Hybrid

Docker is hiring a Senior Principal Program Manager, Engineering Operations (Production Readiness)

Responsibilities

  • Establish and manage production readiness criteria across security, reliability, privacy, compliance, system operability, user interface quality, and platform integration.
  • Develop and oversee enterprise-wide initiatives that define minimum requirements for launching and managing new products and services.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, security, platform, and go-to-market leadership to align accountability throughout product development and deployment.
  • Convert high-level quality and risk considerations into specific, actionable checklists, requirements, and evaluation standards.
  • Build scalable frameworks for product launches that maintain thoroughness without slowing innovation in a dynamic environment.
  • Lead cross-team readiness reviews and decision-making forums, ensuring risks are identified early and addressed deliberately.
  • Provide visibility into launch status, operational risks, and readiness shortfalls using software development lifecycle governance, automated controls, and concise metrics.
  • Detect systemic deficiencies in tools, processes, or ownership that increase production risk, and initiate corrective programs.
  • Minimize obstacles for product teams by clarifying expectations, embedding requirements into development tools, and preserving agility and iterative progress.
  • Adapt and refine readiness standards and programs as products, customer needs, and regulatory demands evolve.
  • Guide technical program managers and engineering teams in large-scale execution, risk mitigation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Other

  • Freedom & flexibility; fit your work around your life
  • Designated quarterly Whaleness Days plus end of year Whaleness break
  • Home office setup; we want you comfortable while you work
  • 16 weeks of paid Parental leave
  • Technology stipend equivalent to $100 net/month
  • PTO plan that encourages you to take time to do the things you enjoy
  • Training stipend for conferences, courses and classes
  • Equity; we are a growing start-up and want all employees to have a share in the success of the company
  • Docker Swag
  • Medical benefits, retirement and holidays vary by country
  • Remote-first culture, with offices in Seattle and Paris
  • Docker embraces diversity and equal opportunity. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our company will be.
Required Skills
Production ReadinessIncident ManagementSLO/SLI/SLAObservabilityDevOpsSRECloud InfrastructureCI/CDTechnical Program ManagementStakeholder ManagementMetrics & ReportingProcess Improvement
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Posted 5 months ago