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Must skills : TPM, Agile Scrum methodologies, Cloud, SDLC, DevOps, and SecOps We are currently seeking a Technical Program Manager in India to support a growing IT organization and Infra initiatives. This position is responsible for planning, organizing, and executing technical projects in support of an enterprise scale infrastructure and operations organization. The successful candidate will assist IT and Technology Services to execute against a book of work encompassing many technical disciplines. Under the direction of the India Lead and Head of Technical Program Management (USA) the TPM will be responsible for all aspects of executing and managing projects, tasks, schedules and reporting including project communications. 5 to 10 years experience in project management in IT Technology infrastructure project management at an enterprise scale experience PMP or equivalent certification Bachelors degree Exceptional organizational and time management skills. * Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, including pipeline management, backlog grooming, and release management (preferred). Strong problem-solving aptitude and critical thinking. Expert proficiency in MS Office suite. ServiceNow experience (preferred). Smartsheet experience (desired). Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Knowledge of relevant Project Management tools and platforms. Agile and Waterfall methodology experience. Data center infrastructure implementation experience (preferred). Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities and deadlines with diverse stakeholders. Familiarity with enterprise IT networks, storage, virtual servers, and related technologies. Extensive experience in IT project delivery at an enterprise scale. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines. Proactive and independent decision-making to plan work, make recommendations, and drive initiatives. Role, Responsibilities Work closely with leadership, technical teams, and other resources to plan, scope, and deliver multiple projects on budget, within scope, and on schedule. Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including milestones, deadlines, risks, and resource allocation. Identify requirements needed from external and cross-functional teams to ensure project success. Define project completion criteria and help teams achieve them. Identify and address risks in migration and infrastructure projects by working with relevant teams to implement mitigation strategies and contingency plans. Ensure familiarity with IT Security and Compliance processes throughout the project. Manage all aspects and phases of projects: technical resources, schedules, budgets, and reporting. Facilitate backlog grooming sessions with development and operations teams to ensure the backlog is well-defined, prioritized, and ready for sprint planning. Work closely with product owners and technical teams to ensure user stories, features, and tasks are clearly defined and properly estimated. Ensure that work is broken down into manageable pieces and appropriately prioritized based on business and technical needs. Lead standups, team meetings, lessons-learned, and other relevant meetings to ensure continuous collaboration and improvement. Regularly report on project status, risks, and key milestones to senior leadership and stakeholders. Prepare reports, status updates, and expected project artifacts to keep stakeholders informed and aligned. Create and maintain documentation, including project charters, plans, and retrospectives. Develop standardized processes to enhance project management efficiency. Assess program effectiveness and optimize ROI to ensure continued value and improvement. Leverage expert documentation skills to ensure accuracy and clarity in all project materials. Help engineers translate business requirements into IT deliverables to align technical outcomes with business objectives.

Estimate user stories/features (story point estimation) and tasks in hours with the required level of accuracy and commit them as part of Sprint Planning. Contributes to the backlog grooming meetings by promptly asking relevant questions to ensure requirements achieve the right level of DOR. Raise any impediments/risks (technical / operational / personal) they come across and approaches Scrum Master/Technical Architect/PO Creates and maintains the product test strategy, documents it. Creates formal test plans and test reports and ensures they have the correct approvals. Coaches and mentors test team members the importance of testing. Responsible for test planning Organizes and facilitates Test Readiness Review Works with the product management team to create the approved user guide ready for the release. Provides test coverage reports/automates test cases percentage. Ensures high quality deliverable is passed on to UAT phase for collaborators testing. Provides test evaluation summary report (test metrics) for the release. Estimates user stories/features (story point estimation) from their point of view and tasks in hours with the required level of accuracy and commit them as part of Sprint Planning. Contributes to the backlog refinement meetings by promptly asking relevant questions to ensure requirements achieve the right level of DOR. Works with the Product Owner to confirm that the acceptance tests reflect the desired functionality. Raises any impediments/risks (technical / operational / personal) they come across and approaches Scrum Masters/Technical Architect/PO accordingly to arrive at a decision. Collaborate with other team members on various aspects of development/integration testing etc. to get the feature working on is delivered with quality and on time.

Role & responsibilities Implementing Scrum Practices: Ensures that Scrum practices are implemented consistently across all teams and that any deviations are addressed. Helps to establish sprint cadence. Works with product owners to keep the sprint teams backlog ready and groomed. Facilitates sprint planning, review, daily scrum, refinement meetings, and retrospective events at the team level. Supporting Scrum Masters: Provides support and guidance to Scrum Masters, helping them to resolve impediments and improve team performance. Participates as well as facilitates Scrum of Scrums. Leader and Mentor: Acts as a leader and mentor for Scrum Masters within the organization, helping them to develop their skills and capabilities. Coach: Provides coaching to Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and development teams to enhance their understanding and application of Scrum practices. Cross-Team Coordination: Facilitates coordination between multiple Scrum teams, especially in large-scale projects or programs. Takes responsibility for managing dependencies within the sprint team as well as those dependencies from other development or operations teams. Facilitator: Facilitates communication and collaboration among teams, departments, and stakeholders to ensure alignment and effective delivery. Monitoring Progress: Monitors the progress of Scrum teams and ensures that they are on track to meet their goals and deliver value. Coordinates timely response and support to production line customer issues and helps to ensure that the team maintains adherence to (SLA). Stakeholder Management: Engages with stakeholders to ensure their needs and expectations are met, and that they understand the Scrum process and its benefits. Communicates sprint status to stakeholders at a fixed cadence. Continuous Improvement: Promotes a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging teams to reflect on their processes and make necessary adjustments. Change Agent: Drives organizational change and promotes a culture of continuous improvement and agile thinking. Training and Development: Organizes and conducts training sessions for Scrum Masters, Product Owners, and development teams to enhance their understanding of Scrum and agile methodologies. Acts as an Agile coach to the different marketing teams. Promotes adherence to Agile best practices in Marketing. Metrics and Reporting: Tracks and reports on key metrics to assess the effectiveness of Scrum implementation and identify areas for improvement. Conflict Resolution: Helps to resolve conflicts within and between teams, ensuring that they do not impede progress. Preferred candidate profile 7-9 years of marketing experience including 3-4 years of experience as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach. Large/enterprise experience using Agile methodologies preferred but not required. Extensive Agile and Scrum Experience: Several years of experience working as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or in similar roles. Understanding of backlog tracking, burn-down metrics, velocity, task definition, and other Agile terminology. Situational Awareness: Must be the first to notice differences and issues as they arise and make all necessary attempts to solve them before elevating them to management. Conflict Resolution Skills: Skilled in resolving conflicts and removing impediments that hinder team progress. Coaching and Mentoring Skills: Ability to coach and mentor individuals and teams in agile practices and principles. Stakeholder Management: Ability to manage and align stakeholder expectations and ensure effective communication. Empathy and Emotional Intelligence: Ability to understand and empathize with team members and stakeholders. Analytical skills Drive for continuous improvement. Quick learner - Must be able to quickly gain a high-level understanding of the technical and business domains of the development team. Self-motivation and the ability to work under minimal supervision are a must. Outstanding written and oral communication. Experience with Wrike preferred but not required. Certifications: Relevant certifications such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM), Advanced Certified ScrumMaster (A-CSM), Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), or equivalent agile certifications (e.g., SAFe, LeSS, ICP-ACC).

Must skills : TPM, Cloud, SDLC, DevOps, and SecOps TPM Skills - must to have Conduct sprint ceremonies Send out sprint reports Break down Epics into Features and Stories Define the Definition of Done (DoD) and Acceptance Criteria 5 + years experience in project management in IT Technology infrastructure project management at an enterprise scale experience PMP or equivalent certification Bachelors degree Exceptional organizational and time management skills. Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, including pipeline management, backlog grooming, and release management (preferred). Strong problem-solving aptitude and critical thinking. Expert proficiency in MS Office suite. ServiceNow experience (preferred). Smartsheet experience (desired). Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Knowledge of relevant Project Management tools and platforms. Agile and Waterfall methodology experience. Datacenter infrastructure implementation experience (preferred). Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities and deadlines with diverse stakeholders. Familiarity with enterprise IT networks, storage, virtual servers, and related technologies. Extensive experience in IT project delivery at an enterprise scale. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines. Proactive and independent decision-making to plan work, make recommendations, and drive initiatives.

5 + years experience in project management in IT Technology infrastructure project management at an enterprise scale experience PMP or equivalent certification Bachelors degree Exceptional organizational and time management skills. Hands-on experience with Azure DevOps, including pipeline management, backlog grooming, and release management (preferred). Strong problem-solving aptitude and critical thinking. Expert proficiency in MS Office suite. ServiceNow experience (preferred). Smartsheet experience (desired). Excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Knowledge of relevant Project Management tools and platforms. Agile and Waterfall methodology experience. Datacenter infrastructure implementation experience (preferred). Proven ability to manage multiple competing priorities and deadlines with diverse stakeholders. Familiarity with enterprise IT networks, storage, virtual servers, and related technologies. Extensive experience in IT project delivery at an enterprise scale. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines. Proactive and independent decision-making to plan work, make recommendations, and drive initiatives.

Business Advisors shape the vision and strategy with the client, understand the needs of the users/stakeholders, carry out an elicitation of processes, data and capabilities and derive the target processes and the business requirements for the current and future solution. Job Description - Grade Specific Performs analysis of processes, systems, data and business information and research, and builds up domain knowledge. Skills (competencies) Abstract Thinking Active Listening Agile (Software Development Framework) Analytical Thinking Backlog Grooming Business Architecture Modeling Business Process Modeling (e.g. BPMN) Change Management Coaching Collaboration Commercial Acumen Conceptual Data Modeling Conflict Management Confluence Critical Thinking CxO Conversations Data Analysis Data Requirements Management Decision-Making Emotional Intelligence Enterprise Architecture Modelling Facilitation Functional IT Architecture Modelling Giving Feedback Google Cloud Platform (GCP) (Cloud Platform) Influencing Innovation Jira Mediation Mentoring Microsoft Office Motivation Negotiation Networking Power BI Presentation skills Prioritization Problem Solving Project Governance Project Management Project Planning Qlik Relationship-Building Requirements Gathering Risk Management Scope Management SQL Stakeholder Management Story Mapping Storytelling Strategic Management Strategic tThinking SWOT Analysis Systems Requirement Analysis (or Management) Tableau Trusted Advisor UI-Design / Wireframing UML User Journey User Research Verbal Communication Written Communication

As a business Analyst for Technology in our Technology team, you will partner with business, technology managers to create functional and business specifications of the business needs to help develop strongly engineered applications. Youll be an integral part of the banks technology infrastructure, guiding the Feature teams through the requirements and leading by example. You will enable the digital environment that helps our people share their knowledge, expertise and real passion for our business. Deutsche Bank is investing heavily in technology, which means we are investing in you. Join us here, and youll constantly be looking ahead. Your key responsibilities Responsible for eliciting and managing functional requirements in partnership and collaboration with the Business Functional Analyst, architecture, and delivery leads, working in an agile and iterative manner to build out appropriate solutions Liaises with Product Owners, SME, and technical community (architects, developers etc.) for solution identification. Works in a collaborative and agile manner to create end to end functional flows, document user stories and refine (e.g. add Acceptance Criteria) and liaise with development teams to priorities and deliver against the requirements Ensure the right granularity of user story's by applying slicing techniques in scope of estimation and completion in a single sprint Provide needed clarifications on requirements to team members Together with Business Functional Analyst manage requirements using Agile framework i.e. user stories and help drive the agile process forward by participation in backlog grooming, sprint planning, QA, etc. Responsible for supporting the testing requirements together with the QA Team Supports the design and conceptualization of new business solution options and articulates identified impacts and risks Assures that the Product Backlog Items Respect Definition of Ready before entering in the Sprint Backlog Together with the Scrum Master assures that a proper number of Items enter Sprint Backlog Supports the Business Analysis Specialists, Product Owners, on the prioritization of change requests Outline business value of each requirement together with Business Functional Analyst and Product Owners and continuously engages with Engineering, POs and Journey experts to ensure development is aligned to what is required Provides domain and functional expertise as required Understands vision of the product and ensures development activities reflect that vision into the product Works with engineers, to prioritize, trouble shoot and resolve reported bugs / issues / stories on applications Drives data discovery, sourcing, modelling and analytics to support the creation of data flows and models. This includes researching and profiling data sources in data categories of expertise Evaluating dependences, interfaces and specifying inputs and formatting outputs to meet the business' Responsible for defining Non-Functional Requirements. Your skills and experience Experience in a Banking domain and/or related support functions including understanding of products, business, and operational processes, with exposure to business analysis will be preferred. Particularly Billing and Securities Services / Digital Asset Custody, Trade settlement, Payments, Trade Lifecycle Working closely with Senior Product Owners (D, MDs) and Stakeholders along with maintaining product backlogs and driving release content throughout via prioritized stories. Experience in conceptualization and solution definition Good analytical and problem-solving experience Ability to identify and interpret implicit and explicit stakeholders needs and requirements Self-motivated and flexibility to work autonomously coupled with ability to work in virtual teams and matrix/global organizations including appreciation of different cultures during collaborating and sharing. Ability to influence and motivate other team members and stakeholders through strong dialogue, facilitation, and persuasiveness. A team player who continually collaborates and shares information Continually looks to simplify and standardize solutions Actively seeks to reduce complexity and do the "right thing" Persistent in your drive for quality and excellence Architecturally minded with an ability to simplify complex activities Consistent in your approach to activities and tasks An excellent communicator (written & verbal) Influencer and problem solving