Technical Program Manager

About the role

Tekion is redefining automotive retail with a cloud-native, AI-native platform serving 1,700+ dealerships. As a Technical Program Manager in the CIO/PMO organization, you will partner with the CIO and leadership team on transformation strategy, build scalable program governance, and drive enterprise-wide AI transformation. You will establish sprint cadences, manage risks and dependencies, produce C-suite deliverables, and champion PMO maturity across teams. This full-time, on-site role is based in Chennai.

What you’ll do

• 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

What you’ll bring

• 7+ years of technical program management experience with demonstrated ownership of complex, cross-functional technical programs
• Prior experience embedded in a PMO within a multinational company, operating across geographies, time zones, and cross-functional teams
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with ability to present to senior leadership
• 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
• Ability to partner directly with the CIO and leadership team on critical transformation program strategy and delivery
• Ability to build and run program governance structures that scale with hyper growth

Nice to have

2-4 years of management consulting experience preferred at a recognized firm, with strong executive-facing communication and structured problem-solving skills

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