Cisco72Program Manager

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and manage the 100 member India SD-WAN team with accountability for delivery performance coordination and team development.

Collaborate closely with distributed teams across Poland and Ukraine working effectively across multiple time zones.

Manage multiple parallel project/workstreams against scope timelines milestones risks and dependencies.

Lead project coordinators technical leads and Staff Augmentation/MS teams providing direction mentorship and delivery accountability.

Own stakeholder relationships across clients and internal leadership including executive-level communication and reporting.

Drive program governance project reviews status reporting risk/issue management and dependency tracking.

Identify opportunities to use AI-driven tools to improve delivery efficiency reporting forecasting automation and decision-making.

Facilitate project ceremonies governance checkpoints steering meetings and client reviews.

Support pre-sales activities including discovery project scoping effort estimation proposals and client presentations.

Must-Have Skills:

1520 years of experience in Program/Project Management.

Proven experience delivering complex technical infrastructure networking or enterprise projects.

Strong experience managing large and distributed teams.

Experience managing Staff Augmentation/MS teams with delivery accountability.

Experience managing India teams and collaborating with global teams preferably Poland and Ukraine.

Strong stakeholder management skills from working-level teams to senior client leadership.

Ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and competing priorities.

Good understanding of Agile Waterfall or hybrid methodologies.

Experience with Jira or similar project management tools.

AI understanding is mandatory with practical awareness of AI applications in project

Good-to-Have Skills:

Strong experience in enterprise networking / infrastructure.

Pre-sales experience involving client discovery project scoping estimation proposals or client presentations.

Experience driving AI adoption/automation in project delivery.

PMP PRINCE2 Agile or equivalent certifications.

Experience with large-scale enterprise networking transformation programs.

Experience Required:

1518 years overall experience with significant Program/Project Management experience.

Proven track record of managing 100 member technical teams and multiple parallel workstreams.

Strong people leadership experience across India and global distributed teams.

Experience managing Staff Augmentation/MS teams with delivery accountability.

Strong client-facing stakeholder management and executive reporting experience.

Exposure to AI-enabled project/program management practices.

Any Other Important Notes:

Pune location is mandatory.

Must be comfortable managing the complete 100 member team and collaborating with Poland Ukraine teams.

Pre-sales experience is a strong advantage.

Required Experience:

IC