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AvalaraPosted 5 months ago
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Technical Program Manager V

RemoteIndia

Full TimeSenior LevelLarge

Job Summary

Own and drive end-to-end program execution across multiple distributed engineering teams to strengthen SDLC hygiene and improve delivery predictability. Define, track, and drive KPIs and operational metrics while acting as the central point for cross-functional coordination and stakeholder alignment. Leverage AI tools and automation to enhance productivity, proactively identify gaps, and roll up sleeves to execute rather than just manage. Decompose large systems into components and translate architectural discussions into execution plans with clear milestones and trade-offs. Ensure all initiatives are tied to measurable business KPIs and institutionalize scalable execution mechanisms adopted across departments. Partner directly with senior leaders to provide executive-ready risk framing and data-backed updates.

Required Qualifications

  • 5-10+ years of experience in Technical Program Management or similar roles
  • Experience working in product-based companies (mandatory)
  • Strong understanding of SDLC, Agile methodologies, and distributed team execution
  • Technical acumen (engineering background preferred or equivalent hands-on understanding)
  • Proven ability to manage high-visibility programs and global stakeholders (especially US teams)
  • Demonstrated ownership mindset, stability, and strong collaboration skills
  • Passion for AI-driven productivity and process innovation
  • Decompose large systems into components, services, APIs, data flows, and dependencies
  • Reason for scaling constraints, latency, reliability, and failure of handling
  • Identify the integration of contracts and articulate required parameters and error behaviors
  • Translate architectural discussions into execution plans with clear milestones and trade-offs
  • Ask structured technical questions that expose hidden assumptions before execution begins
  • Drives large cross-organizational initiatives impacting product direction, platform health, or operational maturity
  • Ensures all initiatives and roadmap items are explicitly tied to measurable business KPIs
  • Strong system-level reasoning
  • Capable of evaluating trade-offs across architecture, scalability, and reliability domains
  • Designs and standardizes scalable execution mechanisms adopted across departments
  • Institutionalizes measurable delivery targets (e.g., >85% milestone adherence) and post-launch tracking including uptime, defect trends, and adoption signals
  • Partners directly with senior leaders
  • Provides executive-ready risk framing and data-backed updates
  • Elevates organizational performance through measurable program outcomes and sustained delivery under ambiguity
  • Delivers validated business KPI impact with documented post-launch performance results
  • You'll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here
  • You'll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers
  • You'll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too
  • Must be able to lift 50 lbs

Desired Qualifications

  • Leverage AI tools and automation (e.g., Cursor, intelligent workflows/agents) to enhance productivity and efficiency
  • Proactively identify gaps and roll up sleeves to execute, not just manage
  • Engineering background preferred
  • Experience with US teams
  • Master's degree preferred

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