Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

Location : Mumbai | Bengaluru | Gurgaon

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.

The Sr. Program Manager will be a key member of the Global Business Organization (GBO) Programs Team. The team partners the Managing Director for LinkedIn's APAC business and the Sr. Director for India’s LTS business on key strategic priorities.

This position offers an exciting opportunity to act as a partner and advisor to senior leaders at LinkedIn ranging across sales, operations, finance, marketing, public policy, communications, HR and other cross-functional teams. Their primary focus will be to ensure the successful implementation of regional strategic projects and initiatives, primarily in India and across the APAC region. The secondary focus will be to support the Sr. Director to manage their rhythm of business programs.

This position reports to the Director, GBO Programs Team, APAC. Some travel may be required (approximately 1-2 trips per quarter).

Responsibilities

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Establishing strong, trust-based relationships with the India and APAC leadership, working teams, cross-functional partners, and executive stakeholders, in the region and globally
• Drive development and execution of India’s strategic and operational initiatives in partnership with stakeholders from multiple functions across the business in India, across the APAC region and globally
• Ensure initiatives are properly scoped and resourced, and working team members are engaged and informed of key responsibilities.
• Drive accountability with the working team on progress, managing risks/opportunities and surfacing mitigating recommendations
• Manage regional project portfolio, track progress against key initiatives, and provide regular updates to stakeholders. Develop a long-term work plan that includes clear timelines, tollgates and success KPIs in partnership with the working teams
• Partner with the Sr. Director, Talent Solutions, India and their leadership team on managing the rhythm of the business – organizing staff meetings, offsites, all hands, and other team & talent initiatives
  
  
  

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

• 8+ years of industry experience in the technology/internet space or management consulting
• 5+ years of experience managing complex projects across different cross-functional teams
• BA or BS degree
  
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and without much supervision
• Persuasive communication skills including excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience working in complex, matrixed organizations - proven track record of working effectively across all levels and functions of an organization
• Experience working in a complex, high-growth, performance-focused environments
• Experience in managing diverse direct/indirect teams to achieve common goals
• Experience working with or in sales teams in Media or SaaS businesses
• Experience in working with senior stakeholders (Director+) and influencing without authority
• Attention to detail, ability to prioritize and manage multiple simultaneous workstreams
• Experience with change management a plus
• MBA or advanced degree, PMP certification a plus
  
  
  

Suggested Skills:

• Problem Solving
• Executive Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Program Management
  
  
  

Additional Information

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