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Principal Program Manager - People Team

Today Seattle, WA

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Overview
You will harness technical expertise to strengthen the People Team's programmes and solutions, ensuring Atlassians receive an outstanding employee experience. You will collaborate with our People CoEs, and engineering teams to deliver scalable and secure solutions that amplify our impact on Atlassian's most important asset, its people.

We are seeking a creative, results-driven program manager to help translate customer insights into impactful People Programs as our company continues to grow.

  • Program Management:

    • Lead complex projects across different People functions to deliver world class employee experiences
    • Partner with key Program stakeholders to define program scope, roadmap, success criteria, roles & responsibilities, governance and change management.
    • Proactively manage program progress, risks, decisions, dependencies, reporting and outcomes
    • Drive programs to building scalable, enterprise solutions that leverage automation and AI capabilities
  • Stakeholder Management:

    • Build strong relationships with HR leaders, business partners, and other stakeholders to gather requirements, manage risks and dependancies to drive program success.
    • Act as a strategic partner and work with program stakeholders and enablement teams to achieve program milestones while managing dependancies, communications and downstream impacts


  • Minimum 10+ years of relevant work experience across HR programs
  • Experience delivering multiple projects with different stakeholder groups, implementing process improvements & optimizations
  • Delivery-focused, strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent communication skills with the prowess to explain business problems, concepts, and issues to a varied audience.
  • Prior experience in using Jira & Confluence
  • Agile / PMP Certification is highly desirable.

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Compensation

At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:

Zone A: $166,500 - $217,375

Zone B: $150,300 - $196,225

Zone C: $138,600 - $180,950

This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.

Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com/perksandbenefits.

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com/crh.

Client-provided location(s): Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA, Flexible / Remote
Job ID: Atlassian-23632
Employment Type: OTHER
Posted: 2026-01-01T19:10:57

Perks and Benefits

  • Health and Wellness

    • Health Insurance
    • Dental Insurance
    • Vision Insurance
    • Life Insurance
    • Short-Term Disability
    • Long-Term Disability
    • FSA
    • HSA With Employer Contribution
    • Fitness Subsidies
    • Mental Health Benefits
    • On-Site Gym
    • HSA
  • Parental Benefits

    • Adoption Leave
    • Birth Parent or Maternity Leave
    • Non-Birth Parent or Paternity Leave
    • Fertility Benefits
    • Adoption Assistance Program
    • Family Support Resources
  • Work Flexibility

    • Flexible Work Hours
    • Remote Work Opportunities
    • Hybrid Work Opportunities
    • Work-From-Home Stipend
  • Office Life and Perks

    • Holiday Events
    • Casual Dress
    • Pet-friendly Office
    • Happy Hours
    • Snacks
    • Some Meals Provided
    • On-Site Cafeteria
  • Vacation and Time Off

    • Paid Vacation
    • Paid Holidays
    • Personal/Sick Days
    • Volunteer Time Off
    • Leave of Absence
  • Financial and Retirement

    • 401(K) With Company Matching
    • Company Equity
    • Performance Bonus
    • Relocation Assistance
    • Financial Counseling
  • Professional Development

    • Access to Online Courses
    • Internship Program
    • Leadership Training Program
    • Tuition Reimbursement
    • Learning and Development Stipend
    • Promote From Within
  • Diversity and Inclusion

    • Founder led
    • Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
    • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program

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