Staff Technical Program Manager
Cloudera
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Bangalore • India
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About the role
- Coordinate and drive triage activities for product pillar initiatives, with the relevant product cross-functional teams.
- Work alongside Product Managers to enforce business case data is being completed by appropriate stakeholders and the requesting party.
- Drive end-2-end delivery and execution for each accepted initiative by managing timeline, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across multiple Engineering, Quality, UX, and Product Management teams.
- Regularly assess the critical path by reviewing and understanding product requirements, and subsequent engineering deliverables/activities, and remove unnecessary work.
- Regularly communicate the status of each pillar initiative to relevant stakeholders and internal teams to prevent communication silos.
- Immediately escalate to stakeholders and leadership when inputs are at risk of meeting committed deadlines, and work with the execution team to propose mitigation options.
- Manage end-to-end Engineering product releases through full-cycle program management, ensuring: Release timelines and milestones are aligned with the global release calendar (avoiding overlaps).
- Comprehensive release dashboards are maintained to capture the full backlog and accurately reflect development and quality status.
- All cross-functional teams follow established JIRA guidelines and maintain proper JIRA hygiene, ensuring accurate metadata for effective weekly reporting.
- Risks and cross-dependencies are proactively identified and managed.
- All security, legal, and compliance requirements related to each release are met and tracked through closure.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in a technical lead, systems engineer, or technical program management role with experience architecting and integrating software into complex systems and deploying solutions to the field.
- 3+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams delivering products on schedule.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to disseminate (verbally and in writing) clear updates to different audiences, both technical and non-technical.
- Demonstrated ability to lead interdisciplinary discussions between product and R&D teams to define and drive scope and clarity of work, and reach optimum system level trades.
- Proficiency with at least one schedule tracking tool such as Asana, JIRA, etc.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Experience working with Marketing and Finance to assist product launch operations, as needed (or have hands on knowledge of the NPI process)
- Ability to regularly engage with senior management and stakeholders and Ability to positively influence desirable outcomes across the organization.
- Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills, with ability to work successfully across all product development disciplines.
- High sense of ownership, proactiveness, urgency, and drive.
Benefits
- Generous PTO Policy
- Support work life balance with Unplugged Days
- Flexible WFH Policy
- Mental & Physical Wellness programs
- Phone and Internet Reimbursement program
- Access to Continued Career Development
- Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages
- Paid Volunteer Time
- Employee Resource Groups
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementsystems engineeringsoftware architecturesoftware integrationproduct deliveryschedule trackingrelease managementrisk managementquality assurancedata analysis
Soft Skills
communicationleadershipinterpersonal skillsanalytical skillsproactivenessurgencyownershipinfluencecollaborationproblem-solving
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in computer scienceBachelor's degree in computer engineeringMaster's degree in computer scienceMaster's degree in computer engineering