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Supabase

Founding Technical Program Manager

Posted 13 Days Ago
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in Canada
Senior level
In-Office or Remote
Hiring Remotely in Canada
Senior level
The Founding Technical Program Manager will establish the technical program management function and lead complex, cross-functional software initiatives from planning through launch. Responsibilities include managing dependencies, timelines, risks, reporting, escalation systems, launch readiness, stakeholder alignment, and delivery accountability across Engineering, Product, and Design. The role requires strong technical fluency, clear written communication, and the ability to influence distributed teams in a remote, async-first environment.
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About the Role

We’re hiring the first Technical Program Manager to join a newly formed Technical Program Management function, reporting to the Head of TPM. This is a founding role, you’ll help design and build how strategic, cross-functional work gets delivered across a global organization. TPMs at Supabase own the connective tissue between teams and between functions, managing the dependencies of our largest programs, and author and maintain/improve the standard of using Linear. This role is a strong fit for someone who has a genuine curiosity about ambiguous, complex problems, is self-directed and has conviction in their craft.

What You'll Be Responsible for
  • Parter with Engineering, Product, Design (EPD) and other stakeholder to structure and drive complex, cross-team initiatives; clarifying scope and value, securing commitment across a distributed organization, setting timelines, and leading activities from design through launch.

  • Design systems by building the tracking, reporting, and escalation mechanisms that surface risk and progress.

  • Build process to ensure launch readiness is predictable, consistent and coordinated across all cross-functional participants.

  • Ask the questions that clarify priority and scope, giving async teams the context to keep building and unblocking.

  • Build trusted relationships with stakeholders and maintain transparency into program goals, commitments, risk and delivery quality, primarily through clear written communication.

  • Identify bottlenecks before they become blockers, develop options to resolve them, and clearly communicate the trade-offs that each option carries.

  • Map dependencies and relationships across projects and teams, coordinating delivery across groups that don’t share reporting lines.

  • Keep Engineering, Product, and Design accountable for their own delivery outcomes while you track, surface risk, and unblock.

  • Develop technical and domain fluency to be an active and credible member of the delivery team and triad.

You Might Be a Good Fit If You
  • Have 7+ years of experience in technical program management for software, SaaS or systems development environments

  • A track record of leading large-scale, cross-team software delivery programs to successful completion.

  • Comfort operating in a fully remote, async-first environment

  • The ability to communicate clearly and quickly build credibility with both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership.

  • The ability to influence and drive outcomes through others where no direct reporting relationship exists.

  • Strong attention to detail and a bias toward execution, grounded in data rather than opinion

  • Have strong technical fluency to self-identify risk in a plan and hold your own with senior engineers on architecture and dependencies.

  • Experience with Linear, Jira, or equivalent tooling at scale.

What We Offer
  • Fully Remote

    We hire globally. We believe you can do your best work from anywhere. There are no Supabase offices, but we provide a WeWork membership or co-working allowance you can use anywhere in the world.

  • ESOP

    Every team member receives ESOP (equity ownership) in the company. We want everyone to share in the upside of what we’re building together.

  • Tech Allowance

    Use this budget to set up your ideal work environment—laptop, monitor, headphones, or whatever helps you do your best work.

  • Health Benefits

    Supabase covers 100% of health insurance for employees and 80% for dependents, wherever you are. Your wellbeing and your family’s health are important to us.

  • Annual Off-Sites

    Once a year, the entire company gathers in a new city for a week of connection, collaboration, and fun. It’s a highlight of our year.

  • Flexible Work

    We operate asynchronously and trust you to manage your own time. You know what needs to be done and when.

  • Professional Development

    Every team member receives an annual education allowance to spend on learning—courses, books, conferences, or anything that supports your growth.

About the Team

Supabase was born-remote and open-source-first. We believe our globally distributed team is our secret weapon in building tools developers love.

  • ~400 team members

  • 60+ countries

  • 20+ languages spoken

  • Over $1B raised (including our $500M Series F)

  • 540,000+ community members

We move fast, build in public, and use what we ship. If it’s in your project, we probably use it in ours too. We believe deeply in the open-source ecosystem and strive to support—not replace—existing tools and communities.

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