Program Manager- Software

What you'll do:

We are looking for an experienced Program Manager to lead, scale, and deliver enterprise-grade software platforms and applications. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience managing complex, cross-functional programs, driving platform strategy, and ensuring the successful execution of large-scale initiatives.
You will act as a bridge between engineering, product, architecture, and business stakeholders, ensuring alignment, delivery excellence, and business impact.
Further, the leader is expected to:-
As Senior PM he/she will be responsible for Coordinating sector, departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products. Monitors development from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget/spending. Organizes cross-functional activities, ensuring development is on schedule and within budget constraints. Keeps abreast of technical developments through literature, technical contacts, and industry competition. Ensures compliance with product lifecycle and development procedures and processes as well as all applicable quality and regulatory requirements. in a nutshell he/she needs to drives below activities-
1. Execution excellence
2. Stakeholder Management
3. Alignment with adopters and making the release plan
4. Program Risk and Issue management
5. Profit plan and Flex resource management
6. Defining, tracking and reporting project status and metrics
7. Continuous improvement "

As senior Program manager he/she will be responsible for FIJI / AEP deliverables from EIIC.
Execution Excellence With Strategic Execution:
Partner with Product & Engineering team to define and execute end-to-end delivery of enterprise software platforms and application programs
Define program roadmap, milestones, dependencies, and success metrics
Manages cross-functional activities[Dev, security...] ensuring deliveries against plan.
Drive PRE-PI planning along with PM,PO,SM and Architects resulting in effective PI planning
Work with EM, SM and PO to reduce the defect debt.
Owns the Project Budget/profit plan, work with EMs to determine # of dev/test resources
Customer Centricity & Stakeholder Partnership
Building partnerships and acting as Single point of contact from platform to adopters, Coordinates and focused on delivering new or upgrading existing features.
Clearly outlining expected deliverables and interdependencies towards adopter teams and with agreed timelines
Support QA team in setup and driving in-context testing with adopter teams
Drive Speed of adoption, ultimate utilization of platform features into adopters
Looks for ways to add value beyond adopters' immediate requests and initiates actions
Provide clear and regular communication on program status, risks, and outcomes
Program Risk and Issue Management
Tracks, follow up and solve dependencies as per the plan
Proactively assessing and responding to risks during the PI execution
Owns analyzing, and resolving issues that arise during a project by applying problem solving methodologies
Communicate the delays on schedule due to unplanned events and mitigation plans
Continuous Improvement
Leading and coordinating program activities and resources across the program scope to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
Work with SM, EM to increase the velocity of the team
Resolve complex problems through structured analysis and stakeholder collaboration

Qualifications:

• B.E. / B Tech / M Tech
• 13+ years experience in software development life cycle with minimum 3+ years of project management experience

• Understanding of platform development and adoption.
• Program Strategy Alignment, Program Benefits Management, Program Stakeholder Engagement, Program Governance, Program Life Cycle Management
• Program and Project Management Methodologies & Frameworks
• Emotional Intelligence, Ownership & Commitment, Stakeholder Partnership, Network Performance, Business Acumen, Customer Centricity, Judgment, Risk Management and Learning Agility