Weekday AI

Proactive software engineer recruitment via referrals

Technical Program Manager

Program ManagementConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeChennai, Tamil Nadu, India₹3.5M - ₹5M

About the Job

Requirements

Seven or more years of technical program management experience, including demonstrated ownership of complex, cross-functional technical programs.
Two to four years of management consulting experience at a recognized firm is preferred, along with executive-facing communication and structured problem-solving skills.
Prior experience embedded in a PMO within a multinational company, operating across geographies, time zones, and cross-functional teams.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present to senior leadership.
A proven track record delivering programs in enterprise technology environments such as go-to-market, Finance, Data/AI, or similar areas.
Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and Agile/PDLC delivery frameworks.
Knowledge of AI large language models and building skills or agents.
Program management and program development skills.

Responsibilities

Partner directly with the CIO and leadership team on critical transformation program strategy and delivery.
Build and run program governance structures that scale with the organization’s hypergrowth.
Establish and continuously improve sprint cadence, story point estimation, Definition of Done, and milestone tracking.
Identify and proactively manage risks, blockers, and escalation paths across complex, multi-team programs.
Drive structured program rollouts with defined scope, success metrics, and dependency management.
Produce C-suite-facing deliverables, including program status decks, OKR scorecards, quarterly business narratives, and business proposals.
Define and track PMO KPIs, including delivery velocity, capacity utilization, and quality indicators.
Build and maintain dashboards in Jira, Confluence, and other AI tools for real-time program visibility.
Champion PMO maturity across teams by standardizing processes, governance frameworks, and reporting cadences.

Desired Qualifications

Two to four years of management consulting experience at a recognized firm.

Technical Program Manager (PM)

Weekday AI · Chennai, India · Full-time · Posted 2026-08-19

Salary: INR 3,500,000–5,000,000

Workplace: on_site

Department: Weekday's Client via platform

Description

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Salary range: Rs 3500000 - Rs 5000000 (ie INR 35-50 LPA)

Min Experience: 7+ years

Location: Chennai

JobType: full-time

We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to join our CIO/PMO organization at a pivotal moment, as we accelerate an enterprise-wide AI transformation. This is not a conventional program management role. You will sit at the intersection of strategy, governance, and execution, shaping how critical transformative programs are run. Reporting into the Director, Technical Program Manager, you will be a key voice in building the PMO function and driving transformation across CIO Organization.

Requirements

WHAT YOU WILL DO :

Partner directly with the CIO and his leadership team on critical transformation program strategy and delivery
Build and run program governance structures that scale with our hyper growth
Establish and continuously improve sprint cadence, story point estimation, Definition of Done, milestone tracking etc.
Identify and proactively manage risks, blockers, and escalation paths across complex, multi-team programs
Drive structured program rollouts with defined scope, success metrics, and dependency management
Produce C-suite facing deliverables: program status decks, OKR scorecards, quarterly business narratives, and business proposals
Define and track PMO KPIs: delivery velocity, capacity utilization, and quality indicators
Build and maintain dashboards in Jira, Confluence, and other AI tools for real-time program visibility
Champion PMO maturity across teams- standardizing processes, governance frameworks, and reporting cadences

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR :

7+ years of technical program management experience, with demonstrated ownership of complex, cross-functional technical programs
2-4 years of management consulting experience preferred at a recognized firm, with strong executive-facing communication and structured problem-solving skills
Prior experience embedded in a PMO within a multinational company, you have operated across geographies, time zones, and cross functional teams
Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to present to senior leadership team
Proven track record delivering programs in enterprise technology environments (GTM, Finance, Data/AI, or similar)
Proficiency with Jira, Confluence, and Agile/PDLC delivery frameworks
Well versed with AI LLM models and building skills/agents

Must-have skills

Program Management, program development

Good-to-have skills

Jira, Confluence, Artificial Intelligence

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About the Company

Weekday AI

Proactive software engineer recruitment via referrals

Weekday.works helps companies hire software engineers through proactive outreach and peer-recommended candidates. Its platform automates tracking, pipeline management, and provides weekly updates, while it actively identifies engineers via peer networks, reaches out, shortlists, checks references, and schedules interviews. Differentiators include peer-backed vetting instead of traditional job boards, proactive outreach, and a passive-income reference feature that monetizes referrals. The goal is to reduce the time and effort of hiring by connecting companies with pre-vetted engineers who are open to new opportunities through a network-driven approach.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Seed
Total funding: $2.3M
Headquarters: Bengaluru, India
Founded: 2021

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