Agile Program Manager

Toptal; India; Remote; INR 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Job summary

Toptal in India is seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead a multi-team delivery effort across Scrum, Kanban, and hybrid environments, aligning quarterly objectives and ensuring value delivery across stakeholders. You will coordinate three or more teams, drive PI planning and roadmap alignment, manage dependencies, and facilitate program ceremonies to produce decisions.

The role requires strong facilitation, stakeholder management, and a track record of scaling Agile practices in software

Qualifications

• 8+ years of program or project management experience.
• At least 5 years leading delivery in Agile environments.
• Experience managing multi-team programs across Scrum/Kanban and scaling frameworks.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience working with distributed teams across time zones.
• Background in software, SaaS, or digital product delivery.
• Familiarity with OKRs and portfolio management.
• Budget and vendor management on programs with multiple partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of a multi-team program across three or more Agile teams toward quarterly objectives.
• Run program-level planning: quarterly planning, roadmap alignment, capacity planning, and release planning.
• Identify, map, and actively manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and blockers with early escalation and clear options.
• Facilitate program ceremonies to produce decisions, not just updates.
• Partner with Product Owners and Product Managers to keep backlogs aligned to business value.
• Build program-level reporting: delivery health, velocity trends, OKR progress, RAID logs.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery practices, tooling, and team workflows; coach teams and leaders.
• Manage stakeholder communication across engineering, product, design, business, and leadership.
• Track program budget, resourcing, and vendor or third-party deliverables.

Skills

Program management

Agile delivery (Scrum/Kanban)

Scaled frameworks (SAFe/LeSS)

Jira/Jira Align/Azure DevOps

Facilitation

English communication

Distributed teams

Budget & vendor mgmt

Stakeholder mgmt

Cross-functional leadership

Planning & roadmapping

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Lead end-to-end delivery of a multi-team program, coordinating three or more Agile teams (Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid) toward shared quarterly objectives.
• Run program-level planning, including quarterly/PI planning, roadmap alignment, capacity planning, and release planning.
• Identify, map, and actively manage cross-team dependencies, risks, and blockers, escalating early and with clear options.
• Facilitate program ceremonies such as Scrum of Scrums, program syncs, system demos, and retrospectives, and make sure they produce decisions, not just updates.
• Partner with Product Owners and Product Managers to keep backlogs prioritized, refined, and aligned to business value.
• Build and maintain program-level reporting: delivery health, burn-up/velocity trends, OKR or objective progress, and RAID logs, tailored for both team-level and executive audiences.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery practices, tooling, and team workflows, coaching teams and leaders on Agile principles where needed.
• Manage stakeholder communication across engineering, product, design, business, and leadership, keeping expectations aligned as scope and priorities shift.
• Track program budget, resourcing, and vendor or third-party deliverables where applicable.

What You Bring

• 8+ years of experience in program or project management, with at least 5 years leading delivery in Agile environments.
• Proven track record managing multi-team programs (not just single-team Scrum) from planning through release.
• Deep, practical knowledge of Scrum and Kanban, plus experience with at least one scaling framework (SAFe, LeSS, Scrum@Scale, or similar).
• Strong command of Agile tooling such as Jira, Jira Align, Azure DevOps, Rally, or equivalent, including building dashboards and program-level reporting.
• Excellent facilitation skills: you can run a 50-person planning event as comfortably as a tense 1:1 escalation.
• Clear, concise written and verbal communication in English, with the ability to tailor the message for engineers and executives alike.
• Experience working with distributed or remote teams across time zones.
• Comfort operating with ambiguity: you can stand up structure where there is none and adapt it as the program evolves.
• Nice to Have Agile or program management certifications such as SAFe RTE, SAFe SPC, PMI-ACP, PgMP, PMP, CSM/CSP, or ICAgile.
• Experience with Agile transformations or introducing scaled frameworks into an organization.
• Background in software, SaaS, data, or digital product delivery.
• Familiarity with OKRs and value-stream or portfolio management.
• Experience in regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, insurance, public sector) where Agile delivery coexists with compliance requirements.
• Budget and vendor management experience on programs with multiple delivery partners.