Engineering, Business Management/COO, Principal

The role

This Principal will drive operational excellence and portfolio visibility for the Engineering Business Management team. The role operates at the intersection of engineering, finance, and strategy to optimize investments and resources.

What you will do

• Own the Engineering Book of Work and oversee the engineering portfolio management process.
• Drive annual planning, quarterly prioritization, and capacity planning processes.
• Partner with leaders to align engineering investments and resource allocation with firm strategic objectives.
• Maintain visibility into strategic initiatives, delivery commitments, dependencies, risks, and capacity.
• Build executive reporting, dashboards, and portfolio analytics.
• Lead execution of high-priority cross-functional initiatives.
• Establish delivery plans, milestones, governance structures, and success measures.
• Establish and run the Engineering operating cadence including leadership reviews and planning cycles.
• Partner with Finance on annual budget planning, forecasting, and variance management.
• Support organizational design and workforce planning activities.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Economics, or a related discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in technology business operations, program management, engineering operations, PMO leadership, consulting, strategy, finance, or related disciplines.
• Experience supporting senior technology executives and leadership teams.
• Strong portfolio, program, and operational management capabilities.
• Experience leading large-scale cross-functional initiatives.
• Exceptional executive communication, storytelling, and presentation skills.
• Strong analytical, financial, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence across organizations without direct authority.
• Experience partnering with Engineering, Product, Operations, and business stakeholders.
• Proven ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.
• Experience driving planning, governance, budgeting, and portfolio management processes in a technology organization.

Nice to have

• MBA, Master's degree, or equivalent advanced business, technical, or operational experience.
• Experience supporting a CIO, CTO, Engineering COO, Head of Engineering, or comparable technology executive.
• Experience establishing portfolio management, planning, governance, and operational reporting frameworks within a technology organization.
• Certifications in Program Management, Agile Delivery, Portfolio Management, or related disciplines

About the company

TPG is a leading global alternative asset management firm founded in San Francisco in 1992. The firm invests across diverse strategies including private equity, impact, credit, real estate, and market solutions.