The role
From F5's own posting.
At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.
Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.
This position is exclusively intended for candidates who successfully completed the F5 Summer 2026 Internship Program and have received an invitation to apply for a return role.
Position Summary
If you are a Technical Program Manager who has the fundamental capabilities with respect to planning, organizing, communicating and problem solving then we would like to talk to you. We are looking for someone who also brings unique skills in leadership, analysis, data intelligence, critical thinking, conflict management, and risk management.
The focus of the assigned projects is on innovating, developing, and delivering new products in alignment with the F5 Distributed Cloud platform.
As a Technical Program Manager, you are a key member of the Project Management Organization (PMO) supporting the Engineering/Operations project teams and will represent the voice of both the developers and stakeholders to execute project planning, delivery, and data reporting. The Technical Program Manager works closely with Product Management, developers, architects, and operations to define and prioritize features and stories, to ensure alignment with customer and program needs, and improve value of development. They should be able to handle multiple simultaneous projects that are complex or high-risk and be able to develop recovery strategies for projects that stray from their plan. They are able to manage the collection of product requirements in a holistic manner and aims to meet project goals with both quality and integrity.
The unique benefit you will bring is the reduction of risk through better analysis, decision-making, planning, and monitoring of the project or program.
Primary Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain the project plan including scope, schedule, resources, dependencies, and budget
Lead the gathering of product requirements and project scope in a holistic manner across multiple teams or business functions
Negotiate challenging priorities and navigate complex organizational dynamics to establish delivery plans and schedules that are in alignment with the objectives set forth by the organization and the company
Proactively identify and resolve strategic issues that may impair the team’s ability to meet delivery schedules
Monitor progress to plan and design a recovery strategy if project deviates from delivery schedules
Provide data analytics to support operational, process improvement, and cost reporting
Design and deliver Executive-level presentations to support the governance process for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM)
Design and run effective program-level meetings to communicate status and coordinate efforts
Conduct retrospectives on completed projects to support process, policy and tool-set improvements
Collaborate with peers, managers and team members across the organization to solve problems, develop continuous improvement plans, and coordinate work
Core Competencies
Ability to communicate effectively across written, verbal and presentation formats to a variety of audiences from engineer to Executive
Ability to develop a project schedule using work-breakdown techniques that lead to a defined critical path
Ability to design and document a project charter that includes scope, schedule, budget and risk management plan
Able to apply critical thinking techniques to analyze problems, develop solutions, build resource forecasts or manage risk
Ability to use either Waterfall or Agile methodologies to handle projects which may comprise both software and hardware
Ability to lead the gathering of product requirements and project scope across a multi-function team
Ability to lead through influence to drive forward both the team and program
Ability to manage and facilitate team meetings and initiatives to effectively develop plans and achieve goals
Excellent time management and organizational skills and experience establishing guidelines in these areas for others
Strong working knowledge of technology companies or domains and the interplay between Marketing, Product Development, Manufacturing, Customer Support, Sales and Professional Services
Expertise in the use of standard tools for project and portfolio management such as MS Project/MS Project Server
Desired experience with Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence)
Expert skills using MS Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Word
Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills
Qualifications
Successfully completed a Summer 2026 internship with F5
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, or a related technical field graduating between December 2026 and September 2027
Must be able to start no later than September 30th, 2027
Must be able to work onsite in accordance with F5s policies; fully remote work options are not available
Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods
Experience managing a geo-dispersed project team
Experience working in a concurrent software development environment as part of a complex build and merge management process
Preferences
Desired PMP certification with accompanying experience managing projects to a successful conclusion
Desired Agile ScrumMaster certifications (CSM, A-CSM, CSP-SM)
We’re thrilled to see you grow with us and continue to make an impact in the tech world. Apply now and turn your internship experience into a full-time career!
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
The annual base pay for this position is listed below.
Spokane, WA: $123,000
San Jose, CA: $147,600 - $147,600
These are fixed, non-negotiable base salaries for the stated locations.
You may also be offered incentive compensation, bonus, restricted stock units, and benefits. More details about F5’s benefits can be found at the following link: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits . F5 reserves the right to change or terminate any benefit plan without notice.
The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.
Please note that F5 only contacts candidates through F5 email address (ending with @f5.com) or auto email notification from Workday (ending with f5.com or @myworkday.com ) .
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is the policy of F5 to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. F5 offers a variety of reasonable accommodations for candidates . Requesting an accommodation is completely voluntary. F5 will assess the need for accommodations in the application process separately from those that may be needed to perform the job. Request by contacting accommodations@f5.com .