OLA - Technical Program Manager

Job Title :Technical Program Manager (TPM)

Department :Software Engineering - TPM

Business Unit : Mobility India

About Company:

Ola is India’s largest mobility platform and one of the world’s largest ride-hailing companies. Ola revolutionised urban mobility by making it available on demand for over a billion people across 3 continents. Today, Ola continues to move the world to sustainable mobility through its ride hailing platform as well as through advanced electric vehicles manufactured at its Futurefactory, the largest, most advanced and sustainable two wheeler factory in the world. Ola is dedicated to transitioning the world to sustainable mobility and making the world better than we found it.

About Department:

About Role:

- Technical Program Manager is responsible for programs/projects involving cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of products or system or features.

- They own and manage projects and programs end-to-end, initiate, coordinate and communicate across groups effectively to provide on-time, within budget, high quality deliverables that meet customer/business expectations.

- Technical Program Manager manages delivery using sound product & business acumen, technology depth and strong project management skills.

- Technical Program manager act as catalyst to faster business delivery by streamlining and simplifying processes, monitoring engineering productivity and ensuring the engineering best practices are followed.

- Defines and implements cross-team processes to improve efficiency and delivery (SDLC), defines metrics to measure and monitor efficiency and effectiveness of the processes and drives adoption across organization.

- Monitors and tracks complex programs effectively by providing periodic updates to technical, non-technical -teams and Sr.Management

- Has the right balance of technical, project management and business/product acumen and manages delivery across SDLC serving as single point of contact.

- Handle multiple competing and changing priorities in a fast-paced environment

- Manages stakeholders from different cross functional teams by setting expectations and providing frequent program/project updates.

Experience:

- 3+ years of experience in a software engineering role and at least 2 years of delivery management experience in product organization.

Educational Qualifications:

- Must have - B.Tech or higher or equivalent required.

Good to have :

Key competencies :

- Understands the technical designs of the multiple projects and programs he/she is managing. Has deeper understanding of specific sub-systems and possess ability to drive technical discussions if needed.

- Experience setting engineering organization from scratch and helping teams adopt engineering best practices.

- Strong familiarity with Agile methodologies; Has ability to think strategically and execute methodically.

- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. This includes excellent listening skills, concise communications and targeting the message to specific audiences

- Experienced working in a fast-paced environment where continuous innovation is desired.

- Ability to roll up sleeves and operate as an individual contributor to get the job done; at the same time, be able to guide a team toward an objective.

- Ability to build strong relationships with stakeholders and key partners for the program.

- Ability to communicate effectively and establish credibility with technical and non-technical stakeholders including executive staff.

Software/Tools System Exposure:

- Agile methodologies

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