Program Manager

Jobtailor; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor seeks an experienced Programme Delivery Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of complex programmes, translating objectives into detailed plans, and coordinating senior stakeholders across technology and business change. You will steer governance, manage risks and dependencies, and drive delivery in agile, waterfall or hybrid environments.

Key requirements include proven multi-project delivery, strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, and familiarity with tools like Azure

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex programmes spanning multiple projects and stakeholders.
• Strong project and programme delivery background in technology and/or business change environments.
• Experience working amid ambiguity, pace and competing priorities.
• Ability to maintain delivery grip under pressure and make pragmatic decisions with incomplete information.
• Strong senior stakeholder management, engagement, challenge and influencing skills.
• Understanding of waterfall and agile delivery approaches.
• Experience managing programme-level risks, dependencies and resourcing constraints.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.
• Clear, concise verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Fluent in English, spoken and written.
• Experience in financial services, funds, large-scale onboarding, migration or integration programmes is nice to have.
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, MS Project or Jira is nice to have.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of one or more complex programmes within agreed scope, time and cost parameters.
• Translate high-level objectives into delivery plans with milestones, dependencies, risks and ownership.
• Lead and coordinate project managers and workstream leads.
• Oversee programme status, risks, issues and dependencies, escalating appropriately.
• Provide transparent progress and delivery-confidence updates to senior stakeholders.
• Apply waterfall, agile or hybrid delivery methodologies pragmatically.
• Establish proportionate and effective programme governance.
• Manage programme-level resourcing with Practice and Portfolio Leads.
• Resolve delivery blockers across technology, operations, risk, compliance and business teams.
• Capture and apply lessons learned to improve future delivery.

Skills

Programme Management

Project Management

Risk Management

Dependency Management

Resource Management

Stakeholder Engagement

Communication Skills

Decision-Making

Problem-Solving

Influencing Skills

Tools

Azure DevOps

MS Project

Jira

Job description

• Own end-to-end delivery of one or more complex programmes within agreed scope, time and cost parameters
• Translate high-level objectives into delivery plans with milestones, dependencies, risks and ownership
• Lead and coordinate project managers and workstream leads
• Oversee programme status, risks, issues and dependencies, escalating appropriately
• Provide transparent progress and delivery-confidence updates to senior stakeholders
• Apply waterfall, agile or hybrid delivery methodologies pragmatically
• Establish proportionate and effective programme governance
• Manage programme-level resourcing with Practice and Portfolio Leads
• Resolve delivery blockers across technology, operations, risk, compliance and business teams
• Capture and apply lessons learned to improve future delivery

Requirements

• Proven experience delivering complex programmes spanning multiple projects and stakeholders
• Strong project and programme delivery background in technology and/or business change environments
• Experience working amid ambiguity, pace and competing priorities
• Ability to maintain delivery grip under pressure and make pragmatic decisions with incomplete information
• Strong senior stakeholder management, engagement, challenge and influencing skills
• Understanding of waterfall and agile delivery approaches
• Experience managing programme-level risks, dependencies and resourcing constraints
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail
• Clear, concise verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Fluent in English, spoken and written
• Experience in financial services, funds, large-scale onboarding, migration or integration programmes is nice to have
• Familiarity with Azure DevOps, MS Project or Jira is nice to have

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing complex programmes with a focus on delivery within scope, time, and cost parameters. Proficient in applying both waterfall and agile methodologies while effectively engaging senior stakeholders and managing risks and dependencies.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Programme Delivery Management
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Risk Management
• Agile Methodology
• Waterfall Methodology

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Programme Management
• Project Management
• Risk Management
• Dependency Management
• Resource Management

Soft Skills

• Organisational Skills
• Communication Skills
• Decision-Making
• Problem-Solving
• Influencing Skills

Industry Keywords

• Financial Services
• Business Change
• Large-Scale Onboarding
• Migration
• Integration

Tools & Technologies

• Azure DevOps
• MS Project
• Jira