Job Title: Associate Vice President Technical Program Manager
Location: Bangalore
Experience: 14+ years
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Program & Delivery Leadership
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of GCP-based programs, including cloud migration, data engineering, application modernization, and AI/ML initiatives.
- Own program planning, execution, timeline management, and delivery governance across multiple distributed teams.
- Monitor scope, milestones, KPIs, risks, dependencies, and budget adherence for all cloud transformation projects.
- Develop and maintain program roadmaps, RAID logs, executive dashboards, and delivery scorecards.
Technical Project Management
- Understand and translate GCP architecture, Cloud Run/Functions, GKE, BigQuery, Vertex AI, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, and cloud security requirements into actionable project plans.
- Drive technical discussions with architects, engineers, and cloud SMEs to ensure solution alignment with business and technology standards.
- Coordinate with engineering teams to define user stories, acceptance criteria, and release plans across Agile/Scrum teams.
Stakeholder Management
- Act as the primary point of contact for senior business stakeholders, cloud architects, engineering leads, and client leadership.
- Facilitate requirement-gathering sessions and ensure alignment between business objectives and technical delivery.
- Present program updates, risks, and mitigation strategies to executive sponsors and governance committees.
Cloud Governance & Compliance
- Ensure all GCP solutions follow enterprise cloud governance, security controls, IAM policies, FinOps guidelines, and compliance frameworks.
- Work with cloud CoE teams to enforce best practices for cloud-native design, reliability engineering, and performance optimization.
Team Leadership & Collaboration
- Lead multi-disciplinary teams across engineering, QA, DevOps, data, architecture, and product.
- Provide direction, remove blockers, and enable teams to deliver high-quality outcomes on time.
- Mentor and guide team members to improve delivery maturity, Agile adoption, and technical execution.
Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement
- Drive continuous improvement across Agile delivery, sprint planning, automation, cloud operations, quality assurance, and DevOps pipelines.
- Identify opportunities to streamline delivery processes, reduce cycle time, and enhance predictability.
Qualifications we seek in you!
Minimum Qualifications
- Proven experience in technical project or program management for cloud transformation initiatives.
- Strong understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services and cloud-native architectures.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Demonstrated leadership in managing large-scale multi-team programs in Agile environments.
- Experience with project management tools and techniques (Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Agile, SAFe, etc.).
Preferred Qualifications
- Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect or Cloud Digital Leader certification (highly preferred).
- Experience managing cloud migration, data modernization, or AI/ML model deployment programs on GCP.
- Background in Software Engineering, Cloud Engineering, or Solution Architecture.
- Strong communication, executive reporting, stakeholder management, and risk mitigation skills.
- Familiarity with DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, Cloud Build, Terraform, SRE principles, and cloud governance frameworks.
