Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager (Tech Strategy & Execution)

Company Introduction

We exist to wow our customers. We know we’re doing the right thing when we hear our customers say, “How did we ever live without Coupang?” Born out of an obsession to make shopping, eating, and living easier than ever, we are collectively disrupting the multi-billion-dollar commerce industry from the ground up and establishing an unparalleled reputation for being leading and reliable force in South Korean commerce.

We are proud to have the best of both worlds — a startup culture with the resources of a large global public company. This fuels us to continue our growth and launch new services at the speed we have been at since our inception. We are all entrepreneurial surrounded by opportunities to drive new initiatives and innovations. At our core, we are bold and ambitious people that like to get our hands dirty and make a hands-on impact. At Coupang, you will see yourself, your colleagues, your team, and the company grow every day.Our mission to build the future of commerce is real. We push the boundaries of what’s possible to solve problems and break traditional tradeoffs. Join Coupang now to create an epic experience in this always-on, high-tech, and hyper-connected world.

Role Overview:

The Tech Strategy & Execution (TSE) org is critical to Coupang business strategy. The Technical Program Manager role will be responsible for full ownership & end-to-end project charter, delivery & execution starting from Product & Service Definition, Functional Design, Engineering execution Lifecycle with a Customer focus and Customer lifecycle management for Coupang’s Platform. You will be part of a Global team working from different locations but still works as a central connected unit. Within Product & Service Definition the role helps create design options for features being enabled by scenarios. For Product & Service Design this role mediates Scenario-relation features and applies design tradeoffs aligning to business requirements. This can also include defining business & technical requirements, so business acumen blended with strong technical understanding of technologies is a must. In Customer Lifecycle this role collaborates with stakeholders and educates on adoption by explaining scenarios effectively. In Engineering Lifecycle this role defines the design iteration process for the team and organization. In Product & Service Ownership this role has a sense of pride and ownership in end-to-end quality and product stewardship. This role will possess a strong blend of technical, business, and project management experience that enables effective management of tangible solutions. 

As a Technical Program Manager, you will work closely with members of multiple business & Engineering teams to help define, streamline, design and analysis data to build business requirements and then work with engineering teams to articulate requirements, further perform functional & technical data & system analysis, drive engineering to implementation via all phases of Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

What You Will Do

• Strong functional & technical analytical & design capability to understand Common & shared platforms, web, & services API with underlying data
• Dive deep to come up with new Platform scenarios that helps solving systems bigger problems by simplifying our services & cloud platform and help increase productivity & efficiency or every Engineer & system in the company
• Strong blend of technical, business, and program management experience that enables seamless communication across teams, project execution and great customer reach
• Own, manage and deliver multiple large scale, complex programs across organizations with ease of simplicity, taking teams along to the path of success
• Own and Manage implementation E2E from Project charter, roadmap, plan, design, build, execute, deliver and monitor performance & adoption
• Creates, evolves, and communicates specifications for feature areas that enable cohesive, compatible, iterable scenarios that span multiple feature teams and enable a durable multi-year vision
• Should be able to come up with scenarios and business requirements by analyzing data and business needs
• Identify, Propose and Implement ongoing data strategy and drive data quality improvements 
• Establishes, enables and improves systems to manage product feedback from customers to resolve issues
• Reviews and contributes to ecosystem design

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related fields or equivalent work experience
• 8 years of related work experience
• Solid Platform, Web services, API technologies experience
• Excellent cross-group collaboration and communication skills 
• Strong problem-solving skills, analytical capabilities, and attention to detail 
• Strong cultural change management experience 

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated virtual team leadership capabilities
• Knowledge or experience of agile development methodologies (i.e. Scrum)
• Minimum of 12 Years of Engineering Program Management experience in managing feature teams and designing large-scale or complex technical initiatives on shared Platform for Web & Web services, API, Data analytics
• Minimum of 5 Years in Platform, Web design, API that are used by internal & external teams
• Flexible, agile and fast learner
• Change management experience

Recruitment Process and Others

Recruitment Process

1. Application Review - Phone Interview - Onsite (or Virtual Onsite) Interview – Offer 
2. The exact nature of the recruitment process may vary according to the specific job and may be changed due to scheduling or other circumstances. 
3. Interview schedules and the results will be informed to the applicant via the e-mail address submitted at the application stage. 

Things to Consider

1. This job posting may be closed prior to the stated end date for application if all openings are filled.    
2. Coupang has the right to rescind an offer of employment if a candidate is found to have submitted false information as part of the application process.    
3. Coupang does not discriminate against disabled applicants or those with veteran status. We are proud to offer equal opportunities for all applicants. 

Privacy Notice

1. Your personal information will be collected and managed by Coupang as stated in the Application Privacy Notice located HERE. 

Document Return Policy

1. This notification is given pursuant to Article 11 (6) of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act.  
2. A job applicant, who has applied but not been finally selected for a position at Coupang (the “Company”), may request the Company to return his/her hiring documents submitted pursuant to the Fair Hiring Procedure Act.  However, this will not apply where the hiring documents were submitted via the website of the Company or e-mail, or where the job applicant submitted those documents voluntarily without a request from the Company.  In addition, if the hiring documents were destroyed due to a natural disaster or any other reasons not attributable to the Company, such documents will be deemed to have been returned to the job applicant. 
3. A job applicant who wishes to request the return of his/her hiring documents pursuant to the main sentence of paragraph 2 above should fill out a “Request for Return of Hiring Documents” [Annex Form No. 3 in the Enforcement Rule of the Fair Hiring Procedure Act] and submit the request to the Company by email (recruitingops@coupang.com) In such case, within fourteen (14) days from the date of identifying the receipt of the request, the Company will send the hiring documents to the job applicant’s designated address via registered mail.  Please be informed that the job applicant is required to pay the postage on the registered mail. 
4. In preparation for a job applicant’s request for the return of hiring documents pursuant to the main sentence of paragraph 2 above, the Company shall retain the original hiring documents submitted by the job applicant for 180 days from the completion of the recruiting process.  If no request is made until the end of this period, all of his/her hiring documents will be destroyed immediately in accordance with the Personal Information Protection Act. 

Equal Opportunities for All

Coupang is an equal opportunity employer. Our unprecedented success could not be possible without the valuable inputs of our globally diverse team.