Principal Technical Program Manager jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities

As of 2026-05-17, Skillenai has indexed 22 job postings with the title “Principal Technical Program Manager” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is Technical Program Management, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.

Last updated · 90d ending 2026-05-17

Postings · last 90 days
22
Demand vs prior month
down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks
Most-required skill
Top hiring metro
Costa Mesa

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+How many Principal Technical Program Manager jobs are being posted in 2026?

Skillenai has indexed 22 job postings with the title “Principal Technical Program Manager” over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks.

+What skills do Principal Technical Program Manager jobs require?

Across Principal Technical Program Manager postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, the skills mentioned most often are Technical Program Management, Risk Management, program management, stakeholder management, process improvement.

+Which cities are hiring the most Principal Technical Program Manager?

As of 2026-05-17, Principal Technical Program Manager postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Costa Mesa, San Jose, Seattle, Austin, Bengaluru.

+Is Principal Technical Program Manager a good career path right now?

Skillenai indexes 22 Principal Technical Program Manager postings over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, with demand down 31% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Principal Technical Program Manager postings is Technical Program Management, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.

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Weekly Principal Technical Program Manager postings — last 90 days

Skills most often required for Principal Technical Program Manager

NamePostingsShare
Technical Program Management917.6%
Risk Management713.7%
program management59.8%
stakeholder management47.8%
process improvement47.8%
testing35.9%
Resource planning35.9%
logging23.9%
embedded systems23.9%
retrospectives23.9%
drawing releases23.9%
automation23.9%
bill of material management23.9%
Quality management23.9%
systems observability23.9%

Top metros hiring Principal Technical Program Manager

NamePostingsShare
Costa Mesa216.7%
San Jose216.7%
Seattle216.7%
Austin18.3%
Bengaluru18.3%
Boston18.3%
Bristol18.3%
Jacksonville18.3%
Los Angeles18.3%

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How this was computed

Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-05-17, matching postings whose canonical role is “Principal Technical Program Manager”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).

role
Principal Technical Program Manager
source
Skillenai jobs index, deduplicated daily
data_as_of
2026-05-17
window_days
90
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Compiled by Jared Rand · Data sourced from the Skillenai labor market index