Hybrid Staff Technical Program Manager

at Cloudera

• Job title: Staff Technical Program Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Bangalore, India

About the role

• Staff Program Manager leading initiatives to enhance product development operations at Cloudera. Coordinating between Product Management, Engineering, and cross-functional teams to drive project success.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and drive triage activities for product pillar initiatives, with the relevant product cross-functional teams.
• Work alongside Product Managers to enforce business case data is being completed by appropriate stakeholders and the requesting party.
• Drive end-2-end delivery and execution for each accepted initiative by managing timeline, dependencies, risks, and deliverables across multiple Engineering, Quality, UX, and Product Management teams.
• Regularly assess the critical path by reviewing and understanding product requirements, and subsequent engineering deliverables/activities, and remove unnecessary work.
• Regularly communicate the status of each pillar initiative to relevant stakeholders and internal teams to prevent communication silos.
• Immediately escalate to stakeholders and leadership when inputs are at risk of meeting committed deadlines, and work with the execution team to propose mitigation options.
• Manage end-to-end Engineering product releases through full-cycle program management, ensuring: Release timelines and milestones are aligned with the global release calendar (avoiding overlaps).
• Comprehensive release dashboards are maintained to capture the full backlog and accurately reflect development and quality status.
• All cross-functional teams follow established JIRA guidelines and maintain proper JIRA hygiene, ensuring accurate metadata for effective weekly reporting.
• Risks and cross-dependencies are proactively identified and managed.
• All security, legal, and compliance requirements related to each release are met and tracked through closure.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in a technical lead, systems engineer, or technical program management role with experience architecting and integrating software into complex systems and deploying solutions to the field.
• 3+ years of experience leading cross-functional teams delivering products on schedule.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to disseminate (verbally and in writing) clear updates to different audiences, both technical and non-technical.
• Demonstrated ability to lead interdisciplinary discussions between product and R&D teams to define and drive scope and clarity of work, and reach optimum system level trades.
• Proficiency with at least one schedule tracking tool such as Asana, JIRA, etc.
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Master's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience working with Marketing and Finance to assist product launch operations, as needed (or have hands on knowledge of the NPI process)
• Ability to regularly engage with senior management and stakeholders and Ability to positively influence desirable outcomes across the organization.
• Excellent analytical and interpersonal skills, with ability to work successfully across all product development disciplines.
• High sense of ownership, proactiveness, urgency, and drive.

Benefits

• Generous PTO Policy
• Support work life balance with Unplugged Days
• Flexible WFH Policy
• Mental & Physical Wellness programs
• Phone and Internet Reimbursement program
• Access to Continued Career Development
• Comprehensive Benefits and Competitive Packages
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Employee Resource Groups