About this role
Program Manager
A Bachelor’s or Higher Degree is the minimum entry required for the position
Job Description
- Skill Set :
Delivery management
- Total Experience : 7.00 to 15.00 Years
- No of Openings : 1
- Job Post Date : 17/08/2026
- Job Expiry Date : 01/12/2026
- Domain : IT
Location
PUNE [India]
Job Reference No : 4102109
Role Context
This is a critical, high impact leadership role to anchor the Automation function for the enterprise. We are looking for a hands on automation leader with strong advisory capability who can stabilize, guide, and elevate an existing automation ecosystem.
This position is initially a 6 month contract (CTH) with potential conversion to full time based on performance and fit.
Key Role Expectations
- Act as a Technology Advisor + Delivery Leader (not just a program manager)
- Provide hands on technical guidance across automation landscape
- Drive evolution from RPA led automation = Intelligent + Agentic Automation
- Engage with senior stakeholders and influence strategy
- Lead a large, hybrid team (FTE + vendors)
- Build and demonstrate “Art of Possible” across automation use cases
Core Responsibilities
- Automation Strategy & Advisory
- Define and drive enterprise wide automation roadmap
- Evaluate problems tool agnostically and recommend best fit solutions
- Identify and scale use cases leveraging tools / technologies below (represented and not exhaustive)
- RPA (Automation Anywhere, UiPath)
- Scripting (Python)
- Data (Alteryx, Power BI)
- AI/ML & GenAI
- IDP (Intelligent Document Processing)
- Power Platform
- Emerging Agentic AI
- Showcase automation value to leadership forums
- Improve / evolve the overall value proposition of the existing set up.
- Delivery & Platform Governance
- Oversee delivery across automation programs (quality, timelines, value)
- Manage platform ecosystem (licenses, upgrades, vendor coordination)
- Ensure automation support, stability, and service management
- Drive citizen development enablement
- Stakeholder & Influence Leadership
- Partner with business and non tech stakeholders (both at PGS and across Enterprise) to define problem statements
- Present solutions and value proposition to senior leadership
- Demonstrate outcomes and ROI (hard value delivery mindset)
- Operate effectively in a matrix environment
- Team & Vendor Leadership
- Manage 3 direct reports
- Guide and mentor next line leaders (T6/T7)
- Manage vendor partners, contracts, and commercials
- Transformation & Innovation
- Anchor shift toward Agentic Automation Delivery
- Drive experimentation and innovation across tools
- Build a culture of continuous upskilling and curiosity