Sr. Program Manager, Engineering (Hybrid)

As a global leader in cybersecurity, CrowdStrike protects the people, processes and technologies that drive modern organizations. Since 2011, our mission hasn't changed. We're here to stop breaches, and we've redefined modern security with the world's most advanced AI-native platform. We work on large scale distributed systems, processing almost 3 trillion events per day and this traffic is growing daily.

About the Role:

As a Senior Program Manager in our Technology Excellence & Resilience (TER) organization, the team that ensures CrowdStrike's availability, reliability, and resilience through best-in-class infrastructure and engineering practices, you will own and drive complex, cross-functional engineering programs spanning multiple teams and organizations. You'll mobilize stakeholders across organizational boundaries, manage dependencies and competing priorities, and partner closely with engineering managers, technical leads, and cross-functional teams globally to surface critical issues early and drive programs to resolution. This role pairs hands-on program leadership with building AI-powered solutions that automate routine work, surface insights, and enhance decision-making.

PLEASE NOTE: This role is hybrid, requiring 2-3 days per week on-site at one of the posted locations.

What You'll Do

Program Management (70%)

• Own complex, cross-functional programs end-to-end, operating independently from concept through measurable delivery.
• Drive roadmap alignment across TER and partner engineering organizations, aligning leadership on sequencing, dependencies, and commitments.
• Lead TER's quarterly and annual strategic planning, owning the process, documentation, and how the org prioritizes and staffs work.
• Act as the neutral party across engineering and leadership teams, navigating roadmap conflicts and competing senior-leader priorities to build consensus.
• Partner with engineering leaders at every level, from unblocking technical issues to delivering synthesized executive updates on program health, risks, and decisions needed.
• Anticipate cross-team dependencies and risks before they become blockers, and drive mitigation with clear accountability.
• Reduce friction in how TER plans and delivers, build a culture of accountability across distributed teams, and mentor junior program managers.

AI Tooling (30%)

• Build AI-powered workflows, dashboards, and automated reporting that improve portfolio visibility and cut manual overhead.
• Deploy AI agents and integrations across Jira, GitLab, monitoring, and infrastructure systems that automatically surface program health, risks, and dependencies.
• Automate routine program management work to free capacity for strategic planning and cross-org leadership.
• Drive AI adoption across TER through reusable agents, prompts, and workflows that scale organizational efficiency.
• Set the standard for AI use in program management, establishing repeatable patterns others can build on across CrowdStrike engineering.

What You'll Need

• US Citizen or Green Card holder status
• 12+ years driving complex, cross-functional engineering programs in fast-moving, high-scale environments, with a portfolio of outcomes you can point to.
• Executive-level influence. You've earned trust with VPs and senior engineering leaders, brokered alignment when their priorities collided, and been the person leadership turns to for the real status.
• Comfort as the most senior program voice in the room. You operate with full autonomy in ambiguity.
• Ownership of org-level strategic planning, including quarterly and annual planning end-to-end for an engineering organization, roadmap ownership, sequencing tradeoffs, and executive reporting.
• A track record of changing how organizations work, not just how programs run.
• Signal-over-noise communication. You compress complexity into the two things leadership needs to decide.
• Technical credibility across infrastructure, cloud, reliability, developer tooling, or operational excellence, including platform tooling (Go, Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, GitLab CI/CD). Expert-level Jira and Agile/Scrum command is required.
• Genuine AI fluency. Agentic tools like Claude Code and GitHub Copilot are part of your daily workflow, you build your own automation in Python or Go, and you have mentored program managers.
• Proven experience utilizing AI technologies to enhance decision-making, streamline workflows and processes, improve efficiency and drive business outcomes.

Bonus Points

• Experience at a hyperscaler or high-growth technology company.
• Background in incident management, business continuity, or operational readiness at scale.
• Experience driving org-wide AI tooling adoption.
• Exposure to regulated or government cloud environments.
• Cybersecurity or security-adjacent engineering background.

Benefits of Working at CrowdStrike:

• Market leader in compensation and equity awards
• Comprehensive physical and mental wellness programs
• Competitive vacation and holidays for recharge
• Paid parental and adoption leaves
• Professional development opportunities for all employees regardless of level or role
• Employee Networks, geographic neighborhood groups, and volunteer opportunities to build connections
• Vibrant office culture with world class amenities
• Great Place to Work Certified across the globe

Compensation:

The base salary range for this position for all U.S. candidates is $140,000 - $215,000 per year, with eligibility for bonuses, equity grants and a comprehensive benefits package that includes health insurance, 401k and paid time off. Placement within the pay range depends on factors including relevant work experience, skills, certifications, job level, supervisory status, and location.