Technical Program Manager: Platform Engineering

8 - 13 years

30 - 45 Lacs

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Job Title: Technical Program Manager Platform Engineering

About the Role:

As a TPM, you will be responsible for end-to-end delivery of complex technical programs that span multiple scrum teams. You will be the key driver of planning, execution, governance, and delivery excellence across platform modernization, CI/CD improvements, DevOps, and microservices enablement.

Key Responsibilities:

Program Management & Execution:

  • Own and drive the planning and delivery of multiple concurrent platform engineering initiatives.
  • Define and manage end-to-end program roadmaps, timelines, dependencies, and milestones.
  • Build and maintain program documentation including delivery plans, risk logs, and decision records.
  • Track delivery metrics (velocity, burn-down, blockers) and provide data-driven updates to leadership.

Agile Delivery Leadership:

  • Lead agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, retrospectives, and daily stand-ups across teams.
  • Coordinate Scrum of Scrums and cross-team program increment planning.
  • Support backlog grooming, capacity planning, and release orchestration.
  • Continuously improve team delivery processes by identifying and addressing inefficiencies.

Cross-functional Stakeholder Coordination:

  • Act as a bridge between engineering, product, architecture, infrastructure, and business stakeholders.
  • Facilitate discussions to resolve technical dependencies, team blockers, and resource conflicts.
  • Build alignment across teams to ensure shared understanding of goals, priorities, and timelines.
  • Collaborate closely with technical leads and architects to ensure solution consistency.

Platform Engineering & Technical Oversight:

  • Contribute to strategic initiatives like cloud adoption, CI/CD automation, DevOps practices, and platform scalability.
  • Lead modernization projects such as legacy system decomposition and infrastructure re-platforming.
  • Partner with engineering leadership to define and implement best practices in reliability, observability, and deployment.
  • Support efforts to reduce technical debt and increase platform stability.

Communication & Risk Management:

  • Provide clear, concise, and timely updates to executive stakeholders.
  • Escalate risks and issues with mitigation plans.
  • Serve as the point of contact for all program-related communication, ensuring transparency and alignment.

Tech Stack & Tools:

  • Project Management:

    Jira, Azure DevOps, Confluence, Monday.com
  • Cloud Platforms:

    AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Agile Frameworks:

    SAFe, Scrum of Scrums, Kanban
  • Engineering Practices:

    CI/CD pipelines, DevOps toolchains, Microservices, SRE
  • Reporting:

    Agile metrics dashboards, KPI tracking tools, performance monitors

Qualifications:

  • 8–12 years of experience in technical program management or engineering delivery.
  • Proven experience delivering large-scale, cross-team platform or infrastructure projects.
  • Deep knowledge of agile methodologies and hands-on experience with scaled agile frameworks.
  • Familiarity with modern engineering practices including DevOps, microservices, CI/CD, and cloud-native architecture.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement, conflict resolution, and communication skills.
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (Master’s or certifications like PMP, SAFe, CSM preferred).

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