inDrive

Global ride-hailing platform with fare negotiation

Staff Technical Program Manager

Program ManagementUpdated on Nov 13

Full-timeAbu Dhabi - United Arab EmiratesNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Experience building software or leading engineers.
Ability to contribute credibly to architecture discussions and design reviews with staff engineers and architects.
Ability to understand technical implementation at the architecture level, including system design, scalability, and reliability.
Engineering background sufficient to assess design decisions, identify gaps, and weigh product-versus-technology trade-offs.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery of large organization-wide technical programs from initiation and scoping through architecture, execution, launch, and adoption, with measurable outcomes over multiple quarters.
Partner with Product Managers across business verticals and platform to scope programs, refine requirements, define scope, and translate product intent into executable programs.
Drive prioritization and phasing decisions with Product and Engineering to deliver value early and maintain realistic plans.
Identify, map, and resolve dependencies across product and technical surfaces.
Own the technical coherence of solutions spanning services, platforms, vendors, and markets, and be accountable for program technical key performance indicators and service-level agreements.
Own a portfolio of programs by sequencing them, resolving cross-program dependencies and capacity conflicts, and making scope, timeline, and technical-approach decisions.
Establish program frameworks, decision points, operating cadences, and communication models where they are absent.
Detect cross-program risks and intervene to stabilize at-risk programs across the portfolio.
Identify organizational delivery bottlenecks, design scalable process improvements, and drive adoption across Product and Technology teams.
Partner with Product and Engineering directors, vice presidents, the chief technology officer, and the chief product officer on priorities, goals, and trade-offs; own executive communications to support timely decisions.
Mentor Technical Program Managers and set the craft direction for the program management group.
Coordinate the work of several product teams to deliver value within expected timelines.
Work with engineering managers and team members to develop products and achieve impact throughout the development lifecycle.
Manage project schedules, identify potential issues, and inform key stakeholders in a timely manner.
Manage priorities, risks, and dependencies.
Establish continuous-improvement processes for delivery and discovery performance, quality, team engagement, and maturity.
Facilitate project- and program-level events.
Work with Product Managers to scope, prioritize, and phase work, and with Engineering to determine implementation approaches; own dependencies across the program surface.
Participate in architecture discussions, design reviews, and trade-off decisions.

We are looking for a Technical Program Manager to own inDrive’s largest cross-team programs end to end. You will work across tens of teams, partner directly with product and engineering leadership, and decide not only how our biggest programs are delivered but which ones we run and in what order.

The role sits between product intent and technical reality. You will work with Product Managers to scope, prioritise and phase what we build, and with engineering to decide how it gets built - then own the dependency picture across the entire surface.

This is a deeply technical role. You will spend your time in architecture discussions, design reviews and trade-off decisions, not only in status meetings. We are looking for someone who has built software or led engineers, and who can hold their own with staff engineers and architects.

You will join the Program Management team inside the Product & Technology PMO, alongside Product & Engineering Excellence and CTO/CPO Operations.

Please note that we are looking for a candidate based in Georgia (the country), not the U.S. state

Coordination of several product teams’ work to ensure delivery of value within expected timelines
Working closely with Engineering manager and team members to create products and achieve tangible impact throughout the development lifecycle
Managing project schedules, identifying potential issues, and timely informing all key stakeholders
Managing priorities, risks, and dependencies
Establishing a process for continuous improvement of metrics - performance (delivery and discovery), quality, as well as team engagement and maturity
Facilitating project or program-level events

End-to-End Ownership. Own end-to-end delivery of inDrive’s largest org-wide technical programs, from initiation and scoping through architecture, execution, launch and adoption, against measurable outcomes over multiple quarters
Product Partnership. Partner with Product Managers across business verticals and platform to scope programs, challenge and sharpen requirements, agree what is in and out, and turn ambiguous product intent into a program with a defensible shape
Prioritisation and Phasing. Drive prioritisation and phasing decisions with Product and Engineering — what ships first, what can wait, what can be split — so that value lands early and the plan survives contact with reality
Cross-Surface Dependencies. Identify, map and resolve dependencies across the whole surface, including the ones nobody has noticed yet
Technical Depth. Understand technical implementation at the architecture level and contribute to decisions on system design, scalability and reliability
Solution Architecture. Own the technical coherence of end-to-end solutions that span multiple services, platforms, vendors and markets, and be accountable for the technical KPIs and SLAs your programs commit to
Technical Judgment. Use your engineering background to help teams make sound design decisions, identify gaps in proposed solutions and weigh product-versus-technology trade-offs
Portfolio Management. Own a portfolio of programs: sequence them, resolve cross-program dependencies and capacity conflicts, and make the calls on scope, timeline and technical approach
Structure in Ambiguity. Create structure where none exists by defining program frameworks, decision points, operating cadences and communication models
Systemic Risk. Detect risk visible only from a cross-program vantage point, and intervene to stabilise at-risk programs anywhere in the portfolio
Execution at Scale. Identify where the organisation is losing speed, design scalable processes to fix it, and drive adoption across all Prod/Tech teams
Executive Partnership. Partner directly with Product/Engineering Directors, VPs, the CTO and CPO on priorities, goals and trade-offs, and own executive communication so decisions are made quickly and with the right information
Craft Leadership. Mentor Technical Program Managers and set the craft direction for the program management group

About the Company

inDrive

Global ride-hailing platform with fare negotiation

inDrive operates a global mobility and urban services platform that connects passengers with independent drivers through a fare-negotiation system. Riders propose a trip price, and nearby drivers can accept, decline, or counteroffer, creating a peer-to-peer ride-hailing model. The service has expanded to intercity rides, delivery and cargo, groceries, advertising, and driver-focused fintech within its app. Unlike typical ride-hailing apps that use fixed fares, inDrive enables price negotiation and direct driver-rider interaction, and it pursues growth through a venture arm that funds ride-hailing-adjacent startups in emerging markets. This broader strategy aims to build a super-app for urban and gig-economy needs, with the goal of offering a wide range of mobility and urban services in 48 countries.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: Debt Financing
Total funding: $532M
Headquarters: Mountain View, CA
Founded: 2012

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