Senior Technical Program Manager, Security & Infrastructure

Collectors is the leading creator of innovative technology that provides value-added services for collectors worldwide. We grade, authenticate, vault, and sell millions of record-setting collectibles, all while modernizing and digitalizing the process to further our mission of helping collectors pursue their passions. We’re always on the lookout for talented people to join our growing team.

Our services span collectible coins, trading cards, Funko Pops!, video games, event tickets, autographs, and memorabilia. Our subsidiaries include PSA, PCGS, SGC, and Card Ladder.

Since our founding in 1986, we have graded and authenticated millions of items. We employ more than 1,900 people across our headquarters in Santa Ana and offices in Jersey City, Tokyo, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Toronto, Guadalajara, Dallas, and Paris.

Product and Design: Our Product and Design teams are helping to create a seamless user experience across various platforms to provide the most trusted services and delightful experiences for grading, protecting, managing, buying, selling, and sharing collectibles. Our grading operation processes millions of collectibles a year and serves as a research hub for collectors across collectible categories. By leading the standards in the collectibles industry, we have earned customer trust that we can leverage across our expanding product offerings such as Vault.

Team Overview:

We are building world class, cutting edge experiences for collectors of all levels of experience. We want to help all collectors pursue their passion—from identifying cards to building a collection to verifying a cert and knowing how much it's worth, and so much more—we have so many exciting things to deliver. 

We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager with proven experience  leading  initiatives in partnership with a cybersecurity team. We value people who can quickly obtain a deep understanding of new domains, and who can be scrappy and innovative in approaching program planning, milestone setting, and driving toward optimal outcomes. You’ll drive strategic, complex projects from inception to delivery, ensuring our teams are well positioned to track against their milestones and budgets all while keeping security a top priority. You’ll partner with engineering, design, and product counterparts to bring transparency and excitement to deliverables, and be an integral part of promoting collaboration while bringing a security-first mindset to the entire organization. 

You’ll work from our Santa Ana or Jersey City office. Remote or hybrid candidates will also be considered. We believe that there is significant value in in-person collaboration. If you live within a 1 hour commuting distance to one of our offices, you will be required to be onsite most of the time. This will be discussed further as part of the recruiting process. 

What You’ll Do:

• Collaboratively partner with other teams (Engineering, Design, Product, Business stakeholders, etc.)  in the product development lifecycle to shape and prioritize product plans that solve customer problems in ways that deliver on company goals while maintaining the highest possible security standards.

• Focus on mission critical, high priority security initiatives with a focus on business and technology objectives

• Provide best-in-class communications about program status including milestones and deliverables, security posture and cross functional accomplishments.

• Design and share processes and documents that provide maximum autonomy for delivery teams while maintaining a level of standardization that allows the company to scale.

• Combine superior communication skills with the analytical horsepower to break down complex, ambiguous problems and possess a strong will to be resourceful and get stuff done

• Contribute to the strategic roadmap prioritization processes with key stakeholders and contribute towards success management with multiple stakeholders

• Support our developer operations environment so we can continue to create new businesses and migrate existing ones, scaling our businesses across the globe to new heights

• Understand your stakeholders and advocate for them

Who You Are:

• 3+ years of product management and/or technical program management experience in a modern product or engineering organization operating in an agile environment.

• Experience working with or in a cybersecurity team or organization within the software development industry

• Comfortable leading Agile/Scrum methodologies as well as working with and configuring Jira or other work management softwares

• A team player who is excited to drive complex projects forward from ambiguity to execution 

• Focused on delivering value for customers 

• Desire to rally teams around shared goals and increase efficiency

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. 
 

Salary Range: The salary range for this position is $108,042 -  $171,462. Actual compensation on this range varies based on a variety of non-discriminatory factors, including location, job level, prior experience, and skill set.

Reasons To Join Us: 

• Health Insurance: All employees are eligible to enroll in Medical, Dental, and Vision 

• 401(K) Matching Plan: We are proud to offer a competitive 401k matching plan to our employees to support their future financial goals 

• Vacation: We offer a flexible vacation policy for our employees 

• Holiday Pay: All employees are eligible for nine company paid holidays 

• Employee Discounts: Employees receive discounts on select grading services for approved submissions 

• Flexible Hours: Many of our teams offer flexible schedules with varying shifts and will work with you to accommodate your needs 

• Fun Working Environment: Our team members are invited to participate in celebrations, holiday events, and team building activities

• Additional Benefits: Full-time employees are eligible for fertility, commuter, and educational assistance benefits.

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