Sr. Technical Program Manager / Scrum Master

About Us

David Yurman is a celebrated American jewelry company founded in New York by David Yurman, a sculptor, and his wife, Sybil, a painter and ceramicist. When the artists began collaborating, their goal was simply to make beautiful objects to wear. Led today by their son Evan, David Yurman creates timeless, yet contemporary collections for women and men defined by inspiration, innovation, consummate craftsmanship and cable – the brand’s artistic signature. David Yurman collections are available at retail stores throughout the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and France and at locations worldwide, through their exclusive authorized fine jewelry and timepiece network of retailers.

Our Values

At David Yurman, creativity, innovation and impeccable craftsmanship are at the core of everything we do. Fueled by the energy of our hometown, New York City, artistic passion informs each and every jewelry design. The Yurman family’s guiding vision continually defines and redefines what it means to be the preeminent American luxury jewelry brand. We are committed to responsible business and social practices and to the protection and advancement of human rights. We believe in partnering with others who share these values and understand their importance.

Job Description

Overview

David Yurman is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) to drive execution, alignment, and delivery across the Data Management & Analytics organization. This role operates at the intersection of business and technology, owning the operational rigor of agile processes while ensuring business needs are translated into clear, actionable data solutions.

The Senior TPM will act as a Scrum Master for data teams and a connector across business stakeholders and data sub teams including Data Engineering, Data Science, and Operational Reporting. This individual will bring structure to how work is defined, prioritized, and delivered, ensuring speed, clarity, and accountability across a complex and evolving data environment.

This role requires someone who can engage meaningfully with engineers, challenge assumptions, and understand tradeoffs, while not being responsible for hands-on development. The ideal candidate knows when to push, when to escalate, and how to unblock teams by navigating the right technical and organizational paths.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary interface between business stakeholders and data teams
• Gather and translate business needs into clear, structured user stories with acceptance criteria
• Ensure alignment on business outcomes, success metrics, and priorities
• Partner with technical leads to ensure work is appropriately scoped, prioritized, and sequenced
• Serve as Scrum Master across data workstreams, leading sprint ceremonies including planning, grooming, standups, and retrospectives
• Establish and enforce best practices for backlog management, story writing, estimation, and sprint planning
• Track progress against sprint goals and proactively manage risks, blockers, and dependencies
• Facilitate working sessions and UAT support to ensure delivered solutions meet expectations
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of data initiatives from intake through deployment and validation
• Manage cross-functional dependencies across systems such as Snowflake, Sigma, Oracle EBS, PLM, Middleware, etc.
• Maintain clear program-level visibility through status reporting, dashboards, and stakeholder updates
• Drive alignment across multiple concurrent initiatives, balancing strategic priorities and ad hoc requests
• Optimize use of tools such as Jira for backlog management, sprint tracking, and reporting
• Maintain structure around intake, prioritization, and governance of requests
• Continuously improve team efficiency, communication, and delivery predictability
• Establish and lead incident management processes, including defining SLAs, severity levels, and response protocols to ensure timely triage and resolution of data issues
• Drive clear stakeholder communication during incidents and lead postmortems to identify root cause, implement corrective actions, and improve overall data reliability and monitoring

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Scrum Master, or Project Management roles within data or technology organizations
• Strong understanding of data ecosystems including data engineering, analytics, BI/reporting, and data science workflows
• Proven experience running agile delivery at scale, including backlog grooming, sprint planning, and estimation practices
• Strong ability to translate business requirements into technical deliverables
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders
• Strong communication skills required for stakeholder as well as technical communication
• Experience in retail, eCommerce, or luxury goods is a plus
• Working understanding of cloud environment (AWS, GCP) and cloud databases (Snowflake, Databricks, PostgreSQL) is a nice to have

What Success Looks Like

• Visibility into data teams’ work for stakeholders and Tech leadership alike 
• Data team operates with clear, consistent agile processes and well-defined backlogs
• Business stakeholders have confidence in delivery timelines and outputs
• Requirements are clearly defined upfront, reducing rework and ambiguity
• Cross-team dependencies are proactively managed
• The data organization delivers with speed, predictability, and transparency

Location: New York, NY (Tribeca)

Work Model: Hybrid (3 Days in Office / 2 Days Remote)

Estimated Base Salary: $150,000-165,000

Base pay is one component of David Yurman’s total compensation package, which may also include the following for eligible employees: access to healthcare benefits, 401(k) plan, bonus, employee discounts, Summer Fridays (corporate roles), generous paid time off, sick time, and more.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at David Yurman

As a company founded by artists, David Yurman champions self-expression in everything we do. We are committed to fostering a culture of openness and creative collaboration within our entire community, and we cherish the diversity of our employees’ backgrounds and perspectives. We will always advocate for equity and inclusion for all.

David Yurman is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to an individual’s age, race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender).