Senior Technical Program Manager

Senior Technical Program Manager

Description

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

Skills Required

Technical Program Management, communication skills, Leadership Skills, Planning Skills, Time Management, Analytical Skills, risk management, Project Coordination

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

Desirable Skills

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