Technical Program Manager 3

Overview

Placement Type : Temporary

Salary : $60-65 Hourly

Start Date : Feb 23, 2026

Aquent, a leading partner in connecting top talent with the world's most innovative companies, is seeking a dynamic and highly organized professional to join a pioneering team at a globally recognized technology leader. Imagine contributing to the core operational execution of a groundbreaking platform that empowers developers to build the next generation of applications. This is an unparalleled opportunity to be the vital link between innovative product and engineering teams and critical external partners, driving predictable delivery and ensuring seamless coordination in a rapidly evolving technological landscape. Your work will directly shape the future of application development, making a tangible impact on a global scale.

Role Overview & Impact

As a key contributor, you will play a pivotal role in orchestrating complex partner engagements, ensuring that ambitious projects move from concept to reality with precision and efficiency. You'll be the driving force behind operational excellence, translating strategic visions into actionable plans and maintaining crystal-clear visibility across all co-engineering workstreams. This is a chance to leverage your operational prowess and project management expertise to facilitate cutting-edge innovation and foster collaborative success with industry-leading collaborators.

Key Responsibilities

• Hardware Vendor Operations - own the operational aspects of Windows AI partner coengineering engagements, including tracking commitments, dependencies, risks, and execution health across active workstreams.
• Program & Execution Management - manage partner deliverables, bugs, risks, and action items across engineering and program tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, Power BI, PowerPoint), ensuring clear ownership, partner accountability, and timely closure.
• Release & Readiness Management - coordinate the partner release lifecycle, including software drops, quality and certification results, release readiness tracking, and the production of developerfacing release notes in partnership with product and engineering leads.
• Project Artifacts & Reporting - maintain and update project artifacts (ADO items, Power BI dashboards, PowerPoint, Excel trackers, SharePoint artefacts), ensuring a single source of truth for internal stakeholders and hardware vendors, with consistent hygiene and cadence.
• Stakeholder Communications - deliver regular, structured communications including meeting notes, partner release commitments, execution status updates, and risk summaries. Translate partnerprovided updates into clear internal decisionmaking inputs and executiveready summaries.
• Workstream & Cadence Coordination - track action items and topic requests for recurring hardware vendor workstream syncs. Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to prepare agendas, prereads, meeting logistics, and postmeeting followups to ensure effective and outcomesdriven forums.

Must-Have Qualifications

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

About Aquent Talent

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