Technical Project Manager - Vadodara

Overview

Lead large, complex technical epics and engineering initiatives end-to-end, managing engineering teams and coordinating across technical and business stakeholders.

What you'll do

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of large and complex technical epics, from planning and estimation through execution, release, and closure.
• Manage delivery across engineering teams, ensuring commitments around scope, timelines, quality, and dependencies are effectively managed.
• Partner closely with Engineering Leads, Architects, Product Managers, Product Owners, Business Stakeholders, and other delivery teams.
• Break down complex initiatives into manageable workstreams, milestones, dependencies, and delivery plans.
• Drive engineering delivery by tracking progress, identifying bottlenecks, managing risks, and proactively resolving impediments.
• Manage cross-team and cross-functional dependencies, particularly for initiatives involving multiple engineering teams or systems.
• Facilitate technical and delivery discussions and ensure clear decisions, ownership, and follow-through.
• Establish strong delivery governance, including status reporting, RAID management, milestone tracking, and executive-level communication.
• Provide clear and concise updates to senior stakeholders, translating complex technical topics into meaningful business and delivery insights.
• Ensure engineering teams maintain a strong focus on delivery quality, predictability, and continuous improvement.
• Support Agile ceremonies and delivery practices while adapting the approach based on the complexity and needs of the programme.
• Create a culture of accountability, transparency, collaboration, and timely escalation across delivery teams.

What you'll need

• 8–12 years of overall experience, with significant experience in technical project/program management and engineering delivery.
• Proven experience managing large, complex epics or technology programmes involving multiple teams and dependencies.
• Strong experience managing Engineering / Software Development teams and their end-to-end delivery.
• Good understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), modern engineering practices, release management, and technology delivery.
• Strong experience with Agile/Scrum delivery methodologies, backlog management, sprint/release planning, and delivery tracking.
• Demonstrated ability to manage risks, issues, dependencies, competing priorities, and changing requirements.
• Brilliant written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate confidently with engineers, architects, product teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, influencing, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, complex, and highly collaborative client environment.
• Strong ownership mindset with the ability to drive teams toward outcomes rather than simply tracking activities.

Nice to have

• Prior experience delivering AI / Generative AI / Machine Learning projects or AI-enabled products is a big plus.
• Understanding of AI/ML solution delivery lifecycle, including collaboration between engineering, data, AI/ML, platform, and product teams.
• Experience managing cloud, data, API, platform, or enterprise-scale engineering initiatives.
• Experience working directly with clients and senior stakeholders in complex enterprise environments.
• PMP, PRINCE2, Scrum, SAFe, or similar project/program management certification is advantageous.

Details

• Location: Vadodara, based at the client office; hybrid, 2 days a week from office.
• Candidates should be comfortable working from the client location.