Senior Technical Program Manager II

Join Axon and be a Force for Good.

At Axon, we’re on a mission to Protect Life. We’re explorers, pursuing society’s most critical safety and justice issues with our ecosystem of devices and cloud software. Like our products, we work better together. We connect with candor and care, seeking out diverse perspectives from our customers, communities and each other.

Life at

Axon is fast-paced, challenging and meaningful. Here, you’ll take ownership and drive real change. Constantly grow as you work hard for a mission that matters at a company where you matter.

Your Impact

• In Connected Devices, we are solving some of the hardest IoT challenges today.
• We design, deploy and manage smart camera systems (both in-car and body-cameras) used by thousands of public safety agencies around the globe.
• For example, our Fleet3 product enables law enforcement officers collect video evidence and leverages Axon’s powerful artificial intelligence capabilities to incorporate live services and the ability to alert officers of vehicles of interests via smart license plate reading technology.
• Find out more about these exciting technology applications here: How Axon is using AI responsibly to transform public safety
• Axon.com
• As a Technical Program Manager, you will leverage your leadership skills and expertise to partner with engineering and product management teams to drive projects from inception, through design, development, and deployment.
• You’ll collaborate with product management and engineering teams to translate initial proposals into executable plans, ensuring that requirements are clear.
• Once plans are developed, you ensure plans stay on track by leveraging mechanisms that manage scope, risks and ensure healthy execution heartbeat to ensure initiatives to develop new products and features are completed on-time, on-budget, delight our customers and make a measurable social impact.
• This role will balance driving enhancement initiatives to the existing camera products in the field, as well as plan and deliver new product introductions (NPI) for these camera product lines.

The ideal candidate is an experienced technical program manager who has a proven track record of executing and coordinating complex software deliverables across multiple teams and job roles. Sitting at the middle of product, design, and engineering, you should love to build relationships across a wide variety of personalities, while driving the execution of the product.

You leverage your technical expertise and detail-oriented mindset to help the team identify, prioritize, and troubleshoot blockers and manage cross team dependencies. What You’ll Do Reports to: Director of Technical Program Management Direct Reports: noneLocation: This role is based out of our Scottsdale, AZ office and follows a hybrid schedule.

We rely on in-person collaboration and ask that team members work onsite Tuesdays through Fridays, with the flexibility to work remotely on Mondays, unless there is an approved workplace accommodation. We believe that connection fuels innovation, and our in-office culture is designed to foster meaningful teamwork, mentorship, and shared success.

At Axon, a TPM is a skilled individual contributor that works with engineering and PM teams to translate initial PRFAQ/proposals into an executable plan, ensuring that requirements are clear. Once a plan is developed, the TPM ensures execution to that plan stays on track through mechanisms that manage scope, risks and ensure healthy execution heartbeat.

In a nutshell, a TPM is like an insurance policy on a program, ensuring that it is completed on-time, on-budget, and meeting quality expectations. The day to day work includes the following:

Coordinate across product management, engineering, and design teams to build excellent, data-driven project plans and schedulesCoach the team on agile, SDLC and other industry best practices to drive completion all major software deliverablesIdentify and manage dependencies to help prioritize and parallelize work, while reporting this information up and out to the broader organization.

Track major risks/issues/roadmaps and ensure clear communication of issuesBuild trust with senior leaders by aligning your priorities with theirs, providing timely, accurate, and succinct status updates, and helping other teams when neededLeading by example with thoroughness, detail, and care for our customers.

Work directly with multiple teams of engineers to understand, manage, and propose both technical tradeoffs and execution priorities, and accountability for managing tight execution timelines.

You’ll help teams capture and improve detailed process and software architectural documentationCommunicating regularly and effectively with our teams in Seattle, Scottsdale, Vietnam and Finland.

What You Bring

• 5+ years’ work experience as a software project or program manager with specific experience delivering software for embedded devices.
• High degree of competency and proven success with project management including: Agile methodology, identifying and managing risks, tracking dependencies and milestones, and communicating overall project status.
• You can identify dependencies, mitigate risks and meet deliverables through global cross-functional teams
• Experience using JIRA.Experience collaborating and working closely with remote and offshore team members.
• Can create, read and understand detailed process and software architectural documentation.
• You can not only deal with ambiguity but can effectively partner with others to reduce ambiguity and drive clarity.
• You not only can accept critical feedback-you thrive off of it and can effectively communicate it to your peers as well.
• You can learn quickly and get passionate about the underserved and unique needs of public safety.
• You resonate with Axon's Values and believe technology can be applied to tackle public safety's biggest challenges.
• Benefits that Benefit You
• Competitive salary and 401k with employer match
• Discretionary paid time off
• Paid parental leave for all
• Medical, Dental, Vision plans
• Fitness Programs
• Emotional & Mental Wellness support
• Learning & Development programs
• And yes, we have snacks in our offices
• Benefits listed herein may vary depending on the nature of your employment and the location where you work.
• Don’t meet every single requirement?
• That's ok. At Axon, we Aim Far. We think big with a long-term view because we want to reinvent the world to be a safer, better place.
• We are also committed to building diverse teams that reflect the communities we serve.
• Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they check every box in the job description.
• If you’re excited about this role and our mission to Protect Life but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification listed here, we encourage you to apply anyways.
• You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
• Important Notes
• The above job description is not intended as, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all duties, responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job.
• The job description may change or be supplemented at any time in accordance with business needs and conditions.
• Some roles may also require legal eligibility to work in a firearms environment.
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Axon’s mission is to Protect Life and is committed to the well-being and safety of its employees as well as Axon’s impact on the environment. All Axon employees must be aware of and committed to the appropriate environmental, health, and safety regulations, policies, and procedures. Axon employees are empowered to report safety concerns as they arise and activities potentially impacting the environment.

We are an equal opportunity employer that promotes justice, advances equity, values diversity and fosters inclusion.

We’re committed to hiring the best talent — regardless of race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship status, marital status, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances — and empowering all of our employees so they can do their best work.

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