Staff Technical Program Manager - Product Operations, Software Capitalization

Our Purpose At SentinelOne, we are driven by a clear purpose: to give the advantage to those who secure our future. As AI reshapes how organizations build, operate, and innovate, the responsibility to protect them becomes more critical than ever. When you join SentinelOne, your work helps protect global enterprises, critical infrastructure, and the technologies shaping tomorrow. If you are motivated by meaningful challenges and want your impact to be real, measurable, and global, you will find purpose here. About Us SentinelOne is a company at the intersection of AI and security, pioneering a new operating model for cybersecurity. Our AI-native platform unifies protection across endpoint, cloud, identity, data, and AI systems to deliver autonomous detection and response with clarity and speed. By combining real-time analytics, intelligent automation, and a unified data foundation, we reduce noise, simplify complexity, and empower security teams to focus on what truly matters. Our teams are builders, problem-solvers, and innovators committed to shaping the future of security. If you are excited to solve hard problems alongside talented, mission-driven people, we invite you to help us build a safer future for humanity. What Are We Looking For? We’re looking for people who are relentlessly curious and committed to continuous learning. AI is reshaping every function across our business, and we enable every team member, regardless of role or level, to build fluency in AI tools and concepts. Those who thrive here actively seek out new solutions, experiment thoughtfully, and apply what they learn to drive better, faster, smarter outcomes. As a Staff Technical Program Manager, you will drive the end-to-end management of our Software Capitalization process , a critical financial guidance that ensures accurate asset capitalization and amortization of feature development costs. Reporting to the Director of FinOps (who reports to CTO), you will bridge Engineering, Product, Finance, Analytics, and Audit teams while maintaining the integrity of our quarterly reporting compliance requirements. In this role you will put into use your extensive Program Management and Product Operations experience, financial acumen, and your ability to challenge technical product decisions with sound judgment and process improvement mindset. What Will You Do? Primary responsibilities include: Lead and manage the complete software capitalization process, including quarterly planning, data collection (in collaboration with data analysts), validation, and reporting across engineering and product teams Partner with Engineering managers, Product managers, and VPs to accurately assess and categorize new feature development costs for capitalization eligibility Serve as the primary liaison between the engineering organization and finance teams, translating technical feature development into financial capitalization requirements Collaborate with external auditors and internal audit teams to ensure compliance with accounting, SOX and similar requirements; present findings and validate capitalization decisions during audit cycles Challenge Engineering and Product teams on feature capitalization decisions with intellectual rigor, ensuring only qualifying features are capitalized and reducing errors in the process Own the data governance and reporting infrastructure, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of capitalization reports and KPIs Identify process inefficiencies and implement improvements (including leveraging AI solutions where applicable) to reduce manual effort for Engineering managers, Product managers, and Finance teams Communicate complex financial and technical concepts across both technical and non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership and external auditors Work with global teams, including US-based stakeholders. While this requires evening flexibility for time zone alignment, we offer significant schedule autonomy during CET ... (truncated, view full listing at source)