Associate Program Manager

Overview

Associate Program Manager role leading Agile and hybrid program delivery for ETC projects, coordinating cross-functional teams globally and driving agile transformation.

What you'll do

• Fulfill the role of the Program Manager Agile / Hybrid and all that it entails.
• Understand project requirements, collaborate with project owners, leaders and cross functional teams across the globe for delivery of projects, by adhering to standard processes, systems and project management principles.
• Ensure the completion of project milestones/deliverables within committed Quality (Q), Delivery (D), Project cost (C) and Product cost (C), track performance and progress of project against committed QDC targets.
• Report out project updates, risks and mitigations, productivity updates, QDC metrics, deployment efficiency, timesheet data, during the monthly Operations review meeting with ETC leadership team.
• Project management of Strategic organization initiatives aligned with futuristic skills such as AI driven Project management and Predictive modeling, Data science analysis, sustainability initiatives.
• Implement the required Agile methodology effectively (Scrum / Kanban / Nexus / SAFe / Other).
• Ensure the development team follows established product development procedures and practices to leverage shared organizational knowledge and experience.
• Manage and coach our teams on the industry's best agile practices.
• Radiate information to promote accountability and continuous improvement.
• Focus on process optimization, value delivery, business value realization, connecting Agile to customer needs.
• Provide practical expertise, ensuring teams run efficiently and work aligns with business value.
• Align Agile initiatives with business goals, focusing on scaling, governance, and strategic outcomes.
• Adhere to general project management principles of project scope management, time management, cost management, risk management and stakeholder management.
• Manage ETC PPM project portfolio / project agreements of respective teams and publish the monthly billing data for the respective teams.
• Lead/assist Annual Operating Planning (AOP) discussions with respective SBUs/NOEs and corporate teams.
• Collaborate to continuously improve process, systems and develop/refine standard works.

What you'll need

• Expertise in Program / Project management and Agile methodologies Scrum / Kanban / Scaled Agile.
• Expertise in Agile Transformation, DevSecOps, AI integration.
• Technically competent with Microsoft Office tools, JIRA, Azure DevOps, Confluence, MS Project, MIRO, AI tools.
• Experience in leading New Product development (NPD) and Agile projects of varying size and complexity.
• Experience in driving cultural change by championing an agile mindset and ensuring the organization is at the forefront of industry's best practices.
• Ability to manage program finances and ensure cost-effectiveness.
• Ability to develop and manage projects budget, schedule and timeline and ability to drive program specific goals and actions to closure.
• Demonstrated ability to work with all levels of management and understand the impact of a project to the overall business. Ownership mindset to foster culture of ownership and accountability.
• Work with project teams to analyze current systems and processes and design a strategy for the adoption of agile best practices. Lead from the front, coach project team members, take initiative and implement changes.
• Being bold and courageous to raise issues to upper management.
• Effective communication and presentation skills. Ability to learn and collaborate with cross cultural project teams.
• Good interpersonal skills, coaching and mentoring various engineering functional teams to build strong cross-functional teams.
• Self-starter with a desire to make a significant impact on the product development process.
• 4-year degree from an accredited institution.
• PMP certified project management professional and Agile certified (CSM/PSM/KMP/PMI-ACP/SAFe cert/ICP Agile cert) with minimum 8+ years of project management, Scrum Master, Agile experience.
• Proven leadership, facilitation, coaching and mentoring skills with exceptional attention to detail.

Nice to have

• Technical degree in engineering or computer science with 14+ years of overall industry experience.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, Karnataka.
• Work mode: Monday to Thursday onsite with colleagues; Fridays, choose work location based on work requirements.