
Senior Technical Program Manager, Strategic Escalations at Glean
Mountain View, CAFull-timeProductPosted 15 days ago
About the Role
<div class="content-intro"><div><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 12pt;"><strong>About Glean:</strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. What began as the industry’s most advanced enterprise search has evolved into a full-scale Work AI ecosystem, powering intelligent Search, an AI Assistant, and scalable AI agents on one secure, open platform. With over 100 enterprise SaaS connectors, flexible LLM choice, and robust APIs, Glean gives organizations the infrastructure to govern, scale, and customize AI across their entire business - without vendor lock-in or costly implementation cycles.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">At its core, Glean is redefining how enterprises find, use, and act on knowledge. Its Enterprise Graph and Personal Knowledge Graph map the relationships between people, content, and activity, delivering deeply personalized, context-aware responses for every employee. This foundation powers Glean’s agentic capabilities - AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing the industry’s broadest range of data: enterprise and world, structured and unstructured, historical and real-time. The result: measurable business impact through faster onboarding, hours of productivity gained each week, and smarter, safer decisions at every level.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Recognized by Fast Company as one of the World’s Most Innovative Companies (Top 10, 2025), by CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Bloomberg’s AI Startups to Watch (2026), Forbes AI 50, and Gartner’s Tech Innovators in Agentic AI, Glean continues to accelerate its global impact. With customers across 50+ industries and 1,000+ employees in more than 25 countries, we’re helping the world’s largest organizations make every employee AI-fluent, and turning the superintelligent enterprise from concept into reality.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">If you’re excited to shape how the world works, you’ll help build systems used daily across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, ServiceNow, Zendesk, GitHub, and many more - deeply embedded where people get things done. You’ll ship agentic capabilities on an open, extensible stack, with the craft and care required for enterprise trust, as we bring Work AI to every employee, in every company.</span></div></div><div> </div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About the Role:</strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">We’re looking for a Technical Program Manager to lead strategic customer escalations that require deep cross-functional coordination, crisp executive communication, and strong technical judgment. In this role, you will serve as the central driver for high-priority customer issues, partnering across Engineering, Product, Support, Customer Success, and go-to-market teams to ensure rapid, high-quality resolution and durable follow-through.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This is a highly visible role that sits at the intersection of customer experience, technical execution, and operational rigor. You will help create structure in moments of ambiguity, drive accountability across teams, and turn escalations into opportunities to improve products, processes, and customer trust.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>You will:</strong></span>
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<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Own end-to-end management of strategic customer escalations, ensuring timely resolution, clear communication, and strong alignment across internal stakeholders.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Drive cross-functional incident and escalation workflows involving Engineering, Product, Support, Customer Success, and leadership teams.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Establish clear plans of action for escalations, including timelines, owners, risks, dependencies, and communication cadences.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Act as the primary program lead for high-severity or high-visibility customer issues, maintaining momentum and driving decisions through ambiguity.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Communicate status, risks, mitigation plans, and resolution progress to internal leaders and customer-facing teams with clarity and precision.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Partner with technical teams to understand root causes, assess tradeoffs, and unblock execution paths toward resolution.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Identify recurring themes and systemic issues across escalations, and drive long-term corrective actions with cross-functional partners.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Improve escalation management processes, operating rhythms, reporting, and tooling to increase responsiveness and reduce customer impact.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Develop executive-ready summaries and post-incident materials that capture business impact, technical context, and follow-up actions.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Build trusted relationships across internal teams and help reinforce a culture of urgency, accountability, and customer obsession.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About you:</strong></span>
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<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">7+ years of experience in technical program management, technical account management, support engineering, solutions engineering, or a related cross-functional technical role.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Proven experience managing complex customer escalations, critical incidents, or high-priority technical programs in a B2B SaaS environment.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong technical fluency and the ability to engage effectively with Engineering teams on product behavior, integrations, APIs, infrastructure, and issue triage.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Excellent program management skills, including experience driving cross-functional execution, managing stakeholders, and operating effectively under pressure.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience preparing executive-facing updates and customer-sensitive communications.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify patterns, structure ambiguous problems, and drive durable outcomes.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Demonstrated ability to influence without authority and align teams with competing priorities around urgent customer needs.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Customer-obsessed mindset with sound judgment, composure, and a bias for action.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Experience building or improving escalation programs, incident management processes, or operational reporting is a plus.</span></li>
<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Familiarity with enterprise software environments, customer-facing operations, and technical issue resolution workflows is preferred.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>Location:</strong></span>
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<li style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">This role is hybrid (4 days a week in our Mountain View office)</span></li>
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<div><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Compensation & Benefits:</strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The standard base salary range for this position is $198,000 - $235,500 annually. Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location, level, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation, equity, and benefits.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We offer a comprehensive benefits package including competitive compensation, Medical, Vision, and Dental coverage, generous time-off policy, and the opportunity to contribute to your 401k plan to support your long-term goals. When you join, you'll receive a home office improvement stipend, as well as an annual education and wellness stipends to support your growth and wellbeing. We foster a vibrant company culture through regular events, and provide healthy lunches daily to keep you fueled and focused.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organization. We're committed to an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>AI-First Mindset at Glean:</strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">At Glean, AI fluency is core to how we work and we're committed to ensuring every new hire feels confident integrating AI into their everyday work. <strong>As part of the interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about, design, and use AI to drive impact in your role. </strong>Feel free to reference any tools, platforms, or workflows you use today — prior Glean experience isn't required.</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><strong>Global Data Privacy Notice for Job Candidates and Applicants:</strong></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Depending on your location, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), or other privacy laws may regulate the way we manage the data of job applicants. Our full notice outlining how data will be processed as part of the application procedure for applicable locations is available in our <a href="https://www.glean.com/privacy"><strong>Privacy Policy</strong></a>. By submitting your application, you are agreeing to our use and processing of your data as required. US applicants and their applications are subject to arbitration of disputes as outlined in our <a href="https://www.glean.com/arbitrationagreement"><strong>Applicant Arbitration Agreement</strong></a>.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br>By clicking “Submit Application,” I confirm that I have read the Global Data Privacy Notice and the <a href="https://www.glean.com/arbitrationagreement"><strong>Applicant Arbitration Agreement</strong></a>, and I agree to the terms. </span></div></div>
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