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Senior Technical Program Manager, Cost & Efficiency
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Job Title: Senior Technical Program Manager, Cost & Efficiency
Company: Discord
Location: San Francisco, CA
Posted: 20 hours ago
Salary: $168K/yr - $185K/yr + equity + benefits
Job Type: Full-time
About Discord:
Discord is a platform used by over 200 million people every month, primarily for gaming. It allows people to communicate and share experiences before, during, and after playing games. Discord plays a crucial role in the future of gaming and strives to enhance how people connect through shared interests.
Role Overview:
Discord is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Cost & Efficiency to drive cost-saving initiatives and ensure sustainable growth. This role involves collaborating with engineering, product, and data teams to optimize infrastructure costs, manage vendor relationships, and develop a scalable cost attribution platform. The TPM will help ensure Discord remains efficient as it scales while providing actionable insights on financial impacts.
Responsibilities:
Optimize Infrastructure Costs:
- Work with infrastructure, data, and ML teams to implement strategies for reducing infrastructure expenses.
Reduce Data Query Costs:
- Partner with data science and engineering teams to optimize query and analysis costs.
Analyze Cost-to-Serve:
- Collaborate with engineering and product teams to evaluate the cost-to-serve key features and provide actionable insights.
Scalable Cost Attribution Platform:
- Design and build a platform for cost metadata to enable cost observability and alerting.
Run Capacity Management Programs:
- Manage capacity planning initiatives with cloud vendors to ensure efficiency and cost alignment.
Support Product Teams:
- Serve as a consultant for product teams, helping them understand the cost implications of new features.
Vendor Management:
- Manage infrastructure vendor relationships, oversee contracts, and handle negotiations.
What You Bring:
Required:
- Strong data analysis skills, including proficiency with building dashboards and visualizations.
- Proven experience developing and managing cost-focused programs in mid-scale or larger companies.
- Ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and data teams.
- Strategic thinking to provide practical solutions to complex cost structures.
- Vendor management skills, particularly with cloud vendors like AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Proactive problem-solving skills with the ability to drive efficiency improvements.
Nice-to-Have:
- Experience with cost management tools in large-scale infrastructure environments.
- Familiarity with Discord or other large-scale platforms.
Why You'll Love Working Here:
- Lead impactful projects that directly shape Discord’s scalability and efficiency.
- Collaborate with talented teams passionate about innovation and sustainability.
- Enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and a flexible work environment.
Compensation:
The US base salary range for this full-time position is $196,000 to $220,000 plus equity and benefits.
Apply Now: If you’re excited about driving cost efficiencies and playing a key role in Discord’s sustainable growth, apply now to join our team!
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