified hire through our employee referral program.
- Peloton Interactive Wellness Program: Full- and partial- subsidized membership plans and equipment discounts to help you reach your personalized fitness goals.
- Continuous Learning: Access a LinkedIn Learning membership to prioritize your personal and professional development.
- Social Connections: Monthly reimbursements for meaningful connections with teammates through our SocialSpace Community.
- Extra Perks: Legal plan coverage, pet insurance, wellness reimbursements, and more to simplify life’s details.
Join SimSpace and enjoy benefits that enhance your career, health, and happiness!
SimSpace is an Equal Opportunity Employer:
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.
SimSpace does not and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression and identity, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military/veteran status, in any of its activities or operations. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, clients, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and clients.
Research shows that women and people from underrepresented groups only apply to jobs if they meet all of the qualifications. However, no one ever meets 100% of the qualifications. SimSpace encourages you to break that statistic and to apply. We look forward to your application!
We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, in accordance with applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or accommodation due to a disability, please contact careers@simspace.com.
SimSpace does not accept unsolicited resumes from employment agencies.
Actual compensation for the position is based on a variety of factors, including, but not limited to affordability, skills, qualifications and experience, and may vary from the range.
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