Program Manager (10-15 yrs)

Payroll Company: AKAL INFORMATION SYSTEM LTD.

Department: Unique Identification Authority of India - UIDAI.

Position: Program Manager R&D.

Location: UIDAI Bangalore Tech Centre.

Education: BE/B Tech/ M.E/M Tech/MS/MCA/MSc.

- The selected candidate will be responsible for driving R&D based projects in the specified domain within the technology organization.

- The candidate needs to have excellent software development background spanning a minimum of 10 years while having worked extensively in a research focussed organization.

- This Leader is responsible to drive R&D activities and Projects from inception to completion within UIDAI that involve working closely with teams building solutions that demonstrate possibilities to improve the products and offerings we provide.

Work Experience:

- 10+ years of overall experience in software development practice.

- Atleast 5 years of leadership experience with Program management for R&D based Organizations.

- Atleast 2 years of experience with developing strategic partnerships with external entities such as Academia, Start-up ecosteam system and evolving organizations.

Requirement:

- Proven track record of developing and delivering successful software programs and partnerships.

- Excellent customer and UX knowledge.

- Experience with creating strategic plans, PoC's / Project roadmaps for R&D departments.

- Strong technical acumen and understanding of software development processes.

- Excellent leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.

- Strong problem-solving, prioritization, and management skills.

- Excellent presentation skills related to advanced technologies, concepts and products.

- Must have handled programs and initiatives at a global level.

Responsibilities:

Primary:

- Create and manage R&D Programs and Projects.

- Execute Programs and Strategies aligned to the business.

- Understand the scope and boundaries for innovation.

- Collaborate and coordinate with customers, stakeholders, ecosystem, internal and external teams.

- Develop new use-cases and showcases on various industries and technologies related to the Identity domain.

- Establish teams and drive the communication.

- Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies in the identity domain.

- Experience with Agile development and tools like GIT/Bitbucket, Confluence, Jira.

- Coordinate with DevOps and DevSecOps, GRCP Teams.

- Clear roadblocks for teams to make progress.

Secondary:

- Stakeholder and community management.

- Perform documentation and presentations.

- Work cross-functionally across diverse technology teams.

- Develop partnerships and ecosystem.

- Excellent Communication and Presentation skills.

Additional Responsibilities:

a) To develop the research-based practice and the innovation culture at the organization.

b) To be a continuous learner while making sure that the team also learns and develops consistently.

c) To make sure the teams get the right mentorship.

d) To ensure commitment and alignment to the goals defined.

e) To document, track and present the progress.