MB.OS 2.0 Cloud Platform - Senior Program Manager

Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI), headquartered in Bengaluru with a satellite office in Pune, is the largest R&D center for Mercedes-Benz Group AG outside Germany. Its mission is to drive innovation and excellence in automotive engineering, digitalization, and sustainable mobility solutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Technology Leadership: Monitor cloud and connectivity best practices and integrate tools, platforms, and practices for complex connected-car IoT applications.
• Product Management: Promote a customer-centric approach, define data-driven metrics, and coordinate with global product owners and stakeholders.
• Program Management: Implement agile practices at scale, including SAFe, program increments, synchronization, and delivery cadence. Coach and mentor teams on agile best practices.
• People Development: Support technical training, software development practices, team building, international collaboration, feedback, and coaching.
• Operational Excellence: Ensure adherence to organizational standards and manage relevant operational topics.

Required Skills and Experience

• Production-level development and operations experience with AWS or Azure Cloud.
• Experience with infrastructure as code using Pulumi, Terraform, or ARM.
• Experience developing microservices with Java and/or Golang.
• Proficiency with CI/CD for application deployment, management, and monitoring.
• 12 to 15 years of software experience and a bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or an equivalent field.
• At least 3 years of experience managing software development teams for cloud-native applications and platforms.
• Understanding of Agile and DevOps practices, software engineering life-cycle practices, and international stakeholder management.
• Experience coaching and mentoring direct reports, including compensation management and appraisal discussions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Automotive engineering or related domain knowledge.
• Exposure to international projects and global stakeholder management.
• Experience with Daimler systems or similar global platforms.
• Agile, DevOps, or cloud certifications.

Benefits

• Hybrid work possible
• Health benefits and employee discounts
• Retirement and mobility offers
• Flextime, parking, in-house doctor, and public transport access
• Barrier-free workplace, near-site childcare, canteen, and café

MBRDI is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from all qualified individuals.