Senior Technical Product Manager

Airtel Africa; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Airtel Africa in Gurugram seeks a senior Technical Product Manager to architect and lead digital platforms for enterprise and consumer audiences. You will guide product development from concept to delivery, driving cross-functional teams across countries with startup agility and the scale of a multinational.

The role focuses on end-to-end ownership, roadmap execution, and risk management for complex programs that impact millions of Airtel customers.

Qualifications

• 10-15 years of experience in technical product management or a related field.
• Strong understanding of Agile ceremonies and ability to work effectively in an iterative development process.
• Proven track record of developing successful products that drive business results.

Responsibilities

• Drive the product management and program management for a Web Application which will be used by millions of Airtel customers.
• Participate in one or more scrum teams as a product owner to define quarterly and sprint goals, set priorities and manage backlog
• Work with engineering and architecture leadership to define product and underlying platform capabilities
• Collaborate with the multiple functional teams in Airtel Africa to deliver features which might require upgrade of Core Platform capabilities.
• Liaise with other teams inside Airtel Africa that are instrumental in delivering the project management capability
• Set criteria for release readiness with regards to functionality of the solution
• Support multiple cross-functional technical teams to deliver their objectives in fast-paced and complex programs and projects
• Develop strong partnerships with engineering and product management leaders to drive focus on strategic and tactical program objectives
• Build strategic relationships with key technology and business leaders to ensure program success
• Drive teams and individuals in planning and executing roadmaps, releases, and work backlogs
• Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key project conflicts, and establish appropriate resolution paths
• Work closely with the SRE team for deployment and delivery of features

Skills

Technical product management

Agile ceremonies

Scrum & Kanban

Cross-functional collaboration

Technical communication

Leadership

Problem solving

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Roles and Responsibilities :

• Building Digital Consumer and Enterprise platform, products & team from scratch
• True enterprise problem – Platforms and products built once, deployed for multiple enterprises/ countries.
• True scalable products – Products will be deployed in countries with subscriber base ranging from 100k subscribers to 200M subscribers
• Start-up culture with resources and scale of a multi-billion $ company
• Unparalleled responsibility and career opportunity to make a highly visible global impact

What will make you successful?

• 8+ years of full time technical product management experience within an engineering or technical team
• Demonstrated success managing multiple major and concurrent programs to envision, develop and deliver Products.
• Prior experience conceptualizing and development plus delivery of Web Products.
• Significant experience working with software engineering leadership, technical teams and individual contributors
• Knowledge of project management tools, like Jira and Confluence
• Ability to communicate authoritatively at a sufficient technical depth
• Agile coaching and practitioner experience (Scrum, Kanban) with multiple teams
• Experience in managing all phases of end-to-end product development
• Knowledge of Internet client/server applications and systems
• Hands-on software development experience a plus

What will you be responsible for?

• Drive the product management and program management for a Web Application which will be used by millions of Airtel customers.
• Participate in one or more scrum teams as a product owner to define quarterly and sprint goals, set priorities and manage backlog
• Work with engineering and architecture leadership to define product and underlying platform capabilities
• Collaborate with the multiple functional teams in Airtel Africa to deliver features which might require upgrade of Core Platform capabilities.
• Liaise with other teams inside Airtel Africa that are instrumental in delivering the project management capability
• Set criteria for release readiness with regards to functionality of the solution
• Support multiple cross-functional technical teams to deliver their objectives in fast-paced and complex programs and projects
• Develop strong partnerships with engineering and product management leaders to drive focus on strategic and tactical program objectives
• Build strategic relationships with key technology and business leaders to ensure program success
• Drive teams and individuals in planning and executing roadmaps, releases, and work backlogs
• Lead efforts to identify risks, resolve key project conflicts, and establish appropriate resolution paths
• Work closely with the SRE team for deployment and delivery of features

Job Requirements :

• 10-15 years of experience in technical product management or a related field.
• Strong understanding of Agile ceremonies (e.g., sprint planning, retrospectives) and ability to work effectively in an iterative development process.
• Proven track record of developing successful products that drive business results.