Senior Technical Program Manager (Contract)

Drivemode is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead a critical transformation initiative focused on how complex programs are understood, governed, measured, and improved. The contractor will work across Product, Engineering, QA, Architecture, and TPM/PMO to establish durable systems that connect requirements, scope changes, technical execution, validation, program economics, and business outcomes.

What You Will Do

Responsibilities include designing and establishing a scalable requirements-governance model, creating clear relationships among business, product, system, technical, implementation, and validation artifacts, and connecting each material Change Request to affected requirements, features, services, APIs, dependencies, implementation scope, validation scope, and committed milestones.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of relevant experience, strong technical fluency in backend/distributed systems, APIs, mobile/backend integration, and cross-system dependencies, and demonstrated ability to translate business or product intent into technical structures, execution plans, interfaces, and measurable outcomes.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience spanning technical program management, technical product management, solution architecture, software engineering, platform programs, or similar work.
• Strong technical fluency in backend/distributed systems, APIs, mobile/backend integration, and cross-system dependencies.
• Demonstrated ability to translate business or product intent into technical structures, execution plans, interfaces, and measurable outcomes.
• Hands-on experience building internal tools, automation, dashboards, or analytical systems using APIs and program data.
• Applied AI/agent experience is strongly preferred, especially building integrated workflows or services rather than only using general-purpose assistants.
• Strong systems thinking: ability to connect requirements, technical execution, validation, delivery, and business impact.
• Excellent judgment and communication across Product, Engineering, QA, Architecture, TPM/PMO, and senior leadership.
• Comfort operating autonomously in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment and leaving behind durable systems.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent benefits
• Durable systems
• Opportunity to work on new products and product categories at Honda
• Chance to be at the forefront of innovation and drive Honda's success in the Automotive market