Full-Time
Principal Technical Program Manager
Guild Education
1,001-5,000 employees
Employee education benefits platform for employers
Compensation Overview
$180k - $215k/yr
Remote in USA
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- Able to live and work full-time in one of the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, or Washington D.C.
- Twelve or more years of experience on software teams as a Technical Program Manager, Engineering Manager, Product Manager, or similar role.
- Experience driving and delivering complex technology programs or products from inception to delivery.
- Experience operating autonomously across multiple teams and functions, demonstrated critical thinking, and thought leadership.
- Communication experience at executive level and experience influencing senior leadership and technical management teams to develop systems, solutions, and products.
- Experience establishing work relationships across multi-disciplinary teams and multiple partners in different time zones.
- Experience working with product teams to build and deliver end-to-end customer focused products with technical knowledge of the underlying platforms and technologies.
- Assess the current state of Grow Product across business objectives, stakeholder needs, and delivery inhibitors, and translate findings into a long-term, multi-team execution roadmap in close partnership with Product and Engineering.
- Translate product strategy into concrete technical solutions and execution plans by working closely with engineering leaders to clarify architecture boundaries, dependencies, sequencing, and technical trade-offs.
- Own execution of the articulated roadmap by aligning teams, proactively managing dependencies, and ensuring predictable, high-quality delivery.
- Own launch and release readiness across all stakeholders, ensuring teams are informed, equipped, and ready before anything ships.
- Operate with full ownership across products, and programs. Proactively identify risks, blockers, decision gaps, and opportunities, resolving them directly or ensuring clear ownership and accountability.
- Help shape the TPgM craft at Guild by modeling technical excellence, strong ownership, and sound execution judgment, and by contributing to the standards and operating model as the function scales.
- Establish and evolve the operating cadences for Product and Engineering, including how teams plan, review, and align, with a bias toward reducing coordination overhead and protecting time for high-value work.
- Mentor TPgMs and Product and Engineering leaders, establish best practices, and scale program leadership capabilities across the Guild P&E organization.
- Champion AI adoption by identifying opportunities to embed AI into the Product Development Lifecycle and modeling effective, responsible use of AI tools.
Guild Education helps companies invest in their employees’ education by offering education benefits through employer partnerships. It works with large employers to provide tuition reimbursement, access to online courses, and degree programs from accredited schools via a managed platform. Employers pay fees to administer these education programs, and Guild earns commissions from educational institutions for student enrollments. The platform streamlines how employees access funding and courses, aligning education benefits with company goals. Compared to competitors, Guild Education centers its product on turning education benefits into a strategic HR and talent development lever, combining workforce development with diversity and internal mobility, and delivering scalable programs that support retention and recruitment. Its goal is to improve talent acquisition, reduce turnover, upskill the workforce, and boost ROI and brand value for employers.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Series F
Total Funding
$643.5M
Headquarters
Denver, Colorado
Founded
2015
Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- Guild raised $264 million in equity for expansion in 2026.
- MOD Pizza expanded tuition-free degrees to 10,000 workers via Guild.
- Regions Bank introduced tuition-free benefits to all associates through Guild.
What critics are saying
- Edtech layoffs force Guild's cash burn without new contracts in 2026.
- Coursera steals Walmart clients with lower-fee AI upskilling in 2027.
- Recession cuts Hilton's Guild contract amid 15% HR budget reductions.
What makes Guild Education unique
- Guild's platform pairs education with AI insights via Guild Talent Advantage.
- Guild manages tuition benefits for 3 million workers at Walmart and Disney.
- Guild's tech-enabled advising supports employees from discovery to completion.
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Benefits
Be an owner - Every employee is granted equity in Guild with a 4-year vesting schedule as well as a 401(k).
Prioritize your time - We offer generous parental leave, PTO, and onsite daycare for Denver-based employees
Have a learner's mindset - Guild offers student loan reimbursement, 100% tuition assistance for your first bachelor’s degree, and $10K/year toward additional education.
Take care of yourself - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans because we care about the health and well-being of all Guild employees.
Growth & Insights and Company News
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↓ -3%Guild Talent Advantage is a first-of-its-kind product suite that pairs education, skilling, and academy experiences with AI insights to empower HR leaders to address a range of urgent talent transformation priorities.
Salt Security, the API security company, is working with Guild Education, the leader in opportunity creation for America’s workforce, to implement the Salt Security API Protection Platform to secure its growing application programming interface (API) ecosystem.
INDIANAPOLIS - Ivy Tech Community College is partnering with career opportunity platform Guild to provide employers with additional options for personal and professional growth.
Learning and c areer opportunity company Guild Education welcomed Dean Carter as its new chief people officer (CPO).
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, MOD Pizza, the purpose-led, people-first brand, announced the significant expansion of its Journey Program to include a robust list of company-paid educational curriculums for its MOD Squad members. Through a new partnership with Guild, MOD’s 10,000+ Squad members in company-owned stores across the U.S. can now unlock life-changing opportunities for both personal and professional advancement. The expanded program will cover the cost of full tuition, plus all books and fees, providing Squad members the opportunity to earn a bachelor’s degree, professional certificates, or enroll in English language learning – all through Guild’s Learning Marketplace and Career Opportunity Platform. “This is an important investment for MOD, and one that can help remove the barriers to education and career mobility that exist for so many,” said Ally Svenson, MOD’s co-founder and protector of the purpose. “The MOD Journey Program is designed to support and serve the people of MOD and ensure we are providing opportunities that will positively impact their lives. There’s nothing more important to us than knowing our Squads can pursue their personal and professional dreams as part of their MOD journey!”