AVEVA is creating software trusted by over 90% of leading industrial companies.
Job Title: R&D Program Manager, Value Realization
Location: Bangalore, India
Employment Type: Full Time/ Hybrid
Reports to: Director, Value Realization
The Program Manager, Value Realization is responsible for optimizing and accelerating the end-to-end flow of value—from initial ideas through to measurable customer outcomes.
This role plays a critical part in aligning initiatives with enterprise goals, driving delivery against measurable success KPIs, and ensuring strong engagement across both business and technical stakeholders.
The ideal candidate is a strong leader, an exceptional communicator, and a skilled navigator of complex, cross-functional environments. This individual will act as a change agent, supporting organizational and cultural transformation while guiding teams toward greater alignment and execution excellence.
Key Responsibilities
Program Leadership & Delivery
- Own end-to-end program management for Value Realization and Annual Product Plan initiatives across multiple platforms and strategic areas.
- Develop and maintain a unified, cross-organizational delivery plan, including timelines, dependencies, sequencing, and customer value outcomes.
- Ensure initiative-level Epics and Features in Azure DevOps (ADO) meet Definition of Ready standards to support clear execution.
- Anticipate team needs and facilitate ongoing planning, backlog refinement, and execution readiness.
Alignment & Execution
- Translate strategic objectives (“what”) into actionable execution plans (“how”) across Product Management, Architecture, UX, Domain Experts, and Delivery Teams.
- Ensure alignment on scope, intent, and customer value, with measurable progress tied to defined success metrics and Jobs-to-be-Done.
- Identify and manage cross-functional dependencies and proactively remove execution barriers.
- Surface risks early through initiative coordination and opportunity review forums to prevent late-cycle issues.
Stakeholder Management & Communication
- Build and maintain strong relationships across business and technical stakeholders.
- Deliver clear, compelling updates, including demos, readiness reviews, and checkpoints focused on customer value.
- Communicate changes, risks, and decisions effectively, ensuring stakeholder alignment and accountability.
- Support change management through clear documentation of scope, dependencies, and constraints.
Continuous Improvement & Customer Engagement
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, innovation, and efficiency gains.
- Support Product Management in customer engagements, including demos, voice-of-customer sessions, and user events.
- Drive adoption of tools and practices (including AI-enabled solutions) to enhance delivery efficiency.
Desired Skills and Competencies
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively articulate strategic outcomes and customer value.
- Demonstrated experience navigating organizational complexity and driving cross-functional collaboration.
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
- Technical expertise, with the ability to translate complex concepts into strategic business outcomes.
- Passion for fostering an inclusive, customer-focused, and high-performance team culture.
- Experience collaborating with teams and stakeholders across multiple geographies.
- Experience with leveraging AI tooling to accelerate and improve efficiency of day-to-day responsibilities, is a plus.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of experience with commercial software product development
- Minimum 3 years in team leadership or program management role.
- Experience with Agile, Lean, or other modern delivery methodologies.
R&D at AVEVA
Our global team of 2000+ developers work on an incredibly diverse portfolio of over 75 industrial automation and engineering products, which cover everything from data management to 3D design. AI and cloud are at the centre of our strategy, and we have over 150 patents to our name.
Our track record of innovation is no fluke – it’s the result of a structured and deliberate focus on learning, collaboration and inclusivity. If you want to build applications that solve big problems, join us.
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/r-and-d-careers/
India Benefits include:
Gratuity, Medical and accidental insurance, very attractive leave entitlement, emergency leave days, childcare support, maternity, paternity and adoption leaves, education assistance program, home office set up support (for hybrid roles), well-being support
It’s possible we’re hiring for this position in multiple countries, in which case the above benefits apply to the primary location. Specific benefits vary by country, but our packages are similarly comprehensive.
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/benefits/
Hybrid working
We work in a hybrid way at AVEVA. Most roles are based at a local AVEVA office, with an expectation of being on-site 50% of your working hours to support collaboration and connection. Some positions are fully office-based depending on the nature of the work, and certain roles that support specific customers or markets may be remote. The working arrangement for this position will be confirmed during the hiring process.
Hiring process
Interested? Great! Get started by submitting your cover letter and CV through our application portal. AVEVA is committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities. Please let us know in advance if you need reasonable support during your application process.
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/hiring-process
About AVEVA
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.
We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy. Learn more about how we are progressing against our ambitious 2030 targets: sustainability-report.aveva.com/
Find out more: aveva.com/en/about/careers/
AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.
AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify your recruiter. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of experience with commercial software product development
- Minimum 3 years in team leadership or program management role
- Experience with Agile, Lean, or other modern delivery methodologies
- Experience ensuring Epics and Features meet Definition of Ready in Azure DevOps (ADO)
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Demonstrated ability to navigate organizational complexity and drive cross-functional collaboration
- Technical fluency to translate complex concepts into business outcomes
- Experience collaborating with teams and stakeholders across multiple geographies
- Experience leveraging AI tooling to accelerate day-to-day responsibilities
AVEVA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AVEVA and has not been reviewed or approved by AVEVA.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away from work is positioned as a meaningful part of the rewards mix, including paid time off that can increase with tenure and additional paid volunteering days. This breadth is reinforced by mentions of public holidays and emergency leave as part of the overall time-off offering.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing support appears broad and multi-channel, combining counseling access, coaching resources, and region-specific digital wellbeing tools. Flexible work hours and a hybrid model are also presented as lifestyle-supporting elements within the broader rewards package.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Recognition is tied to tenure milestones through a formal program that provides rewards and symbolic recognition. Development-linked rewards also appear through learning access, mentorship, and education reimbursement that connects benefits to skill growth.
AVEVA Insights
What We Do
AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software, sparking ingenuity to drive responsible use of the world’s resources. The company’s secure industrial cloud platform and applications enable businesses to harness the power of their information and improve collaboration with customers, suppliers and partners. Over 20,000 enterprises in over 100 countries rely on AVEVA to help them deliver life’s essentials: safe and reliable energy, food, medicines, infrastructure and more. By connecting people with trusted information and AI-enriched insights, AVEVA enables teams to engineer efficiently and optimize operations, driving growth and sustainability. Named as one of the world’s most innovative companies, AVEVA supports customers with open solutions and the expertise of more than 6,400 employees, 5,000 partners and 5,700 certified developers. With operations around the globe, AVEVA is headquartered in Cambridge, UK. Learn more at www.aveva.com
