Own the release lifecycle for India-based engineering efforts — from sprint planning through deployment
Partner with QA on release readiness gates — exercising technical judgment to evaluate whether bug fixes are safe to release, test coverage is sufficient, and rollback is warranted when needed
Track and communicate delivery status, blockers, and risks proactively to US leadership
Maintain release documentation and ensure Jira and Confluence are accurate and up to date
Facilitate daily standups, sprint ceremonies, and retrospectives for India-side engineers
Monitor sprint health — open ticket counts, assignments, unresolved blockers — and drive resolution
Coordinate with tech leads to ensure work is well-scoped and progressing across workstreams
Serve as a bridge between US-based leadership and India-based engineers for day-to-day execution
Drive engineering process improvements — ticket hygiene, on-call handoffs, SLA adherence
Own the India site's contribution to cross-team Agile ceremonies and sprint reporting
Identify process gaps and propose actionable improvements without waiting to be asked
Collaborate with QA, product, and engineering stakeholders to align priorities and dependencies
Partner with product managers to evaluate and gate unplanned work requests, protecting sprint commitments and engineering focus from scope creep and ad-hoc interrupts

6–9 years of project management or technical program management experience
Proven track record managing software engineering teams or delivery programs
Strong experience working in distributed, US-India timezone environments
Deep familiarity with Agile/Scrum — sprint management, release cycles, retrospectives
Proficiency with Jira and Confluence for project tracking and documentation
Excellent written and verbal English communication — this role requires clear, concise async comms
Technical judgment to assess PRD readiness for development, evaluate test coverage and release safety, and make informed rollback or hold decisions based on engineer input
Background in software engineering or a technical role — engineering empathy is critical
Experience in a startup or high-growth environment with lean processes
Familiarity with SaaS products, data platforms, or analytics tooling
Experience coordinating with engineering teams across multiple time zones

Senior Project Manager

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