Staff Technical Program Manager

About the role

Grafana Labs is a remote-first, open-source powerhouse. There are more than 20M users of Grafana, the open source visualization tool, around the globe, monitoring everything from beehives to climate change in the Alps. The instantly recognizable dashboards have been spotted everywhere from a NASA launch and Minecraft HQ to Wimbledon and the Tour de France. Grafana Labs also helps more than 3,000 companies -- including Bloomberg, JPMorgan Chase, and eBay -- manage their observability strategies with the Grafana LGTM Stack, which can be run fully managed with Grafana Cloud or self-managed with the Grafana Enterprise Stack, both featuring scalable metrics (Grafana Mimir), logs (Grafana Loki), and traces (Grafana Tempo).

We’re scaling fast and staying true to what makes us different: an open-source legacy, a global collaborative culture, and a passion for meaningful work. Our team thrives in an innovation-driven environment where transparency, autonomy, and trust fuel everything we do.

You may not meet every requirement, and that’s okay. If this role excites you, we’d love you to raise your hand for what could be a truly career-defining opportunity.

This is a fully remote position and we're considering candidates in Germany only.

The opportunity

We are seeking an exceptional Staff Technical Program Manager to join the Grafana Labs R&D team. This senior-level individual will lead and orchestrate the delivery of complex, multi-year initiatives that span dozens of engineering teams across our entire engineering organization. You will serve as the strategic leader for cross-cutting programs that shape the future of Grafana ecosystem.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Provide cross-organizational leadership, effectively translating strategic objectives into actionable programs with clear timelines and measurable outcomes by collaborating with Engineering, Product, Go-to-Market and external partner teams
Lead end-to-end technical programs and large-scale initiatives from inception to delivery across Grafana’s platform and open-source ecosystem
Serve as the core spokesperson for large-scale programs and communicate with all levels of the company and organization
Document and regularly publish plans, progress reports, and retrospective analyses for the initiatives
Identify and mitigate risks and interdependencies across complex, multi-team initiatives to ensure programs maintain forward momentum toward agreed outcomes
Facilitate continuous improvement in collaboration with Engineering and Product Management leaders

What makes you a great fit:

6+ years of experience as a program manager, or an engineering leader with deeply developed program management skills
Proven track records of successfully delivering complex, multi-year technica

Skills & Tags

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Aplyr's read

Grafana Labs is a leader in open-source analytics, attracting remote tech talent focused on data visualization and real-time monitoring solutions.
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What's promising

•Strong focus on open-source projects fosters innovation and community engagement.
•Remote work flexibility attracts a diverse, global talent pool.
•Rapid growth in AI and automation roles indicates forward-thinking strategy.

What to watch

•Highly competitive market with numerous analytics and monitoring tools.
•Dependency on open-source contributions can pose sustainability challenges.
•Remote work culture may lead to communication and collaboration hurdles.

Why Grafana Labs

•Grafana's open-source model allows for extensive customization and integration.
•The platform supports a wide range of data sources, enhancing versatility.
•Strong emphasis on real-time data visualization sets it apart from competitors.

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