# Sr. Portfolio Program Manager - R&D

**Company:** [6sense](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/6sense)
**Location:** Bengaluru, India
**Role:** Technical Program Management
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Portfolio Management, Program Management, Technical Program Management, Product Operations, AI Automation, Productboard, Jira, Confluence, Dashboarding, Business Intelligence, Agile, Scrum, Quarterly Planning, Dependency Management, Risk Management
**Posted:** 2026-09-10

> Leads portfolio governance, planning, dependency management, executive reporting, and delivery improvement across R&D Product and Engineering organizations. Requires 8+ years in technology portfolio or program management, Agile expertise, strong stakeholder influence, and experience applying automation and AI-enabled workflows.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to establish and maintain portfolio baselines covering commitments, milestones, dependencies, ownership, readiness expectations, capacity assumptions, and success measures.
- Track portfolio commitments and execution progress; surface material variances and coordinate change-management actions for changes to scope, timelines, resources, or delivery commitments.
- Establish and improve portfolio metrics, dashboards, reporting practices, automation, and AI-enabled workflows.
- Identify, evaluate, and introduce AI, automation, and emerging technologies that improve program management effectiveness, scalability, decision-making, and operational efficiency.
- Improve portfolio data quality, tooling, process standards, reporting, and adoption of portfolio-management practices.
- Track and coordinate cross-team and cross-pillar dependencies, including ownership, impacts, required dates, and status.
- Lead portfolio reviews and facilitate scaled planning, governance, synchronization, quarterly planning, and executive review forums.
- Synthesize portfolio information into executive-ready insights, risks, dependencies, trade-offs, and recommendations; track decisions, escalations, and follow-through through closure.
- Coach Product and Engineering teams on Agile practices, planning discipline, delivery predictability, flow efficiency, and continuous improvement.
- Identify initiatives that may need dedicated strategic program-management support and integrate initiative health, dependencies, change impacts, and readiness into the portfolio view.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in Portfolio Management, Program Management, Technical Program Management, Product Operations, or related roles in a SaaS or technology environment.
- Experience leading Product and Engineering portfolios across multiple teams, product areas, or organizational units.
- Experience establishing portfolio governance frameworks, operating rhythms, quarterly planning processes, executive review forums, and reporting mechanisms.
- Demonstrated success managing portfolio risk, dependencies, capacity constraints, competing priorities, and roadmap execution at scale.
- Experience facilitating executive, leadership, and cross-functional governance forums.
- Demonstrated success improving team effectiveness, delivery predictability, planning maturity, flow efficiency, and execution outcomes through Agile coaching and continuous improvement.
- Ability to influence without formal authority, navigate ambiguity, clarify accountability, and drive alignment and follow-through.
- Experience implementing automation, AI-enabled workflows, and emerging technologies.
- Strong analytical, facilitation, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
- Working knowledge of Productboard, Jira, Confluence, dashboarding, and business intelligence platforms.
- Agile coaching or Agile delivery certification such as ICP-ACC, CSP, CSM, PSM, SAFe SPC, or SAFe Agilist, or equivalent practical experience.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Health coverage, paid parental leave, paid time off and holidays, quarterly self-care days, and stock options.
- Equipment and support for working from home or in an office.
- Learning and development initiatives, including LinkedIn Learning.
- Wellness education sessions and employee resource group events.

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