Principal Group Technical Program Manager

JOB SUMMARY: 

As Principal Group Technical Program Manager, you will lead critical and high priority programs, influencing the teams' roadmap priorities and technical direction. This role combines strong technical understanding, program leadership, and agile delivery excellence. You will own end-to-end execution of critical programs, influence roadmap direction, manage cross-team dependencies and senior stakeholders, and mentor teams to raise execution maturity across the organization. This is a high-impact leadership role that demands both deep technical acumen and organizational savvy.

ABOUT THE TEAM:

At JioHotstar, the Program Management Team plays a pivotal role in shaping and executing high-impact company-wide initiatives. We are dedicated to enhancing processes continually to boost the efficiency of our partner Product and Engineering teams. Our key responsibilities encompass coordinating cross-team programs to achieve our product milestones and critical engineering initiatives. Additionally, we excel in communicating progress and leading execution with proactive risk management to ensure timely delivery.

• Own large-scale cross-org programs Mentor and lead a team of TPMs across the org, providing clarity, structure, and thought leadership on planning, prioritization, and execution
• Seamlessly transition between strategic planning and technical depth, working with senior engineers and product leaders to align goals, drive architectural clarity, and manage complex dependencies
• Think ahead and plan for risks - evaluating alternate approaches, quantifying trade-offs, and proactively structuring mitigation paths and communication plans
• Drive GTM-readiness and stakeholder alignment, ensuring key initiatives are not just delivered, but launched with clarity, impact, and measurable business outcomes
• Champion best-in-class program management and agile practices across the org — from goal-setting to postmortems — and be a systems thinker who improves how the entire org executes

• Deep technical understanding of consumer-scale systems, with the ability to dive into architecture reviews, ask second-order questions, and push for scalable, resilient solutions
• Strong leadership and organizational influence, with a track record of guiding TPMs and cross-functional teams across multiple domains
• Highly structured thinker with the ability to break down ambiguous goals into executable plans, identify blind spots, and push for clarity in both direction and detail
• Strong grasp of risk/reward tradeoffs, and comfort operating in fast-moving, high-stakes environments with shifting priorities and evolving context
• Exceptional communicator, skilled in managing stakeholder expectations and aligning diverse teams on shared timelines, goals, and impact
• Experience with GTM planning, coordination with marketing, ops, and support functions for high-visibility launches is a strong plus
• Expertise in Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe) and tools like JIRA, Confluence
• Experienced in leading and developing teams
• Adtech/OTT experience is good to have

• A Bachelor's/Master's degree with a minimum of 15 years of experience, including 10+ years in a Program Management role within the consumer technology sector

About Us

Perched firmly at the nucleus of spellbinding content and innovative technology, JioStar is a leading global media & entertainment company that is reimagining the way audiences consume entertainment and sports. Its television network and streaming service together reach more than 750 million viewers every week, igniting the dreams and aspirations of hundreds of million people across geographies.

 JioStar is an equal opportunity employer. The company values diversity and its mission is to create a workplace where everyone can bring their authentic selves to work. The company ensures that the work environment is free from any discrimination against persons with disabilities, gender, gender identity and any other characteristics or status that is legally protected.