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title: 'Senior Technical Program Manager at Afero'
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# Senior Technical Program Manager at Afero

- **Company:** Afero
- **Location:** Los Altos, CA
- **Compensation:** $185k–$220k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-05-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/afero/22696091-4683-4389-aa6f-13b7a5a29fb3

## Job description

The Afero next-generation IoT PaaS accelerates time to market, provides hardened security from device to cloud and from factory to customers, simplifies onboarding to help maximize customer connections, and uses data ontology to streamline machine learning. The platform is supported by elastic, multi-cloud services that deliver reliability and responsiveness, and a new software engineering model that unifies embedded, mobile, and cloud development. Afero has assembled world-class mobile, hardware, security, and cloud veterans from Google, Apple, Nest, Danger, Microsoft, Amazon, Twitter, and Netflix. To learn more about Afero, please visit www.afero.io. Job Summary: We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Technical Program Manager to join our team at Afero. As a Senior Technical Program Manager, you will play a pivotal role in managing and overseeing the successful delivery of complex technical projects. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering, product management, and operations, to drive the execution of our IoT platform initiatives. Your exceptional leadership, organizational, and communication skills will be instrumental in ensuring project milestones are met while maintaining the highest level of quality and customer satisfaction.

## Responsibilities

- Lead program execution across diverse engineering teams (Firmware, Mobile, Cloud, and QA) to ensure seamless integration of hardware and software.
- Work closely with product management to define project scope, goals, and deliverables, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Develop and maintain project plans, including tasks, timelines, resource allocation, and dependencies, using appropriate project management methodologies and tools.
- Drive cross-functional collaboration and communication, fostering strong relationships with engineering, product management, operations, and other stakeholders.
- Identify and mitigate risks and issues throughout the project lifecycle, employing proactive strategies to address potential obstacles and maintain project momentum.
- Monitor and track project progress, providing regular status updates and reports to stakeholders and senior management.
- Facilitate effective decision-making and conflict resolution, working collaboratively with stakeholders to drive consensus and achieve project objectives.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives, identifying opportunities to enhance project management processes, tools, and methodologies.
- Coordinate with Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs) and component suppliers to ensure technical requirements and quality standards are met.

## Qualifications

- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a relevant technical discipline.
- Proven experience as a Technical Program Manager or similar role, preferably in the IoT domain.
- Strong background in software development or engineering, with a solid understanding of IoT technologies, platforms, and architectures.
- Demonstrated experience managing complex, large-scale projects with multiple cross-functional teams.
- Proficient in project management methodologies, tools, and techniques, such as Agile or Scrum.
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and motivate cross-functional teams.
- Exceptional communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities, with a proactive and results-oriented mindset.
- This role is a hybrid position; candidates must be able to come into the Los Altos, CA office at least three days per week.
- Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

Afero is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran or disability status.

## About Afero

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Afero provides a secure, end-to-end IoT platform (PaaS) that enables manufacturers to build, deploy, and manage smart connected devices with enterprise-grade security and ease of use.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, $100M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: Los Altos, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2014
- **Founders**: Joe Britt (CEO & Co-Founder), Shin Matsumura (Co-Founder & Board Member)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Internet of Things (IoT) platform, technology, information and internet
- **Target customers**: B2B – manufacturers and brands across consumer, industrial, and enterprise segments (e.g., Defiant, Hampton Bay, EcoSmart)
- **Mission statement**: "Make all the world's connected devices smart and secure."

## Products & Services
- **[Afero IoT Platform](https://www.afero.io/)**: A PaaS that covers the full stack from sensor to cloud – connectivity (Wi-Fi, BLE, voice), hardware root-of-trust security, fleet management, data analytics, and mobile app integration. Enables rapid prototyping, code reuse (~90% across projects), and reduces go-to-market time by up to 80%.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding $100M (Series C: $50M led by Crosspoint Capital Partners in Dec 2021); Annual Revenue ~$1.4M (2024 estimate)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center (Series A lead), Mistletoe (Series B lead), Crosspoint Capital Partners (Series C lead)
- **Growth Signals**: Powers millions of devices across 200+ product categories and 50+ manufacturers; holds 130+ patents (one of the largest IoT patent portfolios); named “IoT Security Platform of the Year” (2024); first IoT platform to sign CISA’s Secure by Design Pledge; appointed to UN Security Standards Working Party Chair (2025)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Security-first architecture**: Hardware root of trust, VPN-like tunneling without pairing, supply-chain security, and compliance with CISA standards.
- **Ease of use & rapid onboarding**: Automatic failover, secure Wi-Fi sharing over BLE, intuitive mobile app experience, and 99% fewer escalations reported by customers.
- **Scalability & reusability**: Designed for billions of devices and yottabytes of data; 90% code reuse across projects, reducing engineering effort.
- **Patented innovation**: One of the largest IoT patent portfolios globally, providing a deep moat in device connectivity and security.

## Strategic Focus
- Expand the AI-infused connected world by integrating IoT with AI and edge analytics.
- Strengthen enterprise security and compliance (e.g., CISA pledge, international standards leadership).
- Scale ecosystem through partnerships and a growing portfolio of device categories (industrial, consumer, enterprise).
- Continue to reduce time-to-market and simplify IoT deployment for manufacturers.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Work on genuinely hard problems across the full stack (firmware, hardware, cloud, mobile). Team includes veterans from Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Netflix, Roku, and Danger.
- **Work policy**: Hybrid – roles based in Los Altos, CA (with some remote flexibility for certain positions).
- **Perks**: 401k retirement plan; Platinum Blue Shield, Platinum Kaiser, and Gold health plans (Afero pays 90% of premiums, 75% for dependents).
- **Engineering culture**: Emphasizes code reusability, robust architecture, and “build something that matters.” Active job postings include Senior Software Engineer (Flutter/KMP), Engineering Director (Firmware), and Firmware Engineer.

## Sources
1. [afero.io - Homepage](https://www.afero.io/)
2. [afero.io - About Afero](https://afero.io/html/home/about-afero.html)
3. [afero.io - Careers](https://www.afero.io/html/home/careers.html)
4. [LinkedIn - Afero Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/afero)
5. [Lever - Afero Jobs](https://jobs.lever.co/afero)

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