Program Manager - IT for Financial Services

About MBRDI\:

Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI), headquartered in Bengaluru with a satellite office in Pune, is the largest R&D center for Mercedes-Benz Group AG outside of Germany. Our mission is to drive innovation and excellence in automotive engineering, digitalization, and sustainable mobility solutions, shaping the future of mobility.

Job Summary

We are looking for a strong tech Program Manager to join our IT Financial Services Product Development teams within ‘Mercedes-Benz Tech India’ team at MBRDI; a part of the global IT tech network (‘Home of Tech’) in PT/THIF. In order to accelerate our ambitions as Mercedes-Benz Tech India you will be looking at the following challenges ahead of you\:

We specialize in developing & maintaining Mobility products such as Credit Platform, Credit Risk Digital which offer scoring solutions for individuals and businesses. We are also specialized in Customer-facing solutions such as Customer Portal for both AAP & EUR markets. We specialize in creating data-driven, customer-centric financial and mobility solutions, ensuring innovation and excellence in every aspect of our work. Our goal is to drive seamless integration and optimal performance, ensuring the overall customer experience. We also development and manage different products in Mercedes-Benz Automotive Mobility space.

Key Skills \:

Should have expertise in Software Engineering, with experience in product development, implementation, and support. Should have handled large and complex transformational programs with cross-functional teams, across different geographies.

Capable of excellent people management skills, ability to build and lead highly engaged and motivated teams.

Responsible for complete end-to-end management for the assigned project(s)/ program which include project planning, delivery, risk management, client interaction, trouble shooting and tracking utilization for the team.

Experience in driving digitalization projects/topics using metrics/KPIs for data driven decisions

Contribute to Innovation through topics adding value to Business involving trending topics such as GenAI

Cross-cultural awareness, empathy, active driver of diversity & inclusion

Managing teams and budget (IT, participate in Operative Planning, Project Planning, Rotation plan)

Resolve complex problems of department wide operations.

Define and Establish functional procedure and policies (QMS)

Ensure that the company defined compliance guidelines are practiced in the area of responsibility

You will be a great fit if you have the following skills..

• Should have worked in Agile Development teams with a good exposure to Scrum/Kanban and DevOps methodologies.

• Strong IT Application Program Management skills required; PMI or equivalent certification / relevant experience preferred.

• 5+ years of working experience as a program manager in the information technology.

• Proven experience structuring frameworks/approaches to complex problem-solving experience in LEAN processes is strongly preferred.

• Experience working successfully in large, complex, fast-paced organizations.

• Strong stakeholder management and interpersonal skills

• Excellent communication skills (English) are a must. German Language skills will be an added advantage

• Proficient in use of standard office software and reporting applications

• Advanced MS Office skills specifically with Excel and PowerPoint

Experience in enterprise application Architecture, Design, and Development using wide range of technologies such as .Net, .Net Core, Java, Springboot, Microservices, APIs, DevSecOps, Azure, SQL Server or Oracle, Git and other tools and technologies.