Program Manager

Tata Consultancy Services; Duluth (GA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary Annual Incentive

Medical Coverage

Parental Leaves

401K Plan

Certification & Training Reimbursement

Vacation & Holidays

Job summary

Tata Consultancy Services in the United States is seeking an experienced program leader to manage large enterprise programs in retail and ecommerce. You will drive modernization, coordinate cross-functional teams, and ensure timely delivery from discovery through rollout.

The role requires strong agile experience, deep technical fluency in Java/Spring Boot, microservices, GCP, and data platforms, plus excellent executive communication and governance skills. On-site in GA may be required.

Qualifications

• Experience leading enterprise-scale programs in retail, ecommerce, or digital

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery management modernization roadmap, including discovery, validation, planning, execution, governance, and rollout readiness.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to translate needs into execution plans and measurable outcomes.
• Structure requirements into multi-work streams to manage delivery and governance.
• Create and manage integrated program plans covering milestones, releases, dependencies, sprints, demos, UAT, rollout, risks, issues, actions, and decisions logs.
• Drive product roadmap prioritization using complexity, value, dependency, risk, and readiness; support MVP definition and phased delivery sequencing.
• Coordinate POCs and accelerators around AI-assisted development.
• Track scope, effort, assumptions, changes, and estimations to support governance reviews.
• Ensure strong project hygiene: RAID, weekly exec reporting, resource tracking, release/test readiness, stakeholder communications.

Skills

Program Management

Agile Scrum

Java Spring Boot

Cloud/Nat GCP

Stakeholder Mgmt

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Job Description

• Managed and lead enterprise level large Programs in retail, ecommerce, digital. Should have a development experience in early career which is essential to understand technicalities of the program and manage effectively.
• Experience in leading in retail Store & Ecommerce, respective product development or modernization programs.
• added advantage: Strong understanding of product data lifecycle: product onboarding, enrichment, attribution, taxonomy, PDP maintenance, UPC/SKU/WebID relationships, imagery/workflow, pricing, promotions, publishing, and downstream channel enablement.
• Proven ability to convert business requirements into roadmap, MVP scope, release plan, backlog, milestones, dependencies, RAID, and executive status reporting.
• Hands-on delivery governance across product owners, business SMEs, architects, UX, engineering, QE, data, integration, SRE, security, vendor/product teams, and offshore/onshore delivery teams.
• Experience managing modernization programs involving cloud-native applications, APIs, event-driven architecture, batch-to-real-time transformation, data migration, and operational dashboards.
• Strong Agile delivery background using Scrum/SAFe, Jira, Confluence, release planning, sprint ceremonies, dependency management, and stakeholder demos.
• Ability to manage high ambiguity, run workshops, drive decisions, document assumptions, and align leadership across build-vs-buy, roadmap, cost, scope, risk, and product adoption decisions.
• Considerable fluency in Java/Spring Boot, microservices, GCP/cloud, React/UI modernization, Kafka/Pub/Sub, APIs, data platforms, logging/monitoring, and DevSecOps concepts is required to manage technical stakeholders effectively.
• Excellent executive communication, customer-facing presentation skills, and ability to produce concise leadership updates, action plans, and proposal inputs.
  
• Own end-to-end delivery management modernization roadmap, including discovery, requirement validation, planning, execution, governance, and rollout readiness.
• Partner with business, product, architecture, engineering, UX, QA, data, integration, SRE, and security teams to translate functional needs into execution plans and measurable delivery outcomes.
• Structure requirements into multi work streams as needed for the project delivery to manage the deliveries and governance.
• Create and manage integrated program plans covering milestones, releases, dependencies, sprint execution, demos, UAT support, rollout, risks, issues, actions, and decision logs.
• Drive product roadmap prioritization using complexity, business value, dependency, risk, and readiness criteria; support MVP definition and phased delivery sequencing.
• Coordinate POCs and accelerators around AI-assisted development.
• Track scope, effort, assumptions, change requests, and estimation inputs to support proposal development and governance reviews.
• Ensure strong project hygiene: RAID management, weekly executive reporting, financial/resource tracking, release readiness, test readiness, stakeholder communications, and escalation management.
• Facilitate workshops with business and technology SMEs to validate current-state process, future-state capability needs, and acceptance criteria.
• Support change management, training readiness, adoption planning, documentation, and transition to steady-state operations.
  

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

• Managed and lead enterprise level large Programs in retail, ecommerce, digital. Should have a development experience in early career which is essential to understand technicalities of the program and manage effectively.
• Experience in leading in retail Store & Ecommerce, respective product development or modernization programs.
• added advantage: Strong understanding of product data lifecycle: product onboarding, enrichment, attribution, taxonomy, PDP maintenance, UPC/SKU/WebID relationships, imagery/workflow, pricing, promotions, publishing, and downstream channel enablement.
• Proven ability to convert business requirements into roadmap, MVP scope, release plan, backlog, milestones, dependencies, RAID, and executive status reporting.
• Hands-on delivery governance across product owners, business SMEs, architects, UX, engineering, QE, data, integration, SRE, security, vendor/product teams, and offshore/onshore delivery teams.
• Experience managing modernization programs involving cloud-native applications, APIs, event-driven architecture, batch-to-real-time transformation, data migration, and operational dashboards.
• Strong Agile delivery background using Scrum/SAFe, Jira, Confluence, release planning, sprint ceremonies, dependency management, and stakeholder demos.
• Ability to manage high ambiguity, run workshops, drive decisions, document assumptions, and align leadership across build-vs-buy, roadmap, cost, scope, risk, and product adoption decisions.
• Considerable fluency in Java/Spring Boot, microservices, GCP/cloud, React/UI modernization, Kafka/Pub/Sub, APIs, data platforms, logging/monitoring, and DevSecOps concepts is required to manage technical stakeholders effectively.
• Excellent executive communication, customer-facing presentation skills, and ability to produce concise leadership updates, action plans, and proposal inputs.
  

Roles & Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery management modernization roadmap, including discovery, requirement validation, planning, execution, governance, and rollout readiness.
• Partner with business, product, architecture, engineering, UX, QA, data, integration, SRE, and security teams to translate functional needs into execution plans and measurable delivery outcomes.
• Structure requirements into multi work streams as needed for the project delivery to manage the deliveries and governance.
• Create and manage integrated program plans covering milestones, releases, dependencies, sprint execution, demos, UAT support, rollout, risks, issues, actions, and decision logs.
• Drive product roadmap prioritization using complexity, business value, dependency, risk, and readiness criteria; support MVP definition and phased delivery sequencing.
• Coordinate POCs and accelerators around AI-assisted development.
• Track scope, effort, assumptions, change requests, and estimation inputs to support proposal development and governance reviews.
• Ensure strong project hygiene: RAID management, weekly executive reporting, financial/resource tracking, release readiness, test readiness, stakeholder communications, and escalation management.
• Facilitate workshops with business and technology SMEs to validate current-state process, future-state capability needs, and acceptance criteria.
• Support change management, training readiness, adoption planning, documentation, and transition to steady-state operations.
  

TCS Employee Benefits Summary

• Discretionary Annual Incentive.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
• Insurance Options: Aut& Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
• Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Salary Range-$110,000-$140,000 a year