Senior Program Manager- Global Research & Risk Solution

Riverforest Connections Private Limited

Job Location:

Mumbai - India

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 13 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Program Director (London)

Own day-to-day execution of the Product Program in India
Lead and mentor Program Associates ensuring accountability delivery quality and professional development.
Govern RAID processes - ensuring full documentation follow-up and clear escalation paths.
Facilitate program-level agile ceremonies and product team ceremonies including PI Planning Sprint Reviews Retrospectives and cross-team stand-ups.
Provide support to the Release Train Engineer (RTE) team: align work across multiple teams manage dependencies and drive program increment execution.
Provide support to the Scrum Masters: remove blockers protect teams from distractions and coach them in Agile best practices.
Drive adoption of JIRA and Confluence while managing dual tooling with Azure DevOps (ADO) during transition.
Design and maintain dashboards and executive-level reports that provide visibility into the deliver progress KPIs and OKRs.
Ensure Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) are clearly defined (Epics > Features > Stories) and link upwards to Business Value & Outcomes.
Lead financial tracking of ROI and Epic-based budgeting; contribute to wider program financials and budgeting requirements.
Manage metrics reporting across the program of work - from team-level (backlog depth sprint predictability etc.) to program-level (ROI and value realisation).
Partner with Product Managers Tech Leads and Data Engineers to ensure alignment of priorities and milestones.
Represent the Program Director in India during Governance forums and stakeholder engagements.
Contribute to strategic decisions on ways of working tooling and program scaling.

Candidate Profile :

Experience: 10-12 years in Program/Project Management in global multi-workstream environments.
Proven track record of leading transformation of change programs at scale.
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and ability to act in roles equivalent to Scrum Master and RTE.
Expertise in Atlassian tools (JIRA Confluence JIRA Product Discovery) and strong working knowledge of Azure DevOps (ADO).
Understanding or working within a Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC).
Strong understanding of how WBS is aligned to Business Outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to instil attention to detail and hold teams accountable to the same standard.
Experience facilitating ceremonies remove blockers and keep delivery teams aligned.
Excellent stakeholder management skills: confident engaging senior executives while also hands-on with delivery teams.

It would be advantageous if you had some of the following:

Exposure to scaled agile frameworks (SAFe scrum kanban) in practice.
Advanced presentation skills (PowerPoint) for senior stakeholders.
Familiarity with Jobs-To-Be-Done (JTBD) and Human-Centred Design (HCD) to support the wider Product Team when required.
Experience in financial tracking of ROI and Epic-based funding.
Personal skills: resilient collaborative organised proactive capable of operating independently and leading teams.
Ability to design and manage metrics reporting frameworks across teams and programs.
Analytical skills with experience in delivery metrics portfolio reporting and financial / resource tracking.
Competence in creating program governance frameworks and driving adoption.
Excellent communication and presentation skills able to influence across geographies and cultures.
Industry background in Financial Services Benchmarking or Data Analytics.
Familiarity with OKR frameworks and business value measurement.
Previous Experience managing distributed teams across time zones.

Required Skills:

Program Management

Job Responsibilities: Reporting to the Program Director (London) Own day-to-day execution of the Product Program in India Lead and mentor Program Associates ensuring accountability delivery quality and professional development. Govern RAID processes - ensuring full documentation follow-up and cl...

Job Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Program Director (London)

Own day-to-day execution of the Product Program in India
Lead and mentor Program Associates ensuring accountability delivery quality and professional development.
Govern RAID processes - ensuring full documentation follow-up and clear escalation paths.
Facilitate program-level agile ceremonies and product team ceremonies including PI Planning Sprint Reviews Retrospectives and cross-team stand-ups.
Provide support to the Release Train Engineer (RTE) team: align work across multiple teams manage dependencies and drive program increment execution.
Provide support to the Scrum Masters: remove blockers protect teams from distractions and coach them in Agile best practices.
Drive adoption of JIRA and Confluence while managing dual tooling with Azure DevOps (ADO) during transition.
Design and maintain dashboards and executive-level reports that provide visibility into the deliver progress KPIs and OKRs.
Ensure Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) are clearly defined (Epics > Features > Stories) and link upwards to Business Value & Outcomes.
Lead financial tracking of ROI and Epic-based budgeting; contribute to wider program financials and budgeting requirements.
Manage metrics reporting across the program of work - from team-level (backlog depth sprint predictability etc.) to program-level (ROI and value realisation).
Partner with Product Managers Tech Leads and Data Engineers to ensure alignment of priorities and milestones.
Represent the Program Director in India during Governance forums and stakeholder engagements.
Contribute to strategic decisions on ways of working tooling and program scaling.

Candidate Profile :

Experience: 10-12 years in Program/Project Management in global multi-workstream environments.
Proven track record of leading transformation of change programs at scale.
Strong understanding of Agile methodologies and ability to act in roles equivalent to Scrum Master and RTE.
Expertise in Atlassian tools (JIRA Confluence JIRA Product Discovery) and strong working knowledge of Azure DevOps (ADO).
Understanding or working within a Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC).
Strong understanding of how WBS is aligned to Business Outcomes.
Demonstrated ability to instil attention to detail and hold teams accountable to the same standard.
Experience facilitating ceremonies remove blockers and keep delivery teams aligned.
Excellent stakeholder management skills: confident engaging senior executives while also hands-on with delivery teams.

It would be advantageous if you had some of the following:

Exposure to scaled agile frameworks (SAFe scrum kanban) in practice.
Advanced presentation skills (PowerPoint) for senior stakeholders.
Familiarity with Jobs-To-Be-Done (JTBD) and Human-Centred Design (HCD) to support the wider Product Team when required.
Experience in financial tracking of ROI and Epic-based funding.
Personal skills: resilient collaborative organised proactive capable of operating independently and leading teams.
Ability to design and manage metrics reporting frameworks across teams and programs.
Analytical skills with experience in delivery metrics portfolio reporting and financial / resource tracking.
Competence in creating program governance frameworks and driving adoption.
Excellent communication and presentation skills able to influence across geographies and cultures.
Industry background in Financial Services Benchmarking or Data Analytics.
Familiarity with OKR frameworks and business value measurement.
Previous Experience managing distributed teams across time zones.