Responsibilities
- Own the delivery cadence across engineering teams, tracking sprint commitments, velocity, cycle time, and commitment reliability.
- Facilitate cross-team dependency management and ensure shared resources are allocated effectively.
- Run program-level ceremonies including cross-team standups, delivery reviews, and quarterly planning coordination.
- Build and maintain delivery dashboards and reporting for engineering leadership.
- Serve as the senior on-the-ground leader in Pune, working alongside the Office Manager and local HR representative on onboarding, retention, engagement, and hiring logistics.
- Act as an escalation point for Pune-based staff on operational or interpersonal matters.
- Support SDLC evolution (Scrum, ShapeUp) and champion AI-assisted development tools (Claude, Copilot) across teams.
- Own the onboarding playbook for new Pune-based engineers.
- Maintain structured communication rhythms across US, UK, and AU timezones.
Requirements
- 8+ years in program management, delivery management, or engineering operations, ideally in a software product company.
- Experience coordinating delivery across 5+ concurrent engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of Agile delivery frameworks with practical experience improving delivery performance.
- Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal) with the ability to work effectively across multiple timezones.
- Experience in distributed, multi-timezone engineering organizations.
- Experience partnering with HR on people operations or onboarding.
- Based in Pune (or willing to relocate).
Nice to Have
- Experience in a product company that transitioned from contractors to FTEs.
- Familiarity with Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar tools.
- Experience with AI-assisted development workflows.
- Prior experience standing up or scaling an offshore engineering hub.
Work Arrangement
Remote (City/Region) — Pune
Additional Information
- Must be based in Pune or willing to relocate.
- Must have excellent English communication skills.
- Must be able to work across US, UK, and AU timezones.