Ather Energy - Program Manager - People Operations & Strategy (5-7 yrs)

YOU'LL BE OUR: Program Manager, People Operations and Strategy / POPS (Human Resources team)

YOU'LL BE BASED AT: IBC Knowledge Park, Bengaluru

YOU'LL BE ALIGNED WITH: Head - Talent Strategy and Analytics

YOU'LL BE MENTORED BY : Program Head / Program Architect

YOU'LL BE A MEMBER OF: People Operations and Strategy (POPS)

WHAT YOU'LL DO AT ATHER :

- Work with POPS team on planning

- Lead the planning and alignment on quarterly goals keeping in mind the yearly goals and priorities for the POPS (Human Resources) function, keeping in mind the organization goals

- Ensure all major program charters are mapped out along with respective leads

- Ensures that quarterly goals are detailed with all related stories and tasks in place

- Defines, understands and prepares the true north of any project and program undertaken

- Ensures that all risks and dependencies are discussed, deliberated and captured for each program / epic

- Work with POPS team in execution on the agreed goals

- Establishes clear milestones with the Swimlane members and track progress on a daily basis to help teams realize these goals

- Relentlessly focuses on execution methods and problem-solving techniques and helps the team become better problem-solvers for themselves

- Works closely on identifying the dependencies and facilitate team members in removing the blockers

- Work jointly with POPS team and Program Team to retrospect, review and report out

- Facilitates and conducts effective, open and transparent retrospectives / reviews and management review meetings

- Ensures that accurate progress is reported out during Sprint Reviews and Management Review Meetings

- Work with the Program Team on Program Principles and Fundamentals and is updated with best practices across various programs at Ather

- Work in ensuring that the Swimlanes are highly engaged and self motivated groups with clear focus on true north.

- Work in ensuring that the teams work with clear goals , have defined metrics, feel empowered, take accountability and work together as a highly engaged team.

HERE'S WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR?

- Possesses good understanding of people operations and management (Human Resources practices)

- Willing to learn the fundamentals of program management

- Has good organizing skills and ability to multitask in a fast moving environment with shifting priorities and changing requirements

- Is a self-starter and a go-getter with high levels of ownership on closing things

- Is proactive, responsive and keen on process enhancement

- Proven ability to optimize execution and increase predictability of the system

- Has excellent command over verbal and written communication

- Keeps a clear focus on details of the task and at the same time focuses on the team spirit and never lets it slip

YOU BRING TO ATHER:

- Experience of having worked in Human Resources for minimum 5 years

- Applied knowledge of program management skills

- An ideal candidate would have prior experience of using Agile/Scrum methodologies to drive high impact, complex projects across multiple teams