Senior Technical Program Manager (Hyderabad-based)

DataArt; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

DataArt is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead end-to-end delivery across multiple streams, navigating a complex multi-vendor landscape and aligning with C-suite expectations on AI-driven efficiency.

The role requires coordinating across internal delivery teams, client product owners, CloudOps, and integration partners, with a Hyderabad-based office preference and a strong emphasis on SAFe delivery, governance, and governance-driven reporting.

Qualifications

• Experience leading program governance across parallel delivery tracks.
• Proven ability to manage fixed-price engagements with clear payment schedules.
• Strong stakeholder communication with executive sponsorship and metrics-driven reporting.
• Knowledge of SAFe or similar scaled Agile frameworks and PI planning.

Responsibilities

• Establish and run program governance, including meeting cadence, escalation paths, RACI, and decision framework across two parallel tracks.
• Own program roadmap, milestones, dependencies, and critical path across foundation, domain migration, and integration workstreams.
• Manage SAFe delivery execution, including PI planning, sprint cadence, phase gates, and production cutover with client sign-off.
• Provide structured reporting: weekly status, bi-weekly client updates, monthly executive dashboards.
• Track AI efficiency metrics (code/test generation, SDLC automation) as KPIs for client sponsor.
• Coordinate cross-team efforts among modernization, operations, client infrastructure (CloudOps/DevOps).
• Navigate third-party integration partners (Salesforce, NetSuite, BigCommerce) with external timelines.
• Manage commercial cadence: bi-monthly payments, burn rate forecasts, re-estimation checkpoint for second SOW.
• Drive risk management with data-driven escalation for informed decisions.
• Oversee ramp-up plan: onboarding new engineers, transition of legacy resources, knowledge transfer.

Skills

SAFe delivery

PI planning

multi-track delivery

C-suite stakeholder mgmt

cloudOps/DevOps

microservices

API gateways

CI/CD pipelines

AWS

data migration concepts

vendor management

AI-assisted development tools

SDLC automation

domain-driven design

Tools

Salesforce

NetSuite

BigCommerce

Job description

We are looking for a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead the end-to-end delivery. The role requires a strategic leader who can manage multiple parallel workstreams, navigate a complex multi-vendor stakeholder landscape, and manage high-level C-suite expectations around AI-driven efficiency. You will coordinate closely across internal delivery teams, client product owners, CloudOps, and third-party integration partners.

This position is intended for Hyderabad-based candidates who are available to work from the office.

• Establish and run the program governance model, including meeting cadence, escalation paths, RACI, and a decision-making framework across two parallel delivery tracks.
• Own the program roadmap, milestone tracking, dependency management, and critical path analysis across foundation, domain migration, and integration workstreams.
• Manage SAFe delivery execution, including PI planning, sprint cadence, phase gates, and production cutover processes with formal client sign-off.
• Provide structured reporting at multiple levels, including weekly operational status for the delivery team, bi weekly updates for client engineering leadership, and monthly executive dashboards for the CIO.
• Track and report AI efficiency metrics, including code generation, test generation, and SDLC automation, as key program KPIs expected by the client executive sponsor.
• Facilitate cross-team coordination between the modernization program, the operations team, and client infrastructure teams, including CloudOps and DevOps, responsible for environment provisioning and legacy decommissioning.
• Navigate dependencies with third-party integration partners, including Salesforce, NetSuite, BigCommerce, and others, where sandbox access and API contract timelines are outside direct control.
• Manage the commercial cadence of the engagement, including bi-monthly payment tracking, burn rate forecasting, and preparation of the re-estimation checkpoint that determines the scope and pricing of the second SOW.
• Drive risk management through proactive identification, transparent communication, and data-driven escalation, ensuring that risks inform decision-making rather than only being tracked.
• Coordinate the team ramp-up plan, including onboarding of new engineers, transition of BAU resources to modernization pods, and knowledge transfer from legacy platform SMEs.

• 7+ years of program and project delivery experience in complex, multi-track environments with distributed teams.
• Proven experience managing platform modernization or legacy migration programs, including monolith to microservices, cloud migration, strangler fig, or similar patterns.
• Strong understanding of SAFe or equivalent scaled Agile frameworks, including PI planning, sprint execution, and formal phase gate processes.
• Experience managing fixed-price engagements with non-milestone-based payment schedules, including burn rate tracking and forecast-to-completion analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to manage C-level stakeholder relationships, tailor communication to different audiences, and build executive confidence through metrics-driven reporting.
• Experience coordinating multiple delivery pods running in parallel with independent backlogs but shared infrastructure and governance.
• Strong technical awareness, including understanding of microservices, API gateways, CI CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure with AWS preferred, and data migration concepts sufficient to identify risks and ask the right questions.
• Emotional maturity and high emotional intelligence in managing cross-functional teams, resolving technical disagreements, and navigating competing priorities among client stakeholders.
• Experience working alongside or managing vendor relationships in multi-vendor environments.

• Experience with AI-assisted development tools or SDLC automation, including AI code generation, test generation, or agentic workflows.
• Familiarity with Kong API Gateway, event-driven architectures, or domain-driven design.
• Knowledge of compliance and regulatory standards relevant to financial services, including GDPR, data retention, and audit trail requirements.
• Experience in financial services, professional certification, or EdTech organizations.