Technical Program Manager

Description

Technical Program Management is a sub-function under Strategy Deployment function and is responsible to drive large, complex, multi-phased Technical Initiatives that helps to deliver Product/Tech and Business & Operations Capabilities that are identified by Flipkart Leadership as part of Quarterly OKR process. Technical Program Management acts as an enabler by playing a critical role in initiation of programs defining, structuring and building a deliverable based plan in leading cross-functional Product/Tech teams to focus on outcomes that has business value meeting strategic objectives. Technical Program Management function receives very broad guidance from top management and requires a high level of initiative and problem solving ability in a highly ambiguous environment with-in Flipkart. 

Technical Program Management make things happen at Flipkart by translating Business/Product asks in to successful Technical Deployment via Programs. 

Skills Required

Program Management Product Thinking, Technical Thinking, Product Requirement, Platform Thinking, Product Thinking, Stakeholder Management

Role

● Partner with Business, Product / Tech owners and Operation Leaders in understanding long-term capabilities / initiatives that needs to be managed in-line with the Organisational/Functional goals. Based on the asks, create the product backlog and keep it groomed always 

● Own and execute E2E the SDLC for one or more top level key technical initiatives by partnering with Project Sponsors, other Technical Program Managers, and multiple development teams 

● Partner with Architects and drive high-quality technical solutions, and provide inputs regarding architecture, design, and priorities 

● Identify, assess and mitigate risks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs balancing the business needs versus constraints 

● Clearly articulate & communicate vision, plans and project status to Flipkart Leadership Team and key technical and business stakeholders 

● Engage with other teams across Flipkart to evangelize the team and your projects, to build relationships and help identify existing technologies/processes that can be leveraged to meet your team’s goals 

● Besides managing and executing Technical Programs, you will also need to drive the Strategy Setting & Review exercises like OKR Finalisation, Quarterly/Monthly OKR Reviews for the Product/Tech teams

You (Must Haves): 

● Good business & product/tech understanding of few of the following 

○ Mobile App Development 

○ User Experience Design 

○ Payments 

○ Search & Recommendations 

○ Ads Platform 

○ Market Place 

○ Pricing & Promotions 

○ Catalog & Listings Management 

○ Fulfillment & Supply Chain 

○ Datacenter Capacity Planning 

○ Analytics 

○ Data Science, Data Services & Platform 

○ Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence 

● Strong technical, analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive decisions 

● Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, manage tradeoffs and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with internal and external partners 

● Hands-on experience in establishing and driving Agile methodology 

● Adept at being detail-oriented with a demonstrated ability to self-motivate and follow-through on programs 

● Ability to think both strategically and tactically and to drive execution. Should be equally comfortable with long term planning and day to day progress tracking and execution 

● Proven track record of taking ownership and of delivering results in a fast paced environment, including history of successfully delivering large scale projects end to end, through the entire life-cycle

Education/Qualification

B.Tech/B.E.