Program Manager

Druva

Pune, Maharashtra

3 - 4 yrs Exp.

Not Disclosed

01 Feb 2023
7 Applicants
1215 views

Job Description

Responsibilities:

Owns complete planning and delivery of releases at a regular cadence of one or more complex products across cross-product functions.
Work with product management, cross-functional leads, and stakeholders to define and agree objectives/scope of new programs/releases.
Facilitate cross-team coordination to plan the dependencies apart from tracking/resolving those. Facilitate Scrum of Scrum to manage dependencies in the program, maintaining focus on the overall objectives.
Helps resolve blockers to keep the teams focused on building and delivering value to customers.
Interfaces with stakeholders for help, if any, needed for impediments and people issues.
Support the Product Owner in managing stakeholder communications, and helping to implement an effective system of program governance.
Assist in planning/defining incremental deliverables.
Define and track metrics for measuring the health of product delivery and work with stakeholders to improve these.
Periodically radiates information on overall program progress throughout its life cycle.
Continuously does risk assessment & identifies mitigation and contingency plans to ensure good predictability.
Coordinates with cross-functional teams for productization or launch aspects such as Legal, Licensing, Documentation, Support etc.
Work with other Program Managers and Scrum Masters to further enhance and continuously improve the application of Agile principles and Scrum in the organization.
Bridge the gaps in the SDLC process followed in the organization and update the SDLC Framework to reduce risks and ensure program and project investments are realized within their constraints
Contribute to training sessions across Engineering and cross-functional teams to educate on Agile principles, frameworks, estimation techniques, SDLC, etc.
Advocate for modern agile software development and organizational practices, such as XP, CI/CD, DevOps, TDD, etc.

Skills/ Qualifications:

Solid understanding of software development life cycle models as well as expert knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles/practices. The ability to blend them together in the right proportions that are best suited to achieve optimal results.
A proven track record of successfully implementing software development projects using Agile principles including 2+ years of experience as a Program Manager managing large, complex projects in a highly tech-savvy environment with multi-functional teams.
Collaboration with Product Managers, Engineering leaders, Architects, and UX teams to define and design Druva Products.
Good level of technical background to provide credible leadership to development teams and to be able to objectively evaluate complex projects/programs.
Very effective interpersonal skills including mentoring, coaching, collaborating and facilitating.
Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands.
Excellent communications skills and experience interacting with both business and other cross-functional stakeholders at all levels.
Strong ability to multitask, and manage shifting priorities/demands.
Knowledge & experience using relevant tools: JIRA, Confluence, EazyBI, G-Suite.
Strong past experience from development/software testing background.

Desirable skills

Program management experience with products in the areas of Cloud/SaaS (preferred) services, Data protection.
Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view.
The attitude of empowerment and transparency.
Agile certification - PMI-ACP, SAFe or equivalent preferred.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, or equivalent experience
Experience in enterprise software development, in which significant (2+) years in Agile program management (preferably in a product-based organization)

Key Skills

Agile Project Management JIRA Confluence EazyBI G-Suite Cloud SaaS Data Protection PMI-ACP SAFe

Other Details

Education

B.Tech/B.E. - Computers , MS/M.Sc(Science) - Computers

Employment Type

Full Time, Permanent

Industry

IT-Software / Software Services

Funtional Area

IT Software - Other

About Company

Druva is the industry’s leading SaaS platform for data resiliency, and the only vendor to ensure data protection across the most common data risks backed by a $10 million guarantee. Druva’s innovative approach to backup and recovery has transformed how data is secured, protected and utilized by thousands of enterprises.

Job Source : https://www.druva.com/about/careers/jobs/?gh_jid=6504318002

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