Bajaj Finserv
Website:
bajajfinserv.in
Job details:
Location Name: Pune Corporate Office - Mantri
Job Purpose
The role bridges product, platform engineering, AI, and business stakeholders, providing execution governance, delivery visibility, and risk management—while respecting the realities of AI driven, platform scale development (not traditional waterfall project management).
Duties And Responsibilities
- Delivery Governance & Execution Tracking (Primary)
- Establish and run delivery governance across:
o Platform modules
o Product releases
o Cross team initiatives
o Milestones
o Dependencies
o Risks
o Slippages
- Ensure commitments made to business are realistic, tracked, and met.
Focus is on outcomes and predictability, not micromanaging engineers.
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- Platform Aware Planning & Cadence
- Drive quarterly and monthly delivery planning aligned to:
o Product roadmap
o Platform capability evolution
o Integrated delivery plans (multi team)
o Release calendars
o Environment readiness (dev/test/prod)
- Understand platform constraints:
o Shared services
o Backward compatibility
o Multi tenant impact
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- Stakeholder Communication & Visibility
- Act as the single source of truth for delivery status.
- Prepare:
o Leadership dashboards
o Exec updates
o Risk and dependency views
- Translate technical delivery signals into business understandable insights.
- Proactively flag:
o Scope creep
o Delivery risks
o Capacity constraints
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- Risk, Dependency & Change Management
- Identify and manage:
o Cross team dependencies
o Vendor dependencies (telephony, AI services)
o Regulatory risks
o Production readiness risks
- Ensure controlled handling of:
o Scope changes
o Priority shifts
o Emergency fixes vs roadmap work
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- Release & Readiness Governance
- Coordinate release readiness across:
o Engineering
o Product Management
o Product Support
o QA
o Platform
o Operations
o Go live checklists are met
o Rollback plans exist
o Release notes are accurate
- Track post release stabilization and closure.
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- Process, Metrics & Continuous Improvement
- Define and track delivery metrics:
o Predictability
o Throughput
o Release stability
- Improve ways of working without adding bureaucracy.
- Help teams mature from:
o Ad hoc delivery ? platform grade execution
Key Decisions / Dimensions
- Delivery sequencing and prioritization (with leadership input).
- Risk escalation timing and approach.
- Release readiness and dependency resolution paths.
- Process improvements vs delivery urgency trade offs.
Major Challenges
- Managing delivery across AI heavy, evolving architectures.
- Balancing speed with enterprise compliance and reliability.
- Coordinating teams with different cadences (UI, Platform, AI).
- Maintaining clarity during ambiguity and change.
Ducational Qualifications
Required Qualifications and Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technology, or Management.
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Experience
- 6–10+ years in PMO / Program Management roles.
- Experience working with:
o Product engineering teams
o Platform or SaaS products
- Exposure to AI / data / platform programs strongly preferred.
- Experience in regulated or enterprise environments is a plus.
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Core Skills
- Strong delivery planning and tracking skills.
- Excellent stakeholder communication.
- Ability to understand technical dependencies without being hands on.
- Experience with Agile / hybrid delivery models.
- Strong risk and issue management capability.
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Mindset & Behavioral Skills
- Platform aware, not task oriented.
- Outcome focused, not process heavy.
- Comfortable operating under ambiguity.
- High ownership and escalation judgment.
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