Staff Technical Program Manager

About Life360

Life360’s mission is to keep people close to the ones they love. Our category-leading mobile app,Tile tracking devices, and Pet GPS tracker empower members to protect the people, pets, and things they care about most with a range of services, including location sharing, safe driver reports, and crash detection with emergency dispatch. Life360 serves approximately 91.6 million monthly active users (MAU), as of September 30, 2025, across more than 180 countries.

Life360 delivers peace of mind and enhances everyday family life with seamless coordination for all the moments that matter, big and small. By continuing to innovate and deliver for our customers, we have become a household name and the must-have mobile-based membership for families (and those friends who are basically family).

Life360 has more than 500 (and growing!) remote-first employees. For more information, please visit life360.com

Life360 is a Remote First company, which means a remote work environment will be the primary experience for all employees. All positions, unless otherwise specified, can be performed remotely (within the US and Canada) regardless of any specified location above. 

About the Job

We are looking for a very experienced Program Manager to lead complex, cross-functional projects from inception to launch, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and efficient execution. This position works hands on with engineering, product, marketing and design to define and execute the product roadmap. You are a senior leader with significant experience and expertise in program management, often managing or mentoring junior team members and influencing stakeholders at all levels.

For candidates based in the US, the salary range for this position is $140,500 to $209,000 USD. For candidates based out of Canada, the salary range for this position is $163,000 to $194,000 CAD. We take into consideration an individual's background and experience in determining final salary - therefore, base pay offered may vary considerably depending on geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The compensation package includes a wide range of medical, dental, vision, financial, and other benefits, as well as equity.

What You’ll Do

• Manage a portfolio of complex, cross-functional programs and services: Managing a portfolio of programs that involve multiple teams and departments, in close partnership with a senior engineering or product executive.
• Manage, mentor and oversee other program managers: As you manage the program portfolio, you will manage or oversee the work of other program managers, and provide advice and mentoring.
• Define and build best practices: Working with the team to codify and distill best practices in program management in the form of reusable artifacts, and strategies for consulting to delivery teams to elevate our execution effectiveness and efficiency.

• Ensuring alignment with organizational goals: Ensuring projects align with overarching objectives and key results. 
• Driving project execution: Managing project schedules, identifying and mitigating risks, and ensuring timely delivery. 
• Define and streamlining processes: Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness in project execution by periodically reassessing the process portfolio and improving, simplifying or killing processes as needed. 
• Cross-functional alignment: Facilitating communication and collaboration between different teams and stakeholders to ensure alignment and successful project delivery. 
• Risk management: Identifying and mitigating potential risks throughout the project lifecycle. 
• Mentoring and development: Guiding and mentoring more junior team members in project management best practices. 
• Influencing stakeholders: Ability to guide and influence senior stakeholders, mediate between them, and collaboratively solve problems to improve the overall program and organizational effectiveness. 
• Deep technical expertise: Having a strong understanding of software development life cycle and being able to collaborate with eng informed decisions about technical trade-offs. 
• Problem-solving: Identifying and resolving complex technical and organizational challenges. 
• Stakeholder Communication: Translate complex data into actionable insights and document decision making as well as thought process.
• Metric & KPI Reporting: Define, implement, and monitor key performance indicators and metrics for growth initiatives. Establish and utilize existing systems for tracking and reporting these metrics to ensure alignment with business objectives.

What We’re Looking For

• 15+ years of experience in technical program management, with a proven track record of successfully leading complex projects. 
• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or equivalent experience. Technical degree preferred. Master’s level degree preferred.
• Experience managing a team or a department of technical program managers preferred.
• Understanding of relevant technologies; ability to make informed technical decisions, follow industry trends and quickly learn new technologies. 
• Deep understanding of the software development life cycle and underlying issues and trade-offs.
• Experience delivering mobile applications and/or consumer hardware.
• Superior communications skills: interpersonal, written, and presentation.
• Superior organizational skills: note-taking, formal documentation, task assignment and tracking.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and starting from "scratch".
• Ability to think strategically and make decisions that align with organizational goals.
• Ability to structure problems and communicate them in a way to increase clarity and alignment for stakeholders.
• Ability to model calm, emotional maturity and composure in all dealings with stakeholders.
• Proven ability to understand and break down complex, multifaceted programs and projects into manageable pieces, organize cross-functionally and drive execution.
• Experience with program management tools and methods.
• Ability to produce and model world-class program management artifacts with appropriate content and format for all relevant stakeholders at all levels.
• Proven ability to lead a cross-functional team.
• Proven ability to lead, motivate, and influence teams and stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to be a functional leader for a growing department, partnering with the department leaders.

Our Benefits

• Competitive pay and benefits.
• Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for US employees). We offer supplemental plans for medical and dental for Canadian employees.
• 401(k) plan with company matching program in the US and RRSP with DPSP plan for Canadian employees.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental wellness.
• Flexible PTO and 12 company wide days off throughout the year.
• Learning & Development programs.
• Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment.
• Free Life360 Platinum Membership for your preferred circle.

Life360 Values

Our company’s mission driven culture is guided by our shared values to create a trusted work environment where you can bring your authentic self to work and make a positive difference 

• Be a Good Person - We have a team of high integrity people you can trust. 
• Be Direct With Respect - We communicate directly, even when it’s hard.
• Members Before Metrics - We focus on building an exceptional experience for families. 
• High Intensity High Impact - We do whatever it takes to get the job done. 

Our Commitment to Diversity

We believe that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better results. Together, we continue to build an inclusive culture that encourages, supports, and celebrates the diverse voices of our employees. It fuels our innovation and connects us closer to our customers and the communities we serve. We strive to create a workplace that reflects the communities we serve and where everyone feels empowered to bring their authentic best selves to work.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Life360. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any legally protected status.  

We encourage people of all backgrounds to apply. We believe that a diversity of perspectives and experiences create a foundation for the best ideas. Come join us in building something meaningful.Even if you don’t meet 100% of the below qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying!

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