Technical Program Manager

Responsibilities

Lead and manage a talented Engineering Team of 8+ members. Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members and assist them in their career progression.

Set OKRs, progress checks and do performance evaluations. Manage the development pipeline to deliver features on schedule while maintaining high bar for quality.

Closely Interact with other functions such as PM, Design, UI/UX, Art, QA, and deliver planned features.

Perform Design reviews, Code reviews Create a solid Tech backlog that involves modernizing tech stack, set goals for performance improvements.

Establish Best Process and Development Practices and drive the centre of excellence for the teams. Updates with new technology trends and constantly evolve Facilitate and create problem-solving culture in the team.

Be obsessed about players and giving the best experience to our players.

Requirements

Master's or Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or equivalent.

Should have 8+ years of professional experience in mobile, development using C++, C#, PYTHON, GO Lang, Javascript.

Should have 2+ years of experience in managing teams, including hiring, mentoring and building strong teams.

Shown ability to motivate teams and operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-energy environment.

Exposure to using Agile and Scrum methodologies. Good communication skills, interpersonal skills with experience in building strong internal relationships.

Good Analytical, Problem-solving and Debugging skills.

Hands-on experience in Designing, Coding and release management. Desired Skills and Experience NET,C++,Golang,Java,JavaScript,Python,Quality Assurance,C#

Position Overview: 

The Engineering Manager will work closely with the management and customers and partners globally. He/She will report to the VP - Engineering. He/She will be responsible for shaping the product and strategizing its delivery around when and how it will be done so. 

The ideal candidate should have prior experience as Engineering Manager in a start-up or Product company, developing an Enterprise SAAS product.

Responsibilities: 

●Lead Product Development, QA and Documentation for multiple client Products 

●Deliver Engineering Product Releases and Patches 

●Provide work break-down and be responsible for all Engineering Team deliverables 

●Interact with team members and ensure timely and successful delivery of each sprint iteration 

●Provide technical guidance, coaching and mentoring to the Engineering Team 

●Be responsible for tools and processes for all Engineering activities 

●Work with Product Management and help shape the product roadmap 

●Work with Services Organization and set the right expectations regarding the product roadmap, delivery of enhancements and patches 

●Define and manage quarterly goals for Engineering Team 

●Manage engineering budget, incentive programs and team-building activities 

●Hire and manage Product Development, QA and Documentation Team members 

The Ideal Candidate: 

●Should have completed a 4-year Engineering degree in Computer Science (preferably) or an advanced degree in a similar stream 

●Should have 10-12 years of experience with at least 2-3 years as an Engineering Manager 

●Must have experience with Containerization, Docker, Kubernetes 

●Should have designed and delivered: 

• Open Source based Enterprise Software 

• Software based on Java, Angular JS, ReactJS, Python, no-SQL databases etc

• Solutions in the Cloud (AWS or Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP)) 

●Delivered multiple releases of products using Agile Development 

●Delivered Artifacts like Design/Test-Plan/Documentation-Plan documents 

●Possess Team Management skills: 

• Led Product Development Teams involving UI, Middle-Tier and Database developers, QA and Documentation Teams 

• Delivered performance reviews, and improvement plans to team members 

Desired Skills: 

●Experience having worked at a startup or product development company is an advantage 

Job Description for Project Head for IT

• Provide technical vision and strategy for the team.
• Assess issues regarding Information Systems and create manageable solutions
• Own technical architecture for the application and infrastructure for the product
• Discover and help implement new technologies that yield competitive advantage
• Develop a company's strategy around technology and product to ensure alignment with its business goals.
• Strategic Direction for identifying and implementing new technologies
• Supervise system infrastructure to ensure functionality and efficiency
• Build quality assurance, data protection and security processes
• Use stakeholders’ feedback to inform necessary improvements and adjustments to technology
• Communicate technology strategy to partners and investors
• Setting a vision for how technology will be used in the company.
• Ensuring that technological resources meet the company's short and long-term needs.
• Creating timelines for the development and deployment of all technological services.
• Making executive decisions on behalf of the company's technological requirements.
• Managing technology budgets and time frames.
• Staying on top of technology trends and developments.
• Lead the team on design and execution of the engineering roadmap with a focus on engineering excellence in all aspects of the execution.
• Establish repeatable processes and methods that ensure a high level of productivity, quality, and reliability.

Requirements and skills

• Proven experience as a Project Head or similar leadership role with 5+ years of experience in a technology leadership role
• BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field; MS/MBA or other relevant graduate degree is a plus.
• Must have hands-on experience in Java, Front end technologies like Bootstrap, jQuery, Angular, AWS, Modular software development, multi-tenant architecture and highly scalable systems and Server Operating systems internals, benchmarking and performance tuning (Linux & Windows)
• Knowledge of technological trends to build strategy
• Ability to conduct technological analyses and research
• Excellent communication  and team management skills
• Leadership and organizational abilities
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving aptitude
• Experience in architecture, developing, deploying, and operating large scale, highly available, SaaS applications and services in private or public cloud.

Cogoport Story

Do you prefer to get speeding tickets or parking tickets?

Because at Cogoport we are speeding ahead to do something remarkable for the world. We are trying to solve the Trade Knowledge and Execution Gap, which is currently widening and preventing trade to the tune of $3.4 trillion annually. This Gap has enormous economic as well as human impact and disproportionately hits small and medium businesses globally.

The team at Cogoport is working on developing a new category, the Global Trade Platform, that helps companies discover and connect with appropriate trade partners, optimize shipping and logistics options and costs, and improve cash management and cash flow.

Cogoport is currently in hypergrowth mode. We are proud to have been named an Asia-Pacific High-Growth Company by the Financial Times and an Indian Growth Champion by the Economic Times. We are aiming to reach an annualized revenue of $1 billion (7700 Crores INR)  by this summer and are hiring over 500 additional employees. We are currently hiring in Mumbai, Gurgaon, Chennai and Bangalore.

Cogoport Culture: We have two core values at Cogoport—Intrapreneurship and Customer-centricity. If you share these values and are a hard worker who is willing to take risks (and occasionally get a speeding ticket), you can make a huge impact and propel your career in an endless number of directions with Cogoport.

Cogoport Leadership

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Life at Cogoport :It’s rare to be able to join a company that can give you the resources, support and technology you need to break new ground and see your ideas come to life. You’ll be surrounded by some of the smartest engineers and commercial specialists in India and the Asia Pacific Region.

With huge growth and the right entrepreneurial mindset, comes huge opportunities! So, wherever you join us, you’ll be able to dream, deliver better and brighter solutions, and speed ahead with the possibility to propel your career forward in endless directions as our company continues to grow and expand.

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Why Cogoport?

International Trade can be complicated at times and every day brings new challenges and opportunities to learn.  When we simplify international trade, it empowers and affects every human being on the face of this earth. Seven billion people - one common problem.

As a part of the Talent team at Cogoport, you will get an opportunity to be a part of an industry-wide revolution in the world of shipping and logistics by collaborating with other brilliant minds to resolve real world on-ground challenges. You will have a direct impact on the revenue and profitability growth for the organization.

Areas of Impact for you

• Ownership of product delivery, devops, cybersecurity, performance, impeccable software quality, and configuration.
• Hands-on management with deep-dive into the details of software design, implementation and debugging.
• Attract, hire, retain, motivate and mentor the team..
• Guide your teams in developing roadmaps and systems to drive product growth, then identify, plan, and execute projects to support that growth.
• Leadership role in the driving technical architecture, specifically leveraging micro-services.
• Manage multiple projects across a wide breadth of technologies, coordinate dependencies, and interactions with the internal teams and external partners.
• Collaborate with stakeholders from across functions to keep the development team in sync with all functions and overall business objectives.
• Set up, create and manage strong best practices/architecture to ensure reliable, secure, bug-free, and performant software is released on-time.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Bachelor or Masters in Computer Science with 8-10 years of total work experience in a software product company with at least 3-4 years of experience in managing projects and leading teams.
• Experience owning highly-available and scalable software systems
• Strong technical background with proven record of individual technical accomplishments
• Excellent organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to make quick decisions in high pressure environments.
• Demonstrated negotiation, influencing and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Understanding of team dynamics, have the ability to inspire highly-talented engineers and develop team-level leaders
• Experience with Agile development.

Cogoport is an equal opportunity employer. We are a welcoming place for everyone, and we do our best to make sure all people feel supported and respected at work.  

Why We Need You 

Our current engineering team is growing fast and we’ll need leadership to support a focused team effort across a variety of projects and priorities.

We’re looking for someone who will help us with:

• Manage, mentor, and grow an extremely talented and energetic engineering team
• Define our engineering culture and process broadly as our first management hire
• Work closely with product and design in determining the strategy and direction of your team
• Define the development process of the team to create a constructive and efficient work environment

Your Role:

• Lead the development of APIs, customer/developer experience, and supporting systems
• Be actively involved in our long-term strategic direction, working closely with the CTO/co-founder
• Experience scaling teams and processes in a high growth environment
• Empower the team to achieve a high level of technical productivity
• A strong belief in high engineer agency, responsibility, and accountability
• Own the existing SCRUM & SPRINTS & make sure throughput and DEADLINES are me
• A compassionate but clear and focused approach to leadership
• Ability to ruthlessly prioritize in a chaotic and ambiguous environment

Experience that would help you succeed: (Note, we don't expect you to a spike in all aspects, but to grow there in time)

Growth-minded: You have a keen product sense and an exceptional track record for delivery, as well as examples of innovation and/or influential impact.

Experienced: You will develop our current team, hire additional team members, and empower each member to have an owner mentality within their role. You have a large task ahead and building a high-output team will be your top priority.

Driven: You have experience in the past that lends itself to being able to dive in on tactical problems, while also being able to scale with the company as the needs change.

Technical: You’re able to leverage a strong technical background and have hands-on experience in solving large and difficult technical problems, with the ability to make decisions swiftly and thoughtfully.

Apply only if the answer is yes to all of the following :

• 3+ years of Engineering Manager of team size 10-50 experience
• Proven ability to manage high complexity projects
• Motivated by a fast-paced, high impact environment
• Proactive and comfortable with ambiguity
• Well versed with Hiring as well as Firing
• HAVE worked in a B2C Startup for at least a year?
• CAN join in within 30-45 days?

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Who you are

• You have 7 - 12 years experience.
• You love the buzz of a highly productive and fast moving team.
• You’ve had 3+ years of experience planning, prioritizing and delivering the product roadmap. 
• You get your buzz from metrics, efficiencies and productivity to enable the product team to keep getting better. 
• You love interacting and managing a bunch of highly passionate and demanding stakeholders. 
• You are looking to grow fast with a company that's on a rapid growth path.

What will excite us

• Previous startup experience or experience being part of early teams.
• You are a whiz with Jira and have numbers at the tap of your finger. 
• Experience having set up agile processes for teams and you have war stories to share. 
• You don’t really care about your title, you actively contribute to product and engineering decisions. 
• You love being a leader of incredibly smart engineers. 

What will excite you?

• Complete ownership
• Experiment, fail and learn.
• High pedigree, high caliber team.
• Contribute to every area of our business. Have a real impact with your work

About the role:

We are currently building an exciting multi-category, digital first, direct to consumer, commerce business for couple of new brands in Food & Fashion category. The Engineering Team forms the backbone of our ecommerce business. We build and iterate over our core platform that handles orders, payments, delivery promises, order tracking & logistics integrations.

We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead its development across web, mobile and in-store devices. You will be responsible to work closely with business leaders to understand the developer needs and device solutions through developer tools and services. The role incumbent will be managing a team of in-house & outsourced developers and will be responsible for defining the technical roadmap, project delivery and maintenance of systems developed in-house. The incumbent will also be driving technology innovation with integrations and external partners to fully leverage the latest solutions and technologies for servicing the organization needs. This role will report to the Director-Engineering.

Location: Mumbai based preferably. We can also consider Bangalore based candidates.

Responsibilities:

Your core responsibilities will include Technical Guidance, Execution, Delivery & Team Management. You will be working in a fast-paced and agile work environment delivering quality solutions that have immediate business impact.

• Ownership of engineering features and components from concept, design, development & deployment
• Participate in the solution architecting, enterprise interface design and integration.
• Work with users to understand requirements, design scalable and efficient technology solutions.
• Manage multiple projects across a wide breadth of technologies, coordinate dependencies, and interactions with other internal teams and external partners.

• Communicate cross-functionally, collaborate with Business teams, Product managers, engineers and QA to plan, own and deliver solutions on time.
• Ensure teams follow best practices regarding coding standards, code reviews, and testing. Responsible for code quality, review & release strategy.

• Define and drive development team priorities and ensure delivery through in-house and vendor development teams.

• Keep tab of latest technology trends and leverage it for improvements/changes in current setup to increase efficiency, reduce maintenance cost and time to market.

• Publish regular reports of activities and highlight potential risks. 
• Attract, hire, retain, motivate and mentor engineering team resources.

Required Qualification, Experience & skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related technical discipline
• 6-8 years of overall developer experience with a minimum 12-18 months in the GoLang toolkit – very familiar with all the frameworks and tools needed to manage and further build an end to end ecommerce platform in GoLang
• Prior experience in managing a team of min 4-6 engineers
• Hands-on management with deep-dive into the details of software design, implementation and debugging

• Experience of implementing Agile, Scrum & Iterative processes

• Experience taking a leading role in building complex software systems that have been successfully delivered to customers
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for the full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations
• Experience in communicating with users, other technical teams, and senior management to collect requirements, describe software product features, technical designs, and product strategy
• Experience mentoring junior software engineers to improve their skills, and make them more effective, product software engineers
• Hands-on expertise in many disparate technologies, typically ranging from Web development, Mobile app development, AWS, machine learning, large scale data platforms, service oriented architecture, distributed systems design, android platform, front-end user interfaces, databases etc.