At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.
This role will be based in Mountain View, CA.
Core AI is at the heart of LinkedIn鈥檚 AI innovation, incubating and delivering the company鈥檚 most ambitious moonshot initiatives. The Director of Technical Program Management (TPM) will be accountable for driving successful outcomes across these high-impact, cross-functional programs.
We are seeking a Director who is a master of the TPM craft鈥攕omeone who brings deep technical program leadership, operational rigor, and strategic judgment鈥攚hile also being an inspiring people leader. This role will build, mentor, and lead a team of TPMs, setting a high bar for execution, collaboration, and impact as Core AI turns bold ideas into reality.
Roles and Responsibilities
Own delivery OKRs for all Core AI initiatives, ensuring programs are executed on schedule, meet quality and reliability standards, and achieve committed outcomes
Define, track, and report program-level OKRs and KPIs (e.g., delivery predictability, milestone health, risk burn-down, dependency management) to ensure transparency and accountability across Core AI
Build, hire, mentor, and lead a high-performing TPM organization, with clear people OKRs focused on capability growth, leadership development, and retention
Drive execution excellence by establishing operating mechanisms (planning cadences, reviews, escalation paths, and postmortems) that improve delivery velocity and execution efficiency
Align engineering, product, research, and business leaders around shared OKRs to ensure Core AI moonshots translate into measurable business and platform impact