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Cornerstone OnDemand Technical Project Manager in Hyderabad, India
Technical Program Manager
Cornerstone
OnDemand is looking for a Technical Program Manager who will drive the
planning, execution, and delivery of complex, cross-functional technical
programs. You will work at the intersection of engineering, product, and
business teams to ensure large-scale initiatives are delivered with clarity,
predictability, and impact. This role requires a strong technical foundation
combined with exceptional program management skills to orchestrate multiple
workstreams and stakeholders toward shared outcomes.
In this role, you will…
Program Planning & Execution
Own end-to-end program management forlarge-scale, cross-functional technical initiatives spanning multipleengineering teams, products, and business units.
Define program scope, milestones,deliverables, success criteria, and resource requirements in collaboration withengineering and product leadership.
Build and maintain detailed program plans,roadmaps, and schedules with clear dependencies, critical paths, and riskmitigation strategies.
Drive program execution through structuredgovernance — standups, status reviews, steering committee meetings, andescalation workflows.
Track and report program health, progress,risks, and blockers to senior leadership and stakeholders through dashboardsand executive summaries.
Manage program-level trade-offs acrossscope, timeline, quality, and resources — making recommendations grounded indata and technical context.
Conduct retrospectives and post-mortems tocapture lessons learned and drive continuous improvement in delivery processes.
Identify process bottlenecks andinefficiencies across teams and implement improvements to accelerate deliverycycles.
TechnicalLeadership & Cross-Functional Alignment
Partner with engineering leaders andarchitects to understand system designs, technical dependencies, andintegration points across programs.
Facilitate architecture and design reviewsto ensure alignment across teams and identify cross-cutting concerns early.
Coordinate platform migrations,infrastructure upgrades, API versioning, and other technical initiatives thatspan multiple teams.
Partner with DevOps and SRE teams to ensurerelease readiness, deployment coordination, and operational handoffs forprogram deliverables.
Define and drive Agile-at-scale practices(SAFe, Scrum of Scrums, or similar) across engineering teams to improvedelivery predictability and velocity.
Facilitate alignment between product roadmaps, engineering capacity, andbusiness priorities to ensure realistic commitments.
StakeholderCommunication & Risk Management
Serve as the central point of communicationfor program status, decisions, and escalations across engineering, product,design, QA, and business teams.
Translate complex technical concepts andprogram details into clear, concise updates for executive leadership andnon-technical stakeholders.
Manage stakeholder expectations proactively— surfacing trade-offs, timeline impacts, and scope changes early withdata-backed recommendations.
Build and maintain a risk managementframework — proactively identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks beforethey become blockers.
Manage cross-team dependency tracking,capacity planning, and sprint/release coordination.
Build strong relationships across theorganization to enable effective collaboration and influence without authority.
You'veGot What It Takes If You Have…
Requirements
Bachelor'sor Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, InformationTechnology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
3+ years of experience in technical programmanagement, engineering project management, or a related role within softwareproduct organizations.
2+ years of hands-on software engineeringor technical lead experience (prior to or alongside program management).
Proventrack record of successfully delivering large-scale, cross-functional technicalprograms on time and within scope.
TechnicalExpertise
Strongunderstanding of software development lifecycle, system architecture,distributed systems, and cloud platforms (Azure preferred).
Familiarity with microservicesarchitecture, API design, CI/CD pipelines, and modern DevOps practices.
Ability to read and understand code,technical design documents, and architecture diagrams at a level sufficient toassess risks and dependencies.
Experience with Agile/Scrum methodologiesand scaling frameworks.
Proficiency with program management and collaboration tools such as Jira, AzureDevOps, Confluence, Smartsheet, or MS Project.
Communication& Leadership
Excellentwritten and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor messagingfor technical and executive audiences.
Strong facilitation skills — able to leadproductive meetings, drive decisions, and resolve conflicts constructively.
Exceptional organizational skills with theability to manage multiple complex programs simultaneously.
Proven ability to build trust and influenceacross engineering, product, and business functions.
Proactive and self-driven with a strong sense of ownership over programoutcomes.
Nice to Have
Experiencein SaaS/enterprise product development environments.
Exposure to AI/ML programs and their uniquedelivery challenges.
Familiarity with talent management, HR tech, or learning management domains.
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