Senior Lead, Software Engineering – Development

Jobtailor; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 420,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Bengaluru seeks a seasoned Technical Program Manager to lead complex software/embedded delivery across cloud, DevOps, and testing domains. You will drive planning, governance, and cross‑functional coordination with distributed teams, ensuring milestones and quality standards are met.

The role requires 10+ years of delivery experience, PMP/Agile/Scrum SAFe certifications, and strong stakeholder communication skills to navigate regulatory and safety-driven projects.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience.
• Experience managing technical projects across software engineering, embedded systems, cloud platforms, DevOps, testing, product support, certification, or complex technology delivery environments.
• Strong project planning, milestone tracking, risk management, issue management, dependency coordination, change control, and stakeholder reporting skills.
• Ability to manage customer-controlled dependencies such as access, tools, platforms, documentation, training, approvals, and workstream inputs.
• Experience coordinating distributed technical teams and delivery governance forums.
• PMP, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or technical program management experience in software/product engineering environments preferred.
• Experience with managed capacity models, transition planning, 90-day rolling forecasts, onboarding governance, or resource readiness tracking preferred.
• Exposure to safety certification, DO-178C, V&V, compliance artifacts, or regulated engineering workstreams preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project plans covering activities, milestones, dependencies, delivery estimates, and project status.
• Coordinate project kickoff, data collection schedules, onboarding tasks, resource readiness, access dependencies, and transition activities.
• Manage risks, issues, changes, dependencies, deviations, stakeholder communications, and escalation follow-up.
• Support workstream validation and true-up activities covering scope, volumes, assumptions, resource requirements, skills alignment, operational conditions, and technical dependencies.
• Collaborate with technical leads, software engineers, cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, test engineers, support teams, delivery managers, and customer points of contact.
• Prepare status reporting covering completed activities, planned work, issues, concerns, recommendations, milestones, and other important delivery items.

Skills

Project Planning

Risk Management

Stakeholder Reporting

Collaboration

Communication

Problem-Solving

Agile Methodology

Scrum Framework

SAFe Methodology

Education

PMP

Agile Certification

Scrum Certification

SAFe Certification

Tools

Cloud Platforms

DevOps Tools

Software Engineering Tools

Testing Tools

Job description

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project plans covering activities, assignments, milestones, dependencies, delivery estimates, and project status
• Coordinate project kickoff, action items, data collection schedules, onboarding tasks, resource readiness, access dependencies, and transition activities
• Manage risks, issues, changes, dependencies, deviations, stakeholder communications, and escalation follow-up
• Support workstream validation and true-up activities covering scope, volumes, assumptions, resource requirements, skills alignment, operational conditions, and technical dependencies
• Collaborate with technical leads, software engineers, cloud engineers, DevOps engineers, test engineers, support teams, delivery managers, and customer points of contact
• Prepare status reporting covering completed activities, planned work, issues, concerns, recommendations, milestones, and other important delivery items

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience
• Experience managing technical projects across software engineering, embedded systems, cloud platforms, DevOps, testing, product support, certification, or complex technology delivery environments
• Strong project planning, milestone tracking, risk management, issue management, dependency coordination, change control, and stakeholder reporting skills
• Ability to manage customer-controlled dependencies such as access, tools, platforms, documentation, training, approvals, and workstream inputs
• Experience coordinating distributed technical teams and delivery governance forums
• PMP, Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or technical program management experience in software/product engineering environments preferred
• Experience with managed capacity models, transition planning, 90-day rolling forecasts, onboarding governance, or resource readiness tracking preferred
• Exposure to safety certification, DO-178C, V&V, compliance artifacts, or regulated engineering workstreams preferred

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in managing technical projects across software engineering, cloud platforms, and DevOps, with a strong focus on project planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication. Proficient in coordinating distributed teams and ensuring compliance with safety certification standards.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• 10+ Years Of Experience
• Project Planning
• Risk Management
• Stakeholder Reporting
• PMP Certification

Hard Skills

• Milestone Tracking
• Issue Management
• Dependency Coordination
• Change Control
• Transition Planning
• Resource Readiness Tracking
• Managed Capacity Models
• Agile Methodology
• Scrum Framework
• SAFe Methodology

Soft Skills

• Collaboration
• Communication
• Problem-Solving

Certifications & Qualifications

• PMP
• Agile Certification
• Scrum Certification
• SAFe Certification

Industry Keywords

• Safety Certification
• DO-178C
• V&V
• Compliance Artifacts
• Regulated Engineering Workstreams

Tools & Technologies

• Cloud Platforms
• DevOps Tools
• Software Engineering Tools
• Testing Tools