Technical Program Manager Job in Bengaluru at Aon

Aon is hiring for the role of Technical Program Manager!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Own and maintain the shared engineering backlog, ensuring clear prioritization based on business goals and technical dependencies.
• Facilitate regular backlog grooming and sprint planning sessions across teams.
• Drive end-to-end delivery of projects, from requirements gathering to deployment, ensuring milestones are met.
• Track progress and ensure blockers are addressed promptly.
• Serve as the primary liaison between engineering teams and business stakeholders (product owners, data scientists, researchers).
• Provide regular updates on project status, risks, and dependencies.
• Coordinate work across geographically distributed teams, ensuring alignment and effective collaboration.
• Manage time zone and cultural differences to optimize team performance.
• Identify and implement process improvements for delivery efficiency, quality, and team satisfaction.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.
• Proactively identify delivery risks and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure compliance with data governance and security standards.

Requirements:

• Good understanding of data architectures (data lakes, data warehouses, ETL/ELT pipelines).
• Familiarity with tools such as Spark, Airflow, Hadoop, or similar.
• Working knowledge of SQL and at least one scripting language (e.g., Python).
• Basic understanding of machine learning workflows and terminology.
• Awareness of common frameworks but not required to build models.
• Ability to communicate with AI/Data Science teams and understand their delivery needs.
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure or GCP) and their data services.
• Familiarity of CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and automated testing.
• Experience with source control (Git) and agile project management tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, Confluence).
• Ability to read and discuss technical documentation, architecture diagrams, and project requirements.
• Comfortable facilitating discussions between technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Takes ownership of issues and drives them to resolution.
• Anticipates risks and addresses them early.
• Builds trust and rapport across diverse, distributed teams.
• Listens actively and values input from all team members.
• Thrives in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Flexible in approach and open to feedback.
• Communicates priorities, updates, and challenges clearly and constructively.
• Bridges gaps between technical and business stakeholders.
• Willing to learn new technologies and delivery practices as needed.
• Encourages a culture of improvement and innovation.