Technical Program Management

About Chalk

Chalk is building the data platform that powers the future of machine learning applications. We tear down complexity, latency, and scale barriers that have traditionally constrained ML capabilities. Our platform combines Rust-speed performance with elegant tools that developers love to use. Leading companies depend on Chalk for everything from stopping fraudulent credit card swipes, verifying identities, and maximizing clean energy capture. We've recently raised a $50 million Series A, led by Felicis.

About the role

We are hiring our first Technical Program Manager to drive execution across Chalk's most important initiatives. Chalk's surface area is growing quickly: the Chalk Context Engine serves features to models and agents in single-digit milliseconds, and Chalk Compute runs models and agents securely inside our customers' own clouds. Every launch spans engineering, product, docs, and go-to-market, and we need someone who keeps all of it moving.

You'll work directly with our founders, VP of Product, and engineering leads to build and run our program management systems, processes, and culture. We want to move fast, and any process that slows us down should be there because it leads to better decisions and products.

We're in the office 5 days a week. When unavoidable conflicts come up, we're flexible. This is not a hybrid role.

What you will do

• Drive Chalk's largest cross-functional programs end to end, including critical product launches, with complete independence

• Build the program management systems, processes, and culture that change how teams think, decide, collaborate, measure progress, and deliver

• Elevate the execution capability of the engineering teams around you

• Own timelines, dependencies, and risks for major platform initiatives — surface tradeoffs early and drive them to decisions

• Run launch readiness for new products and capabilities, coordinating engineering delivery with docs, marketing, and customer-facing teams

• Give founders and engineering leads clear visibility into program health, blockers, and outcomes

• Influence and, where necessary, push back on leads and execs: force sequencing tradeoffs, tell us when we're not ready to ship, and help us focus by saying no to more things

• Participate actively in product and engineering design, identifying risks and opportunities in technical strategy, architecture, and how we structure the engineering org