Program Manager Agile Delivery & RTE - Workday Financials/HCM (Bengaluru)

Role: Program Manager Agile Delivery & Release Train Engineering Location: Remote Work Timing: 8:00 AM CST to 5:00 PM CST/ 6:30 PM 3:30 AM IST Immediate Joiners Must Have Skills - Enterprise Program Leadership - Has led large, cross-functional technology programs from planning through implementation. - Experience coordinating multiple teams, business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and dependenciesnot just managing a single project. - Release Train Engineer (or SAFe Program-Level Agile Leadership) - Has served as an RTE or equivalent, facilitating PI Planning, Scrum of Scrums, dependency management, and program-level execution. Top 3 Required Skills - Program & Release Train Leadership Proven experience leading complex enterprise technology programs and serving as a Release Train Engineer (RTE) or in a similar Agile program leadership role. - Cross-Functional Delivery Management Ability to coordinate multiple teams, manage dependencies, risks, vendors, integrations, and drive initiatives from planning through implementation. - Workday Financials/HCM Experience Hands-on experience leading Workday Financials, HCM, and integration programs (implementation, modernization, enhancements, or ongoing delivery). Top 3 Nice-to-Have Skills - SAFe Experience & Certifications Experience facilitating PI Planning and other Secure ceremonies, with certifications such as SAFe RTE, PMP, PMI-ACP, or CSM. - Enterprise ERP/ITSM & Third-Party Integration Experience Experience managing enterprise ERP, HCM, or ITSM platforms and coordinating implementation partners and system integrations. - Delivery Tools & Agile Platforms Proficiency with Azure DevOps, Jira, ServiceNow, or similar tools for Agile planning, tracking, and reporting. Role Overview: We are seeking an experienced Program Manager / Release Train Engineer to lead complex, cross-functional technology delivery while helping establish scalable Agile delivery practices across Digital Solutions. Program Planning & Delivery Leadership - Lead complex technology programs and initiatives spanning multiple teams, workstreams, enterprise applications, and business functions. - Establish and maintain integrated program plans, milestones, delivery roadmaps, scope, objectives, and success measures. - Translate strategic priorities into coordinated execution plans and ensure teams understand commitments, sequencing, and expected outcomes. - Drive work to completion by establishing ownership, monitoring progress, resolving delivery gaps, and ensuring actions are followed through to closure. - Adapt planning and delivery practices across Agile, iterative, hybrid, and traditional delivery models based on organizational and program needs. Cross-Team Coordination, Dependencies & Integration - Coordinate delivery across product teams, platform teams, architecture, security, infrastructure, QA, business stakeholders, and third-party vendors. - Identify, track, and actively manage cross-team dependencies, integration points, constraints, risks, issues, and decisions. - Connect business processes, enterprise applications, and technical workstreams to ensure issues are evaluated beyond the immediate symptom or originating system. - Establish clear engagement points, handoffs, and escalation paths across teams and organizational boundaries. - Facilitate timely resolution of blockers and ensure the appropriate technical and business participants are engaged. Scaled Agile & Release Train Leadership - Perform Release Train Engineer or equivalent program-level Agile leadership responsibilities as delivery structures mature. - Plan and facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning, ART Syncs, Scrum of Scrums, System Demos, Inspect & Adapt workshops, and other large-scale planning and coordination events, as applicable. - Partner with Product Management, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, and technical leaders to improve backlog and feature readiness, planning effectiveness, and alignment to program objectives. - Support teams in identifying and managing risks, dependencies, impediments, and commitments across planning and execution cycles. - Help establish scalable delivery cadences and operating practices without forcing process beyond the maturity or needs of the organization. Governance, Reporting & Stakeholder Alignment - Establish fit-for-purpose governance, planning cadences, status reporting, decision-making forums, and escalation practices. - Provide concise, decision-oriented reporting on program health, milestones, delivery confidence, risks, dependencies, issues, and required leadership actions. - Maintain program documentation and ensure plans, decisions, actions, and delivery commitments remain current and transparent. - Communicate effectively with executives, portfolio leaders, business stakeholders, technical leaders, delivery teams, and vendors. - Influence without authority to create alignment, clarify accountability, and sustain momentum .