Technical Initiatives Manager

About the Role

Technical Program Management is a sub-function under Strategy Deployment function and is responsible to drive large, complex, multi-phased Technical Initiatives that helps to deliver Product / Tech and Business & Operations Capabilities that are identified by Flipkart Leadership as part of Quarterly OKR process. Technical Program Management acts as an enabler by playing a critical role in initiation of programs defining, structuring and building a deliverable based plan in leading cross-functional Product / Tech teams to focus on outcomes that has business value meeting strategic objectives. Technical Program Management function receives very broad guidance from top management and requires a high level of initiative and problem solving ability in a highly ambiguous environment with-in Flipkart. Technical Program Management make things happen at Flipkart by translating Business / Product asks in to successful Technical Deployment via Programs.

Your Responsibilities :

• Partner with Business, Product / Tech owners and Operation Leaders in understanding long-term capabilities / initiatives that needs to be managed in-line with the Organizational / Functional goals. Based on the asks, create the product backlog and keep it groomed always.
• Own and execute E2E the SDLC for one or more top level key technical initiatives by partnering with Project Sponsors, other Technical Program Managers, and multiple development teams.
• Partner with Architects and drive high-quality technical solutions, and provide inputs regarding architecture, design, and priorities.
• Identify, assess and mitigate risks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs balancing the business needs versus constraints.
• Clearly articulate & communicate vision, plans and project status to Flipkart Leadership Team and key technical and business stakeholders.
• Engage with other teams across Flipkart to evangelize the team and your projects, to build relationships and help identify existing technologies / processes that can be leveraged to meet your team’s goals.
• Besides managing and executing Technical Programs, you will also need to drive the Strategy Setting & Review exercises like OKR Finalization, Quarterly / Monthly OKR Reviews for the Product / Tech teams.

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