Technical Product Manager - Innovation Labs

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Technical Product Manager to lead our Innovation Labs at the India Delivery Center. The primary goal of this role is to define and execute the strategy for our innovation labs, fostering a culture of innovation and driving cutting-edge projects. The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, excellent customer and stakeholder management skills, and a passion for innovation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Define the strategy for the innovation labs, aligning with business and technical drivers.
• Engage with customers willing to innovate with us. Collaborate with government bodies like Nasscom, collaborate with the AI Labs within the Office of the CTO and inspire the delivery teams to create a prioritized backlog of innovation items.
• Elaborate on innovation items with epics, stories, dependencies, estimates, task breakdowns, test criteria, required documentation, idea presentation, and success criteria.
• Identify resources in collaboration with delivery and capability leaders, early career associates, interns, AI labs, and other units within the Office of the CTO.
• Execute innovation items as mini-projects, often in collaboration with external bodies, academia, partners, and customers. Run projects in short sprints with full visibility of progress, retrospectives, and demos.
• Governs all end to end innovation labs projects and presents status to senior leadership.
• Be the internal and externally facing evangelist of the Innovation Labs of Version 1 India Delivery Center.  Publishes reports, blogs and white papers and attends events and conferences showacasing the innovation ideas, POCs, MVPs coming out of the Innovation Labs.
• Helps AI Labs and Pre-sales / Business Development and Commercial teams to present the achievements of the Innovation Labs with the POCs/MVPs fully or partially to win deals.
• Hackathon Planning: Plan, socialize, gather participation, structure teams, resources, and arrange infrastructure to run hackathons on different ideas gathered from teams, customers, partners, leadership, and other units like the Office of the CTO.
• Leads the innovation solution of several backlog items.  Solutions to include  functional architecture, Business Process and UI design, technical architecture and design ,  deployment architecture , CI/CD, technical task break down , test strategy.
• Provides technical leadership, solution and technology coaching to the innovation lab MVP teams including design reviews, code reviews, issue resolution etc.

• Bachelors Degree with 8  to 12 years of experience in IT industry.
• Passion for Innovation: A strong passion for driving innovation and fostering a culture of creativity.
• Excellent skills in managing customer and stakeholder relationships.
• Proven experience in planning and executing events, particularly innovation-related events.
• Exhibit strong marketing, content management, and presentation skills to promote innovation initiatives.
•  Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously.
• Strong business analyst and solutions architect with knowledge in UI/UX and backend design and architecture. Expertise in Gen AI and Agentic AI for code development, cloud platforms (AWS or Azure), and CI/CD.
• Have a solid background in software development to effectively lead technical innovation projects.

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their well-being, professional growth, and financial stability. 

One of our standout advantages is the ability to work with a hybrid schedule along with business travel, allowing our employees to strike a balance between work and life. We also offer a range of tech-related benefits, including an innovative Tech Scheme to help keep our team members up-to-date with the latest technology. 

We prioritise the health and safety of our employees, providing private medical and life insurance coverage, as well as free eye tests and contributions towards glasses. Our team members can also stay ahead of the curve with incentivized certifications and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat. 

Our employee-designed Profit Share scheme divides a portion of our company's profits each quarter amongst employees. We are dedicated to helping our employees reach their full potential, offering Pathways Career Development Quarterly, a programme designed to support professional growth. 

This is an opportunity to join one of the fastest-growing IT Services Consultancies in India.

PLUS, many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.