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Every day, tens of millions of people come to Roblox to explore, create, play, learn, and connect with friends in 3D immersive digital experiences– all created by our global community of developers and creators.
At Roblox, we’re building the tools and platform that empower our community to bring any experience that they can imagine to life. Our vision is to reimagine the way people come together, from anywhere in the world, and on any device. We’re on a mission to connect a billion people with optimism and civility, and looking for amazing talent to help us get there.
A career at Roblox means you’ll be working to shape the future of human interaction, solving unique technical challenges at scale, and helping to create safer, more civil shared experiences for everyone.
As the Director Technical Program Management, you will be leading a team of Infrastructure TPMs who are responsible for managing technical programs across the Roblox stack - focused on developing and delivering innovative, reliable and scalable technology solutions to power Roblox. You will bring strategic leadership, innovation, and execution prowess necessary to transform how we build, run and evolve Cloud and on-prem infrastructure at Roblox. Not only will you support a team, but you will also lead the team on strategic initiatives, roll up your sleeves and deliver.
Define and lead the technical execution and strategy for multiple program portfolios.
Clearly communicate technology requirements, goals, and milestones.
Collaborate with engineering and product management leadership to shape and update the organization’s long-term strategy.
Develop comprehensive program plans with your team, drive execution, and keep the organization and leadership updated on progress.
Implement process improvements across multiple teams and functions to streamline effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity.
Set milestones, communicate program statuses, and address potential setbacks with your teams.
Ensure the team’s work aligns with the highest priority needs of partner teams and customers.
Influence, drive, and deliver the product roadmap to support innovation, cost efficiency, scalability, performance, quality, reliability, and other strategic business goals.
Coordinate across organizations to align plans, manage dependencies, drive execution, and deliver comprehensive solutions.
Lead a TPM organization within Infrastructure.
Enable a high-performance culture by mentoring and supporting the team with empathy.
Oversee people management, including hiring, developing organizational structure, conducting performance reviews, providing continuous feedback, and fostering career growth.
Technical leadership experience with domain expertise in systems and software for managing cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
15+ years of experience in the software industry, driving the development of large-scale systems.
10+ years of experience leading people and teams to deliver technical solutions and outcomes.
Experience building, scaling, and leading a team of TPMs and cultivating a strong team culture.
Proven ability to establish and collaborate within cross-functional, multi-disciplinary teams.
Expertise in identifying critical technical problems and opportunities.
Experience delivering end-to-end technical programs through roadmapping and reliable execution.
Deep domain knowledge in system or software engineering.
Strong communication skills and the ability to establish effective working relationships across diverse teams.
Technical depth in infrastructure systems.
Able to transform specific solutions into scalable systems that benefit the larger community over time.
Knowledgeable in user needs assessment, scoping, planning, execution, and delivery.
Flexible with processes, applying them as tools when appropriate to enhance team effectiveness.
For roles that are based at our headquarters in San Mateo, CA: The starting base pay for this position is as shown below. The actual base pay is dependent upon a variety of job-related factors such as professional background, training, work experience, location, business needs and market demand. Therefore, in some circumstances, the actual salary could fall outside of this expected range. This pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. All full-time employees are also eligible for equity compensation and for benefits as described on this page.
Roles that are based in an office are onsite Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with optional presence on Monday and Friday (unless otherwise noted).
Roblox provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Roblox also provides reasonable accommodations for all candidates during the interview process.
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