Snowflake is about empowering enterprises to achieve their full potential - and people too. With a culture that's all in on impact, innovation, and collaboration, Snowflake is the sweet spot for building big, moving fast, and taking technology - and careers - to the next level.The Strategic Program Management (SPM) team drives Snowflake's most critical Go-to-Market initiatives. We bridge the gap between new product feature launches and sales readiness, ensuring our programs align with company strategy and goals. By leading end-to-end delivery, we help Snowflake scale efficiently and provide consistent value to our customers.Role OverviewThe Program Manager (PM) serves as the cross-functional backbone for Snowflake's most critical initiatives, driving the end-to-end delivery of enterprise, operational, and customer-facing programs. You will bridge the gap between high-level business objectives and technical execution, ensuring that complex, multi-project programs remain aligned with Snowflake's strategic goals.Key Areas of Leadership1. Program Strategy & DefinitionRequirements Definition: Work closely with Sales, Product, Engineering, and Marketing to define program requirements and ensure they map to overall business objectives.Strategic Alignment: Ensure the program remains strictly aligned with Snowflake's high-level business objectives and GTM strategies.Customer Integration: Partner with strategic customers to identify and define large-scale, enterprise-wide programs for Snowflake services.2. Execution & Delivery OrchestrationCentral Orchestration: Act as the primary coordinator for diverse teams-including Sales, Engineering, Product, QA, Operations, Legal, and Support-to ensure cohesive delivery.Planning: Develop detailed program plans covering scope, resource allocation, and critical path tasks.Impediment Resolution: Proactively identify and resolve technical and non-technical bottlenecks to maintain team velocity.3. Governance & Risk ManagementFramework Design: Establish decision-making frameworks, review cadences, and clear escalation paths across all organizational levels.Risk Mitigation: Analyze program risks and dependencies to develop robust mitigation plans and contingencies.Performance Tracking: Define and monitor KPIs to measure project health, performance, and the success of business outcomes.4. Stakeholder Management & CommunicationConsensus Building: Drive agreement among diverse stakeholders who may have conflicting priorities.Data-Driven Reporting: Provide regular status updates to executive leadership, translating complex technical details into actionable insights for non-technical audiences.Documentation: Maintain program documentation, process flows, and best practices to ensure transparency.5. Continuous Improvement & ScalingAI Innovation: Leverage cutting-edge AI capabilities to streamline program management processes and drive the development of intelligent templates and workflows that standardize delivery across the organization, ensuring consistent quality as the program scales.Process Design: Design and champion repeatable, scalable templates for release management, program intake, and technical reviews.Efficiency Analysis: Constantly analyze execution for inefficiencies and implement improvements to delivery processes.Our Ideal Program Manager will have:7+ years in Program Management (PM), driving large-scale enterprise/GTM initiatives in current cloud technologies.Knowledge of modern data warehousing principles, data lake architecture, and leveraging public cloud services (e.g., AWS, Azure, or GCP) for large-scale data platforms.Ability to thrive and succeed in a dynamic environment not slowed down by ambiguity or competing priorities.Deep Go-to-Market (GTM) ex
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Strategic Program Manager