Program Manager - Business Operations

Industry: Solid Wood Furniture Manufacturing

Reporting to: Transformation Head

Location: Jaipur - Mahindra World City - Bagrur, Ajmer Road (multi-plant environment)

Looking for a candidate who has handled projects in manufacturing / Industrial Sector.

Role Purpose

The Transformation PMO will support and drive execution of a multi-year business transformation program aimed at scaling the organisation by 5X.

This is a high-energy, execution-oriented role for an early-career professional who can bring rigour, follow-through, and structure to multiple transformation initiatives, while working closely with senior

leadership.

Key Responsibilities

Transformation Execution

• Drive day-to-day execution of multiple transformation initiatives across operations, supply chain, ERP, sales, exports, domestic expansion, and cost optimization

• Break high-level initiatives into clear tasks, milestones, owners, and timelines

• Ensure timely closure of actions through rigorous follow-up PMO Governance & Tracking

• Maintain a central transformation plan and trackers

• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, and benefits

• Highlight slippages early and propose corrective actions

Senior Leadership Coordination

• Coordinate with senior leaders across Operations, Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, IT, and HR

• Act as a neutral execution enabler who can push, remind, and escalate diplomatically

• Prepare structured inputs for leadership

Reporting & Communication

• Prepare weekly progress updates and monthly leadership decks

• Maintain risk and issue logs with clear ownership and mitigation plans

Risk & Dependency Management

• Identify cross-functional dependencies and execution bottlenecks

• Proactively flag risks related to decisions, capacity, or timelines

• Track mitigation actions to closure

Ad-hoc Strategic Support

• Support leadership with data analysis, process documentation, workshops, and vendor coordination

• Act as a hands-on problem solver, not just a tracker

Candidate Profile

Experience

• 2–3 years of total work experience

• Exposure to PMO, consulting, operations excellence, transformation, or project execution roles preferred

• Manufacturing, supply chain, or ERP exposure is an advantage but not mandatory

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Operations, or related field

• MBA / PGDM (Operations, Strategy, General Management) preferred but not mandatory

Skills & Competencies

Must-Have

• Strong execution and follow-up discipline

• Excellent written and verbal communication

• Comfort engaging with senior management

• Ability to manage multiple parallel workstreams

• Strong structuring, analytical, and problem-solving skills

• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint

Behavioural Traits

• High energy, ownership mindset, and drive

• Comfortable pushing timelines respectfully

• Proactive, resilient, and solution-oriented

• Learns fast and operates well in ambiguit

Role Positioning

• High-visibility role with close exposure to CEO / COO

Job Description

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and hands-on Lead AI Engineer with 8-9 years of experience in developing, fine-tuning, and deploying machine learning and deep learning models, including Generative AI systems. The ideal candidate will have strong expertise in classification, anomaly detection, and time-series modeling, along with deep experience in Transformer-based architectures and modern LLM ecosystems.

This role requires technical leadership, architectural decision-making, and mentoring of AI engineers, while actively contributing to building scalable AI solutions. Expertise in model optimization, quantization, and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) pipelines is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of ML and deep learning models for classification, anomaly detection, forecasting, and natural language understanding tasks.
• Architect and build scalable AI and Generative AI solutions, including RAG pipelines for document search, Q&A, summarization, and enterprise knowledge systems.
• Design, train, and fine-tune deep learning models including RNNs, GRUs, LSTMs, and Transformer architectures (e.g., BERT, T5, GPT).
• Drive the fine-tuning and adaptation of large language models (LLMs) using techniques such as Supervised Fine-Tuning (SFT) and Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning (PEFT) methods like LoRA or QLoRA.
• Apply model optimization techniques such as quantization, pruning, and efficient inference strategies to improve latency and reduce compute and memory footprint in production systems.
• Define and implement evaluation frameworks, track model performance, monitor model drift, and drive continuous model improvement.
• Lead collaboration with data engineering, backend, platform, and DevOps teams to productionize AI solutions using scalable infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines.
• Provide technical mentorship and guidance to junior and mid-level AI engineers and contribute to best practices in ML engineering.
• Ensure clean, reproducible code, maintain experiment tracking, documentation, and version control of models and datasets.
• Stay up to date with the latest advancements in LLMs, Generative AI, and AI infrastructure, and help drive adoption of new technologies.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 8-9 years of hands-on experience in machine learning, deep learning, or data science roles.
• Strong programming expertise in Python and ML/DL libraries such as scikit-learn, pandas, PyTorch, and TensorFlow.
• Deep understanding of machine learning algorithms, deep learning architectures, and sequence/NLP modeling techniques.
• Extensive experience with Transformer models and open-source LLM ecosystems (e.g., Hugging Face Transformers).
• Hands-on experience building Generative AI applications and RAG-based systems using frameworks such as LangChain or LlamaIndex.
• Experience with model optimization and quantization techniques (dynamic/static quantization, INT8, etc.) for efficient inference.
• Strong understanding of embeddings, vector databases, and retrieval systems (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone, Azure AI Search).
• Experience with model evaluation, monitoring, and performance optimization in production environments.
• Familiarity with containerization (Docker), experiment tracking (MLflow), and CI/CD pipelines.
• Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineering teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience fine-tuning LLMs using SFT, LoRA, or QLoRA on domain-specific datasets.
• Exposure to MLOps platforms such as SageMaker, Vertex AI, or Kubeflow.
• Experience with distributed data processing frameworks like Spark and workflow orchestration tools such as Airflow.
• Contributions to research papers, technical blogs, patents, or open-source projects in ML, NLP, or Generative AI.
• Experience designing enterprise-scale AI platforms or AI-powered products.

FactWise is a fully funded, early-stage startup building b2b SaaS for a global SMB client base. Our team has alumni from MIT, Stanford, GeorgiaTech, UCL, the IITs, VJTI, Amazon and McKinsey, and currently comprises frontend, backend, full stack developers, UI/UX engineers, product managers, data scientist, and Ops, HR, Marketing. We'd love to get to know you better!

As a member of the development group, you will be primarily responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of the product:  

• Help define and create full stack architecture and deployment using React- Django-AWS in an agile environment with lots of ownership and active mentoring. 
• Work with the Product and Design teams to build new features to solve business problems and fill business needs 
• Participate in code reviews to create robust and maintainable code 
• Work in an agile environment where quick iterations and good feedback are a way of life 
• Interact with other stakeholders for requirement, design discussions and for adoption of new features 
• Communicate and coordinate with our support and professional services teams to solve customer issues. 
• Help scale our platform as we expand our product across various markets and verticals globally. 

As a young startup, we are hoping to be joined by self-starting, hardworking, passionate individuals who are committed to delivering their best, who can grow into future leaders of FactWise. 

Project Overview

Join an exciting early-stage project developing "Fenrir Security" - an innovative autonomous security testing platform. We're building an Electron-based desktop application that leverages AI to automate security testing processes. This is a contract position with potential for long-term engagement as the product evolves.

Contract Details

• Duration: Initial 4-month contract with possibility of extension
• Work Arrangement: Remote with regular online collaboration
• Compensation: Competitive rates based on experience (₹80,000-₹1,50,000 monthly)
• Hours: Flexible, approximately 40 hours weekly

Role & Responsibilities

• Design and develop a cross-platform Electron application from scratch
• Implement both frontend UI components and backend functionality
• Create integration points for the autonomous testing engine
• Build secure communication protocols between application components
• Develop data visualization components for security testing results
• Implement application packaging and distribution mechanisms
• Work collaboratively with AI/ML specialist and security expert
• Deliver working application builds at regular milestones
• Participate in technical planning and architecture decisions

Skills & Experience

• 3+ years experience building production applications
• Strong proficiency with Electron framework development
• Expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML/CSS, and Node.js
• Experience with modern frontend frameworks (React preferred)
• Working knowledge of desktop application development challenges
• Familiarity with security tools and applications (preferred)
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong problem-solving abilities and communication skills

Why Join Us

• Work with cutting-edge technologies at the intersection of AI and cybersecurity
• Flexible working arrangements and competitive compensation
• Opportunity to shape a product from its foundation
• Potential for equity or profit-sharing in future funding rounds
• Build portfolio-worthy work in an innovative security product

Selection Process

1. Initial screening call
2. Technical assessment (paid task)
3. Final interview with founder

Title: Platform Engineer Location: Chennai Work Mode: Hybrid (Remote and Chennai Office) Experience: 4+ years Budget: 16 - 18 LPA

Responsibilities:

• Parse data using Python, create dashboards in Tableau.
• Utilize Jenkins for Airflow pipeline creation and CI/CD maintenance.
• Migrate Datastage jobs to Snowflake, optimize performance.
• Work with HDFS, Hive, Kafka, and basic Spark.
• Develop Python scripts for data parsing, quality checks, and visualization.
• Conduct unit testing and web application testing.
• Implement Apache Airflow and handle production migration.
• Apply data warehousing techniques for data cleansing and dimension modeling.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience as a Platform Engineer.
• Strong Python skills, knowledge of Tableau.
• Experience with Jenkins, Snowflake, HDFS, Hive, and Kafka.
• Proficient in Unix Shell Scripting and SQL.
• Familiarity with ETL tools like DataStage and DMExpress.
• Understanding of Apache Airflow.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Note: Only candidates willing to work in Chennai and available for immediate joining will be considered. Budget for this position is 16 - 18 LPA.

Experience: 1 – 3.5 years

Mandatory Skills 

• Should have good knowledge in Object Oriented Programming concepts. 
• Good knowledge in ASP.NET, MVC and C#
• Understanding of JavaScript, HTML5 and CSS. 
• Good Knowledge in SQL Server and RDBMS concepts.

Desired Skills set:

• Create systems with .NET framework 4.x / ASP.NET MVC / SQL Server 2008-2016 / WCF / Web Services / WebAPI based on the design specification.
• Ability to create and optimize SQL Server 2008-2016 stored procedures.
• Experience with JQuery or similar technologies.
• Knowledge on .Net Core is an added advantage.

Description:

• Understanding on performing analysis and design, and develop the small/large-scale systems.
• Responsible for developing new programs and proofing the program to develop needed changes to assure production of a quality product.
• Tests the written programs to ensure that logic and syntax are correct, and that program results are accurate.
• Document code consistently throughout the development process by listing a description of the program, special instructions, and any changes made in database tables on procedural, modular and database level.
• Strong grasp of OO principles
• 1+ years of development experience in OO languages such as C# and MVC architecture.
• Sound knowledge of SQL and database technologies
• Knowledge of Agile Methodologies such as Extreme Programming (XP) & Scrum

• Researching on topics that are of interest to the target audience
• Writing compelling content for email campaigns, landing pages and communication with customers
• Proofreading, editing and improving content created by others and ensure brand consistency
• Working alongside team members to come up with concepts and ideas to increase revenue
• Ensuring correct grammar and spelling throughout content and website

Desired Candidate Profile

• Proven hands-on Software Development experience
• Proven working experience in Java development
• Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms
• Object Oriented analysis and design using common design patterns.
• Profound insight of Java and JEE internals (Classloading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc)
• Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases, SQL and ORM technologies (JPA2, Hibernate)
• Experience in the Spring Framework
• Experience as a Sun Certified Java Developer
• Experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework (JSF, Wicket, GWT, Spring MVC)
• Experience with test-driven development