Sr. Mgr Program Management

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

About the Role

We're looking for a strategic, execution-focused Senior Manager of Program Management to lead and scale our Program Management function within the Product Management Operations organization. In this role, you will oversee a team of Program Managers responsible for driving the execution of high-impact product initiatives across multiple product lines and business areas.

As a senior leader, you'll not only mentor and grow the team-you'll also define and evolve the operating model, governance structure, and strategic rhythms that underpin how our product organization delivers with speed, clarity, and accountability.

This is a highly cross-functional role that works closely with Product, Engineering, Design, Marketing, Sales, and executive leadership to ensure aligned planning, smooth execution, and measurable delivery of business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and scale a high-performing team of Program Managers supporting multiple product pillars or strategic domains.
• Drive hiring, onboarding, professional development, and performance management within the Program Management function.
• Foster a high-trust, high-performance team culture focused on ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering leadership to align and manage cross-team dependencies to deliver critical initiatives.
• Proactively surface delivery risks, organizational gaps, or resourcing issues-and drive solutions to keep teams on track.
• Define and improve scalable program management frameworks, planning rhythms, and execution cadences across the product lifecycle.
• Standardize program health metrics, reporting, and tooling to increase visibility and predictability across initiatives.
• Introduce and maintain governance structures that ensure strategic alignment and accountability at scale.
• Act as a senior liaison across Product, Engineering, GTM, Finance, and other partners to ensure seamless coordination and communication.

What You Bring

• 8+ years of experience in program management, product operations, or strategic execution roles in a high-growth, product focused organization.
• 3+ years of people management experience, with a track record of leading and scaling high-impact program teams.
• Deep expertise in managing complex, cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholder groups and organizational layers.
• Strong systems thinking and the ability to design scalable operating models and frameworks.
• Executive-level communication skills with proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment.
• Experience with program management and reporting tools (e.g., Jira, Asana, Confluence, Airtable, Tableau).
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity while delivering structure, visibility, and results at scale.

Why This Role Matters

• As Senior Manager of Program Management, you will be at the heart of how strategy turns into execution across our product organization. Your leadership will ensure that high-priority initiatives are delivered efficiently, cross-functional teams are aligned, and product leaders are empowered to focus on customer impact and innovation.
• This is a unique opportunity to shape how a growing, product-driven organization plans, executes, and scales.

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual base pay for this position is: $172,800.00 - $259,200.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5's differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.

You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5's benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits. F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.

Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com)

Equal Employment Opportunity

It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates. Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com.

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