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Intermediate Technical Program Manager

from GitLab · read the original and apply on their site

Bangalore, India

Our take: The real work here is turning strategic priorities into clear, well-run programs across many engineering teams, keeping distributed work aligned through writing, facilitation, and early risk-spotting.

If you love turning tangled, cross-team work into clear plans that actually ship, this role gives you a portfolio of high-impact programs to own from scoping through retrospective. You will work fully remote and async, writing things down so distributed teams stay aligned, and you will have genuine room to set your own priorities and shape how program management itself evolves. It suits someone energised by ambiguity who quietly moves outcomes without needing the spotlight.

Needs

  • coordinating many teams
  • end-to-end program planning
  • spotting risks early
  • handbook-first writing
  • facilitating discussions
  • designing process

Rewards

  • clear shared goals
  • predictable delivery
  • measurable program health
  • turning mess into clarity

Demands

  • navigating ambiguity
  • stakeholder diplomacy
  • influence without authority
  • working across time zones

Grows

  • learning devops and ci/cd
  • leading change
  • ruthless prioritising
  • program best practices

Values

  • remote and async
  • working in the open
  • real autonomy
  • learning culture
  • owning outcomes

Drains

  • status updates and dashboards
  • endless alignment meetings
  • chasing blockers to resolution

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