Senior Program Manager

From Fivetrans founding until now, our mission has remained the same: to make access to data as simple and reliable as electricity. With Fivetran, customer data arrives in their warehouses, canonical and ready to query, with no engineering or maintenance required. Were proud that more organizations continue to leverage our technology every day to become truly data-driven.

About Us

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, were 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, were building on the strengths of both companies while continuing to deliver the products and experiences our customers know and trust. Its an exciting time to join us: were 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

The mission of the Engineering Program Management Office (PMO) is to implement program and project management methodologies that enable Fivetran to deliver complex products and initiatives on time and within expectations. In addition, the Engineering PMO serves as the subject-matter expert body on project and program management standards, directing a department-wide approach to program delivery and communication. You will help plan, track, and execute the companys 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. You will communicate and work in close collaboration with partners across the engineering team and other business partners to achieve this vision.

This is a full-time position based out of our Bangalore Office, India.

Technologies you will use:

• G Suite, AI LLM and Agents (Claude Code, Gemini, ChatGPT, and similar), Jira, Looker, Graphana, Lucid Charts, Workday, Sigma, Figma, BigQuery, Custom Apps.

Program/Project Management

• 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. 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.
• Develop creative solutions, remove obstacles, and redefine approaches to balance cost, quality, and delivery priorities.
• Work closely with product management, data analytics, enablement & support.
• Define and own specific program metrics and objectives.
• Track and report on PMO KPIs.

• Act as a role model for project/program management processes.
• Surface feedback and enhancement to project/program management processes.
• Align stakeholders and team members towards project/program management best practices.

• 1+ years of experience in a technical position (software engineer, QE/QA, platform engineer, etc.).
• Software project management experience is a strong plus.
• 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.
• Ability to work directly with senior leadership on programs, including leading R&D-wide (engineering, product, design, security) initiatives from start to finish.
• You can facilitate discussions with engineering subject-matter experts on topics such as System Design, Data Architecture, Infrastructure Management (including cost management), and Quality.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills with the ability to interact and collaborate with technical and non-technical groups at all levels.
• A data-driven and action-oriented mindset with excellent planning, analytical, problem-solving, project/program management, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Proficient in addressing technical issues and providing effective mitigation plans.
• Can align team members to program goals and objectives.
• Demonstrates integrity, upholding professional codes of conduct.

• Start-up experience a strong plus
• PMP certification is a plus
• Familiarity with the following technologies is a plus: Cloud service providers (AWS, GCP, Azure), ETL or ELT, modern data stack.

100% employer-paid medical insurance

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Were honored to be valued at over $5.6 billion, but more importantly, were proud of our core values of Get Stuck In, Do the Right Thing, and One Team, One Dream. Read about us in Forbes.

Fivetran brings together high-quality talent across the globe to make data access as easy and reliable as electricity for our customers. We value and recognize that our customers benefit from having innovative teams made of people from many backgrounds, experiences, and identities. Fivetran promotes diversity, equity, inclusion & belonging through attracting, recruiting, developing, and retaining a diverse workforce, not only because it is the right thing to do, but because it helps us build a world-class company to better serve our customers, our people and our communities.

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