Senior Program Manager
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, APAC · IND - Bengaluru · 1+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 8, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 1+ years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, APAC · IND - Bengaluru
About fivetran
- Fivetran and dbt Labs are bringing together two industry-leading companies with a shared mission: helping organizations unlock the full value of their data.Together, we’re delivering the data infrastructure layer that helps organizations move, transform, and trust their data — from the moment data moves, through every transformation, to the context teams and AI systems rely on.
- Fivetran helps organizations automate data movement across the systems, clouds, engines, and tools they rely on. dbt Labs pioneered analytics engineering, helping teams transform data into reliable, governed insights. Together, we support thousands of organizations as they build a trusted foundation for analytics, AI, and better business decisions.
- As we bring our teams and technology together, we’re building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. It’s an exciting time to join us: we’re creating a company with the scale, talent, and technology to help more organizations put their data to work with greater speed, confidence, and impact.During this transition period, you may see references to both Fivetran and dbt Labs throughout our recruiting process as we integrate our teams, systems, and career sites.
About the role
- You will help plan, track, and execute the company's most critical and cross-cutting Product and Engineering objectives.
- You will be responsible for leading cross-functional teams, managing complex programs and projects, and ensuring the timely delivery of high-quality solutions that meet our customers' needs.
Responsibilities
- Manage key engineering projects, and/or programs, or initiatives from initiation to closing.
- Provide regular status updates on a variety of internal channels to all levels of the organization.
- Define program charters, plans, and schedules, and drive program execution.
- Drive Product representatives in providing timely direction and requirements.
- Lead internal cross-functional teams in engineering and validation activities.
- Ensure tight inter-team coordination and communication.
- Digest, understand, and communicate complex, technical/engineering issues.
- Identify and resolve conflicts or issues quickly, efficiently, and effectively.
- Surface and mitigate risks or defects, and lead technical task forces to ensure proper risk responses or issue resolution.
- Manage interdependencies across multiple engineering disciplines and stakeholders, including platform, SRE, & QA.
Requirements
- 1+ years of experience in a technical position (software engineer, QE/QA, platform engineer, etc.).
- 4+ years of experience in technical project/program management.
- Agile and waterfall project/program management experience.
- Familiarity with project management tools like Jira.
- Can lead large and complex initiatives with minimal oversight.
- Can introduce structure and order in volatile conditions.
- Can clarify vague goals and requirements.
- AI LLMs and AI Agents usage proficiency.
- AI skills development.
- In-depth knowledge of the technologies and methodologies used in program management.
Preferred qualifications
- Software project management experience
- Start-up experience
- PMP certification
- Familiarity with Cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Familiarity with ETL or ELT
- Familiarity with the modern data stack
Benefits
- 100% employer-paid medical insurance
- Generous paid time away from work, including paid vacation or flexible/unlimited vacation, paid sick time, inclusive parental leave, paid holidays, year-end Global Week of Rest, and volunteer days off
- RSU stock grants
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Company virtual happy hours, free food, and fun team-building activities
- Monthly cell phone stipend
- Access to an innovative mental health support platform offering personalized care, resources, therapy, coaching, and self-guided mindfulness exercises
Workplace
- This is a full-time position based out of our Bangalore Office, India.
- Hybrid workplace setting indicated by #LI-HYBRID.
Skills
- G Suite
- Claude Code
- Gemini
- ChatGPT
- Jira
- Looker
- Graphana
- Lucid Charts
- Workday
- Sigma
- Figma
- BigQuery
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- AWS
- GCP
- Azure