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How much do staff technical program manager jobs pay per year?

As of Jun 26, 2026, the average yearly pay for staff technical program manager in Michigan is $126,946.00, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $112,400.00 and $145,600.00 per year, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Staff Technical Program Manager, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Staff Technical Program Manager, you need expertise in program management methodologies, technical acumen, and significant experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives, often supported by a bachelor’s or master’s degree in a relevant field. Familiarity with tools like Jira, Confluence, project management software, and certifications such as PMP or Agile/Scrum are typically required. Exceptional communication, stakeholder management, strategic thinking, and problem-solving skills help you influence teams and drive successful outcomes. These competencies are crucial for aligning technical projects with business goals, managing risks, and ensuring timely, high-quality delivery.

How does a Staff Technical Program Manager typically collaborate with engineering and product teams to drive project success?

As a Staff Technical Program Manager, you will frequently act as a bridge between engineering and product teams, ensuring alignment on project goals, timelines, and deliverables. This involves facilitating cross-functional meetings, clarifying technical requirements, and managing dependencies across multiple teams. You’ll also help resolve roadblocks, escalate issues as needed, and communicate progress to stakeholders. Strong interpersonal and organizational skills are essential, as effective collaboration is key to delivering complex projects on time and within scope.

What are Staff Technical Program Managers?

Staff Technical Program Managers (Staff TPMs) are experienced professionals who oversee complex, cross-functional technical projects within an organization. They are responsible for planning, coordinating, and executing programs that often involve multiple teams, technologies, and stakeholders. Staff TPMs work closely with engineering, product, and leadership to define project goals, manage risks, and ensure successful delivery. Their seniority allows them to influence technical strategy and mentor other program managers. This role requires strong technical knowledge, leadership skills, and the ability to communicate effectively across different parts of the organization.

What is the difference between Staff Technical Program Manager vs Technical Program Manager?

AspectStaff Technical Program ManagerTechnical Program Manager
CredentialsTypically requires 8+ years of experience, relevant certifications (e.g., PMP), and advanced technical knowledgeUsually requires 5+ years of experience, project management certifications, and technical understanding
Work EnvironmentLeads complex, cross-functional programs across multiple teams and departmentsManages specific projects or programs within a team or department
Employer & Industry UsageCommon in large tech companies, especially in engineering and product developmentWidely used across tech, software, and hardware industries in various company sizes

The Staff Technical Program Manager typically handles larger, more complex programs requiring extensive experience and cross-team coordination, while the Technical Program Manager focuses on managing specific projects within a team. Both roles require strong project management skills, but the staff level involves higher strategic responsibility and technical expertise.

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Infographic showing various Staff Technical Program Manager job openings in Michigan as of June 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 80% Full Time, 18% Part Time, and 1% Contract. Highlights an 96% Physical, 1% Hybrid, and 3% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $126,946 per year, or $61 per hour.
Senior Technical Program Manager

Senior Technical Program Manager

Ford Motor Company

Dearborn, MI • On-site

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, PTO

Posted 9 days ago

Job description


We made history and now we work to transform the future - for our customers, our communities and our families. You'll see your work on the road every day, helping people move freely and pursue their dreams. At Ford, you can build more than vehicles. Come build what matters.
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In this position...
The Industrial System Analytics (ISA) team within Global Data Insight & Analytics (GDIA) is looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager for the Digital Birth Certificate (DBC) Program. DBC connects plant process data, station information, repair data, and images to VINs. Quality problem solvers leverage the DBC Assistant for their day-to-day work. As the first AI Agent in Quality.AI, it is designed to guide users through data analysis and accelerate the overall problem-solving process.
The Senior Technical Program Manager (TPgM) is an expert technical leader responsible for the successful execution of complex, high-impact technical programs and cross-functional, dependent products. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, this role bridges the gap between business strategy, product management, and engineering execution.
The Senior TPM possesses a deep architectural understanding of the entire project ecosystem, its integration points, and future scalability needs. They are responsible for strategically aligning senior leadership, driving continuous operational model improvements, translating product strategy into detailed technical requirements, and mitigating complex technical and platform-level risks.
Based in Dearborn, MI, this is a hybrid position with a required four-day onsite presence each week.
Responsibilities
What you'll do...
1. Technical Acumen & Architectural Alignment
  • Technical Deep-Dives: Deep-dive into complex technical issues to understand root causes, evaluate trade-offs, and propose strategic, scalable solutions.
  • Architectural Understanding: Maintain a robust, end-to-end architectural understanding of the project ecosystem, integration points, and future scalability needs.
  • Platform Impact Analysis: Analyze project and engineering plans for potential impacts on other products, systems, or the broader platform, proposing adjustments to mitigate negative cross-program consequences.
  • Technical Adaptability: Quickly develop technical depth in unfamiliar or emerging technologies to understand proposed solutions and highlight technical risks or concerns.
  • Scope & Dependency Management: Identify technical dependencies or solution misalignments across multiple products and bring them to the surface for rapid resolution.

2. Program Leadership & Execution
  • Complex Program Delivery: Lead and manage complex, high-impact programs of a highly technical nature, consistently ensuring on-time, high-quality, and within-budget launches.
  • Risk & Blockers Mitigation: Anticipate less-common technical and business risks that engineering teams encounter; proactively design and implement robust mitigation and escalation paths.
  • Capacity & Scope Optimization: Design and implement sophisticated capacity management models and resource allocation strategies to optimize team capacity and protect technical teams from distractions.
  • Agile Governance: Champion agile execution and data integrity. Establish and enforce standards for Jira usage, backlog grooming, and dependency management. Lead and facilitate complex backlog grooming sessions for Epics, ensuring strong alignment to MVP and point values.

3. Strategic Influence & Collaboration
  • Product-to-Engineering Bridge: Work closely with Product Managers to translate high-level product strategy into detailed requirements and establish a shared technical understanding of project goals across engineering teams.
  • Strategic Partnerships: Establish and nurture strong, trusted relationships with product, engineering, and business leaders. Act as a key strategic partner to Engineering Supervisors and Product Managers to drive product execution.
  • Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead and facilitate complex collaboration across diverse, senior-level stakeholders (e.g., Directors, VPs, and external vendors) on complex technical projects.
  • Senior Communication: Explain highly complex technical topics clearly and concisely to senior leaders, representing projects from both a technical solutioning and business outcomes perspective.

4. Documentation, Change Control & Data Integrity
  • Comprehensive Documentation: Author comprehensive, highly technical, and business-centric project documentation (including roadmaps, logical/physical architecture diagrams, and dependency maps) in coordination with Engineering.
  • Change Control & Compliance: Ensure robust change control documentation, audit trails, and historical context are maintained for long-running programs and platforms.
  • Data Integrity Standards: Establish and enforce standards for data integrity in relevant tools (e.g., Jira), ensuring that the system of record is a direct, reliable reflection of actual engineering work.

5. Innovation, Learning & Mentorship
  • Process Innovation: Design and implement innovative project management strategies, frameworks, and governance models to optimize flow and predictability.
  • Mentorship: Mentor and coach other TPMs and junior PgMs, providing strategic and technical guidance to contribute to their professional development and cross-functional collaboration skills.
  • GDIA Landscape Alignment: Stay current with industry trends in project management, agile methodologies, and the evolving GDIA technical landscape to drive modern, data-driven decision-making.

Qualifications
You'll have...
  • Bachelor of Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Programming or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
  • 7+ years of experience leading complex, high-impact, and highly technical programs with significant strategic implications.
  • 3+ years as a Technical Product/Program Manager with skills including:
    • Proven ability to operate autonomously with very little guidance, solving complex, ambiguous technical problems from beginning to end.
    • Strong track record of influencing multiple teams, product lines, and leadership decisions across an organization regarding strategic planning, capacity management, and process adherence.
    • Strong architectural understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC), data science lifecycles, cloud platforms, integration points, and enterprise scalability.
  • 3+ years of expert-level proficiency in program management methodologies (Agile, Kanban, Scaled Agile, Waterfall) and advanced Jira configuration, automation, and reporting.

Even better, you may have...
  • Master' Degree in Computer Science, Engineering Information Technology or similar technical field.
  • Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to bridge communication between senior business leaders and deep technical architects/engineers.

You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!
As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
  • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
  • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
  • Tuition assistance
  • Established and active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for individual and team community service
  • A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
  • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

This position is a salary grade of 7 or 8 and ranges from $99,600- 192,900.
Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value.
For more information on salary and benefits, click here:
https://fordcareers.co/GSR
Visa sponsorship is available for this position.
Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call 1-888-336-0660.
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At Ford Motor Company, we believe freedom of movement drives human progress. With our incredible plans for the future of mobility, we have a wide variety of opportunities for you to accelerate your career and help us define tomorrow's transportation.

Industry

Civil engineering construction

Company size

51 - 200 Employees

Headquarters location

Doral, FL, US

Year founded

1982

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