Technical Program Manager

Position:
Technical Program Manager

Company:
Tekion

Compensation:
₹35,00,000 - ₹50,00,000 a year

Location:
India, Chennai

Employment type:
Full-time

Work Arrangement:
On-site

Short Summary:
Tekion is redefining automotive retail with a cloud-native, AI-native platform serving 1,700+ dealerships. 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.

Responsibilities:
- 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 Tekion's 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

Requirement:
- 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

Benefits:
- Intelligent automation, real-time insights, and advanced decision support—driving measurable efficiency, revenue, and modern consumer.