Technology Program Manager

We have an immediate need for a seasoned Technical Program Manager in Bengaluru. The profile we're seeking calls for 15-20 years of corporate experience, with proven leadership in technical program management within large-scale software engineering environments.

Strategic Program Transformation Leadership

• Program Governance: Establish and maintain organizational standards for program delivery, ensuring that technical excellence, security-by-design, and operational reliability are embedded in every project.
• Cloud-Native Evolution: Lead the transition from legacy monolithic systems to modern, cloud-native architectures (Microservices, Serverless, Containerization). Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of cloud migrations and optimizations.
• Data Transformation Initiatives: Strategize and execute complex data engineering programs, including the implementation of real-time streaming pipelines, data lakehouse architectures, and large-scale data migrations to support AI/ML and analytics.

Engineering Operations Governance

• Operating Mechanisms: Establish and refine the 'Rhythm of Business' (RoB) for the engineering organization, including monthly operational reviews, quarterly planning (OKRs), and executive status reporting.
• Resource Capacity Modeling: Lead complex capacity planning exercises to ensure engineering talent is aligned with the highest-priority strategic initiatives.
• Agile Maturity: Acting as a 'Coach of Coaches,' elevating the maturity of Agile practices across distributed teams. Standardize Scrum frameworks while allowing for team-level autonomy.
• Ceremony Excellence: Supporting high-stakes ceremonies, including multi-team Big Room Planning, Scrum-of-Scrums, and AI-augmented Backlog Refinement sessions to identify cross-program dependencies.
• Incident Governance: Partner with SRE and DevOps teams to define and enforce Incident Management protocols. Oversee the lifecycle of critical (P0/P1) incidents, ensuring rapid restoration of services.
• Post-Mortem Culture: Enabling a 'blame-free' post-mortem culture. Ensure that Root Cause Analysis (RCA) leads to actionable backlog items that prevent recurrence and improve system hardening.

Cross-Functional Technical Orchestration

• Stakeholder Alignment: Act as the primary liaison between Engineering, Data Science, Product Management, and Business Operations. Translate complex technical trade-offs into clear business risks and opportunities for executive leadership.
• Dependency Management: Proactively identify and resolve 'hidden' bottlenecks across distributed teams. Manage complex interdependencies in multi-cloud and hybrid environments to ensure seamless integration.
• Vendor SaaS Integration: Orchestrating the technical integration of third-party SaaS platforms and managed services, ensuring they meet internal security, performance, and data governance standards.

Technical Strategy Architecture Alignment

• Systems Thinking: Partner with Architects to ensure program milestones align with technical standards. Provide architectural judgment to prevent technical debt and ensure scalability.

Risk Management Predictive Planning

• Advanced Risk Mitigation: Overseeing proactive risk management framework for zero non-compliance and/or overdues.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field.
• Experience: 15-20 years of progressive experience in Technical Program Management, with at least 5 years in a Principal or Lead capacity within a large-scale Software Engineering organization.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Exceptional ability to influence without authority and build consensus across diverse technical and non-technical stakeholder groups.
• Tooling: Expert-level proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, and advanced roadmap visualization tools. Familiarity with AI-assisted project management tools is a plus.
• Soft Skills: Superior communication, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills. Ability to maintain clarity and direction in highly ambiguous, fast-paced environments.

Location: Bengaluru

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

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