Sr Technical Program Manager

At CoreLogic, we are driven by a single mission—to make the property industry faster, smarter, and more people-centric. CoreLogic is the trusted source for property intelligence, with unmatched precision, depth, breadth, and insights across the entire ecosystem. Our talented team of 5,000 employees globally uses our network, scale, connectivity and technology to drive the largest asset class in the world. Join us as we work toward our vision of fueling a thriving global property ecosystem and a more resilient society.

CoreLogic is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive work culture that inspires innovation and bold thinking; it's a place where you can collaborate, feel valued, develop skills and directly impact the real estate economy. We know our people are our greatest asset. At CoreLogic, you can be yourself, lift people up and make an impact. By putting clients first and continuously innovating, we're working together to set the pace for unlocking new possibilities that better serve the property industry.

Job Description:

In India, we operate as Next Gear India Private Limited, a fully-owned subsidiary of CoreLogic with offices in Kolkata, West Bengal, and Noida, Uttar Pradesh. Next Gear India Private Limited plays a vital role in CoreLogic's Product Development capabilities, focusing on creating and delivering innovative solutions for the Property & Casualty (P&C) Insurance and Property Restoration industries.

While Next Gear India Private Limited operates under its own registered name in India, we are seamlessly integrated into the CoreLogic family, sharing the same commitment to innovation, quality, and client success.

When you join Next Gear India Private Limited, you become part of the global CoreLogic team. Together, we shape the future of property insights and analytics, contributing to a smarter and more resilient property ecosystem through cutting-edge technology and insights.

• Work with the product management to get the product vision defined, get the product roadmap created 
• Promoting Product ideas into features - Get the product roadmap items converted to Epics, refine them with the help of PO, Architects, Principal/Lead Engineer and SMEs 
• Prioritizing features to be delivered - Get the product backlog prioritized by the product management regularly
• Break down features into workable items - Decompose the Business Epics to User stories, refine them with the dev team and get them estimated>>
• Work with the Architect/ Principal engineer to get Solution architecture laid out. Identify tech enabler Epics, decompose them to enabler stories. Get them prioritized alongside user stories. 
• Managing Scope - Define the scope/objective of the sprints
• Managing Timelines - Define timelines for the delivery of key features by factoring the estimate of the work and the capacity of the team-
• Managing team commitments -Hold team accountable for meeting the sprint commitments. Be a servant leader. Promote self-organizing team-culture. Unblock their impediments. Keep the motivation and the morale of the team members up  
• Managing quality of the delivered software -Promote test-driven approach. Set standards with unit test coverage. Encourage teams to refactor the code to improve maintainability.  Work with the QA members to manage the defects in INT/UAT
• Managing production roll out. Ensure UAT completion. Get product signoff. Raise change requests for prod deployments. Get Veracode scan reports created for the modified components and get ISM approval. Get the Enterprise change manager approval for the CR. Manage the production roll-out activities. Carry out prod checkout with PO. 
• Analyzing Product Manager feature requests and drives Product Development from the start till its competition. Collaborate with the product management to get the requirements defined, work with the team leads (PO, Architect, Principal engineer, SMEs) to decompose the requirements to actionable plan (stories), plan the execution in sprints, take care of release management activities, promote frequent delivery with incremental value to the end-users

Day to Day Responsibilities:

• Facilitate stand up and other scrum ceremonies (Pre IPM, IPM, Retro) - and demo. 
• Keep JIRA board clean and up to date , Leverage Jira for the application life cycle management. Create all work-items in Jira, plan the execution using sprints, use boards for visualization of work and ensure transparency. Promote self-organizing teams, encourage them to update the status of stories regularly.
• Liaison with the Product team on upcoming launches, Releases (Collaboration with Other TPMs and TPM responsible for next release) - Collaborate with other TPMs for managing the dependencies, consuming enterprise services/APIs, managing the capacity of shared resources like DBAs, DevOps personnel, and so on. 
• Coordinate with Principal and Sr Professional dev. Include the key participants in Pre-backlog / Epic refinement / Solution architecture discussions: PO, Architect, Principal engineer, SMEs.
• Involved in Triage/Design discussion from Product Perspective. Collaborate with the product management to set the priorities, define the scope of the releases, and define the key milestones.
• Involved in QA updates, collaborate with the QA team, provide them inputs for creating test scenarios, help them with test data creation, test environment set up, unblock impediments with test execution >> 
• Involved in Incidents, L2 and L3 Support for Pager duty (Rotation of TPMs) , Set up pagerduty for application error monitoring, set up the team and the schedule, provide L2 support, escalate to L3 as needed, ensure SLA adherence, manage bridge calls >> 
• Ensure compliance with Security standards (Veracode, Qualys, BitSight)
• Work with Dev Ops and Principal devs on improving or resolving issues
• Collaborate with Principals on critical deliverables (feature & Tech) and ensure risk is called out in case of not meeting expectations for quality/timeline , Risks should be added to program sync boards, discussed with the leadership team regularly and managed>>
• Ensure onboarding and monitoring of MLA (Monitoring, Logging & Alerting)
• Collaborate with other TPM’s to ensure a unified standard and approach. applicable for Principal TPMs that are expected to set standards for delivery execution>> 
• Work with Cross functional teams & Principal developers to remove impediments and help facilitate technical direction on product, design, and architectural decisions
• Build Agile culture/Lean Development/Kanban Swimlane in the team (agile manifesto)
• Configure Jira to track metrics (Sprint-level, Epic, releases, velocity/burn-down and so on) 
• Work with the PMO to define the key milestones and show the progress of the initiatives 
• Promote the best engineering practices - Test driven approach, refactoring
• Promote architectural best practices - Micro products / Micro service architectures, Focus on the definition of Non-functional parameters, Cloud adoption, adoption of Nextgen tech like AI 
• Help the product calculate Return on Investments (ROI) of initiatives 

Job Qualifications:

• Expected to have at least 10 years of IT technical experience. Experience with cloudframeworks, microservice and event-based architecture, security standards database technologies, CICD strategies, front-end and back-end coding practices, and test automation methods
• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, product/technical program management, product development or equivalent experience
• 6+ years of experience managing cross-team projects
• 8+ years of professional experience practicing formal project management methodologies, particularly agile based, with teams of 10 or more
• 3+ years in Senior/Lead BA 
• 5 years of experience executing in the following areas:  BA approaches/tools, project coordination and management functions on 1+ projects, delivering sustainable solutions (+excellent understanding of Agile principles and values)
• 3+ years of experience with Google Cloud Platform and relevant technologies– Java coding practices, Angular development, Big Query, Kafka messaging, observability strategies
• Geospatial concepts and development practices are plus 
• PdM Basics is "nice-to-have", but not required/expected 

Awareness and hands on experience in project management practices including but not limited to:

• Estimation (understand and actively use different Estimation Techniques, based on team composition and project phase)
• Scope Management (ensuring that the work is delivered on time and within budget)
• Project Planning (can prepare plans and allocate efforts on a Project Stream or small Project level)
• Quality Management (adopt engineering practices to provide quality delivery and high productivity)
• SDLC Models (know and hands on with stages and best SDLC practices in-use in the current client/account; practice SDLC on a work stream; able to use any practices outside SDLC)
• Engagement Models (have understanding on Fix Price, T&M, Hybrid engagement model)
• EngX (understand and involve the team into its practicing to improve SDLC)
• Metrics (measure Project state and progress with quantitative metrics within Iron triangle)
• Risk Management (manage risks to prevent/mitigate negative consequences and utilize opportunities)

In addition:

• Able to identify problems and actively works to resolve issues by focusing on listening and understanding
• Understand and be able to support major operational excellence principles and methodologies
• Able to manage a cross-functional team, approximate team up to 20 FTE
• Able to support 2-3 Dev Teams 
• Able to build and lead the team and grow a sustainable and engaged business relationship with the client
• Hands on with the latest industry trends and can apply them in practice
• Knows typical solutions in 1-2 of the technology areas or the business domain
• Guides teams on the best way to execute on the product level
• Understands and may cover CI/CD pipeline mastering, Deployment Automation approaches/techniques, development process organization from the inception of the requirements
• Can chose and adjust appropriate processes to get maximum Dev Team outcome
• Knowledgeable and skilled to represent development group on P1 Troubleshooting Session with clients
• Pragmatic delivery experience end-to-end with Agile framework
• Deep KPI Metrics and Scrum, Kanban, Lean differentiators understanding on the team level
• Hands on setting up the teams with the right skills and seniority composition level
• Applying Agile processes and build core values on the team level
• Building proper communication channels between the team and the embracing environment
• Building a culture of ownership and continuous learning on the team level
• Handles team setup and takes a proactive part in suggesting approaches/technologies/tools
• Takes care of forming the team and stable velocity/feature increments
• Able to communicate and get team "buy-in" to the agreed upon overall Product Vision
• Responsible for technical staffing matching people for successful project delivery
• Facilitates reporting including milestones and resource allocation

CoreLogic's Diversity Commitment:​

CoreLogic is fully committed to employing a diverse workforce and creating an inclusive work environment that embraces everyone’s unique contributions, experiences and values. We offer an empowered work environment that encourages creativity, initiative and professional growth and provides a competitive salary and benefits package. ​ We are better together when we support and recognize our differences.

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Equal Opportunity Employer Statement:​

CoreLogic is an Equal Opportunity employer committed to attracting and retaining the best-qualified people available, without regard to religion, race, caste, sex, descent, place of birth, residence or any of them, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect of, any employment or office under the State. CoreLogic maintains a Drug-Free Workplace. ​

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