Technical Program Manager

KnackLabs; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,800,000; Full time

Job summary

KnackLabs in Hyderabad, India seeks a TPM to own a defined workstream from scoping to delivery under a mentorship. You will break objectives into milestones, track progress with data, and flag risks early while collaborating with engineers, EMs, and product teams to unblock work and drive decisions to closure.

You will also look for efficiency gains by creating templates, dashboards, trackers, or small AI-driven automations to improve program execution.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field.
• Hands-on engineering or technical IC experience.
• Clear communication and structured problem-solving to turn ambiguity into a plan.

Responsibilities

• Own a defined workstream within a cross-functional program, from scoping to delivery, with a TPM as your mentor.
• Break objectives into milestones, track progress with data, and flag risks early.
• Work with engineers, EMs, and product and business teams to unblock work and drive decisions to closure.
• Improve how programs run with templates, dashboards, trackers, or small automations, including AI tools you build.

Skills

Strong technical foundation

System design understanding

Engineering discussion participation

Clear communication

Structured problem-solving

Data-driven decision making

Ask the right questions

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science

Tools

AI tools development

Job description

Responsibilities:

• Own a defined workstream within a cross-functional program, from scoping to delivery, with a TPM as your mentor.
• Break objectives into milestones, track progress with data, and flag risks early.
• Work with engineers, EMs, and product and business teams to unblock work and drive decisions to closure.
• Improve how programs run with templates, dashboards, trackers, or small automations, including AI tools you build.

Requirements:

• We're open to two kinds of candidates. Both need a strong technical foundation; you should be able to understand a system design, follow an engineering discussion, and ask the right questions.
• Engineers with an MBA / PGDM: You have an engineering degree, 1-3 years of hands‑on engineering or technical work, and a completed MBA or PGDM, with your sights set on a TPM career.
• Engineers switching to TPM: You've worked as a software engineer or in a similar technical IC role and want to move into program management.

Must have:

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science, or a related technical field.
• Hands‑on technical experience as an engineer or technical IC.
• Clear communication and structured problem‑solving: you can take an ambiguous situation and turn it into a clear plan.

Good to have:

• MBA/PGDM (completed).
• Exposure to payments, fintech, or other regulated or high‑availability systems.
• Prior experience coordinating a project, release, or initiative across more than one team.
• Something you've built with AI, such as an agent, a script, or a workflow