Senior Technical Program Manager II

Nielsen; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Nielsen is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead high-stakes, cross-functional engineering initiatives. You will bridge business strategy, system architecture, and operational execution to turn ambitious roadmaps into reliable software.

In this role, you will drive delivery strategy for complex integrations, scale distributed services, manage dependencies, and synthesize technical status for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience as a TPM, Engineering Manager, or Systems Architect.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, microservices, REST/gRPC APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
• Delivery of large-scale multi-team software initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and data-driven delivery.

Responsibilities

• Architect end-to-end program delivery plans for multi-team initiatives.
• Identify and manage cross-functional dependencies across APIs and services.
• Drive system trade-offs on latency, scalability, debt; participate in architectural reviews.
• Identify technical, security, and operational risks; create contingency plans.
• Establish execution cadence with agile processes and metrics.
• Synthesize status and risks into executive updates.

Skills

Distributed systems

Microservices

REST APIs

gRPC

Cloud platforms

Stakeholder management

Program management tools

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/CE

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Company Description

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

Company Description

At Nielsen, we are passionate about our work to power a better media future for all people by providing powerful insights that drive client decisions and deliver extraordinary results. Our talented, global workforce is dedicated to capturing audience engagement with content - wherever and whenever it’s consumed. Together, we are proudly rooted in our deep legacy as we stand at the forefront of the media revolution. When you join Nielsen, you will join a dynamic team committed to excellence, perseverance, and the ambition to make an impact together. We champion you, because when you succeed, we do too. We enable your best to power our future.

Job Description

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to lead high-stakes, cross-functional engineering initiatives. In this role, you will bridge business strategy, system architecture, and operational execution. You will drive the technical delivery strategy for complex software integrations, scale distributed systems, and partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Architecture leaders to turn ambitious roadmaps into reliable software.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Delivery Strategy: Architect end-to-end program delivery plans for multi-team initiatives, translating high-level product requirements into detailed engineering milestones.
• Architecture & Dependency Management: Identify, track, and resolve complex cross-functional dependencies across API contracts, core platform services, and external integrations.
• Technical Problem Solving: Drive alignment on system trade-offs (e.g., latency, scalability, technical debt) and participate in architectural reviews to keep execution aligned with long-term platform health.
• Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify technical, security, and operational risks weeks before they impact launch schedules, building actionable contingency plans.
• Operational Excellence: Establish a lightweight, high-impact execution cadence (e.g., agile delivery processes, integration testing syncs, execution metrics, post-mortems) across distributed engineering teams.
• Executive Communication: Synthesize technical status, risks, and execution health into clear, data-driven updates for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Experience: 7+ years of experience as a TPM, Engineering Manager, or Systems Architect managing complex software development cycles.
• Technical Depth: Deep understanding of distributed systems, service-oriented/microservices architecture, REST/gRPC APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure). Ability to hold technical discussions with Principal Engineers and Architects.
• Execution Track Record: Proven history of delivering large-scale, multi-team software initiatives from inception to rollout on time and at scale.
• Leadership & Influence: Outstanding stakeholder management skills; ability to align disparate engineering, product, and business teams without direct authority.
• Data-Driven: Proficiency with program management frameworks (Jira, Confluence) and using metrics to measure delivery velocity and system reliability.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience in ad tech, data engineering, complex integrations (e.g., third-party verification, SDK integrations), or high-throughput real-time systems.