Senior Program Manager

MathWorks; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

MathWorks, a leading developer of MATLAB and Simulink, seeks a Senior Program Manager to lead planning and execution of multiple software projects within MATLAB, Simulink, or IAT teams in a hands-on contributor role.

You will coordinate with Development, Marketing, Sales, and Support to ensure timely delivery, manage risk, mentor staff, and continuously improve development processes while balancing strategic goals with practical implementation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 6+ years of professional experience.
• Master’s degree preferred with 3+ years experience, or PhD.
• Experience managing complex technical programs interfacing with software engineering and testing teams.
• Ability to influence without authority and drive process improvements.
• Experience with internationalization and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Perform program analysis and manage risk across multiple projects.
• Coordinate with engineering, QA, UX, and documentation to deliver products.
• Mentor team members and improve software development lifecycle processes.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Metrics reporting

Process improvement

Influence without authority

Software development lifecycle

Risk management

Industry experience

Internationalization

MATLAB/Simulink familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

PhD degree

Tools

MATLAB

Simulink

Job description

Would you like to join an industry leading Program Management team that is constantly solving new and challenging problems? Do you want to work with commercial software products that make the world a better place? If you answered yes to these questions, we want to speak with you.

MathWorks is the leading developer of technical computing software (MATLAB and Simulink). Engineers and scientists worldwide rely on its products to accelerate the pace of discovery, innovation, and development. Here at MathWorks, it’s all about longevity, stability, career growth, learning new technologies, rational workplace, and truly enjoying your work.

The Senior Program Manager is a member of the MATLAB, Simulink, or IAT (infrastructure, architecture and tools) software development program management team and supports the planning and execution of multiple projects or programs. Program Management is an integration and coordination role working with members of Development including Engineering, Quality Engineering, User Experience, and Documentation to facilitate the effective development and delivery of products. Program Management is an important primary liaison between the program team and the larger MathWorks community (e.g. marketing, sales, operations, and tech support). This is a hands-on individual contributor position.

Role & responsibilities:

Specific activities include performing program analysis, managing risk, influencing necessary course corrections, creative problem solving, and communicating program status and activities across multiple levels of management. This role additionally involves continuously assessing and improving the processes that comprise the software development lifecycle and mentoring/coaching other members of the Program Management and Product Development Teams.

Minimum qualifications:

A bachelor's degree and 6 years of professional work experience (or a master's degree and 3 years of professional work experience, or a PhD degree, or equivalent experience) is required.

• Master’s degree in engineering, technical or related field
• Experience managing complex technical projects interfacing with software engineering and testing teams
• Expertise in providing cross-organizational management of software development programs from initiation through delivery
• Experience implementing change in a large organization
• Ability to appropriately balance strategic goals with tactical implementation
• Hands-on experience with developing and reporting on metrics for engineering development, test development and execution, bugs, issues, risks, and other aspects of Project and Program Management
• Ability to influence without authority
• Demonstrated experience with process improvements
• Experience in the commercial software product industry
• Experience building tools to make software development processes easier
• Experience with Internationalization concepts and technical implementations
• Experience with MathWorks Products (MATLAB, Simulink)
• Exposure to embedded product development life cycle