Technical Program Manager, Taylor

Technical Program ManagerWe're hiring a Technical Program Manager to help scale Taylor, our flagship product, as we launch with new customers. You'll drive execution across product engineering and FDE teams: improving reliability and scalability, managing customer launch plans, and ensuring we deliver on commitments. This is a hands-on role for someone who can operate comfortably in technical conversations and bring structure to fast-moving work.What You'll OwnPlans for key Taylor initiatives: scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, and statusReliability, performance, and scalability work tied to customer launch timelinesIntake, triage, and ownership for customer requests and field fixes across FDE and product engineeringFeature planning, release readiness, and launch checklistsAlignment between customer commitments and engineering deliveryRepeatable customer onboarding and go-live playbooksWhat You BringExperience running complex technical programs across multiple engineering teamsTechnical depth in production systems, such as APIs, distributed systems, or data pipelinesStrong judgment around prioritization, risks, and tradeoffsAbility to align teams with competing priorities without formal authorityComfort moving quickly and making decisions with incomplete informationNice to HaveReliability, performance, or scalability program experienceEnterprise implementation or customer launch experienceExperience with AI agent products or regulated industriesClear, concise written communicationAt Salient, we're building at the edge of AI - fast, focused, and with real ownership.

Sprints and major launches move quickly, and we look for people who are energized by that pace. Our team typically works around 60 hours per week, beginning at 8:00 AM, with four days spent collaborating in person at our San Francisco office.We also offer a benefits package designed to support our full-time employees: medical, dental, and vision coverage, a generous 401(k), and catered lunches.By applying, you acknowledge that your personal information will be processed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.