Technical Program Manager - AI

About the position

The mission of the Engineering TPM team is to drive Figma's most important cross-company engineering efforts, and we are looking for a Technical Program Manager to partner with our Tech org on AI/ML-related initiatives. The TPM provides oversight of the most important efforts that require coordinated technical execution across the Org in order to succeed. AI / ML continues to be our top focus. These large-scale efforts will involve collaboration across numerous product and platform engineering teams & xfn stakeholders, prioritization, decision making, tracking execution & driving operational excellence. We're looking for someone that can work in a TPM greenspace environment, and is passionate about people, technology, and program management. Progress over process is our mantra. This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with xfn teams including engineering, data science, and product management to define and execute the roadmap for AI initiatives.
• Ensure seamless integration of AI capabilities into Figma's platform, managing end-to-end project lifecycles, from initial concept through to production deployment.
• Coordinate large-scale experiments, optimize model performance, oversee vendor contract management, and ensure robust and scalable AI solutions.
• Drive innovation, establish best practices, and foster a culture of continuous improvement in AI and ML at Figma.

Requirements

• 4+ years of technical program management experience
• Deep technical understanding of machine learning algorithms, model training, and launching AI experiences
• Ability to find the balance between driving in a scrappy manner vs structured program management
• Expertise in organizing and driving complex initiatives like multi-team product launches and multi-quarter platform migrations
• Experience operating in ambiguity, shepherding product, process, and/or engineering programs from concept to completion
• Ability to form close, effective stakeholder relationships and manage competing priorities and incentives

Nice-to-haves

• Vendor management experience for high quality data and annotations for ML models
• Strong bias to action, self-motivation and curiosity, with desire to bring people together and deliver high quality results in a start-up culture
• Experience building and maintaining automated project dashboards (Coda, Asana, Hex, Datadog) and integrations
• Familiarity with a modern scaled web stack (AWS, Sinatra, React)