At NetApp, our High Achievement Principles shape how we work: we innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel as a team. We have a history of helping customers turn challenges into business opportunities. As part of our sales organization, your role will require a strategic blend of technical acumen and charismatic client engagement, ensuring that every partnership is nurtured towards its maximum potential. As a pivotal link between NetApp and our clients, your contributions will directly influence the growth and direction of our department, making a lasting impact on the organization's success. This is more than a job—it's a chance to be part of a team that values innovation, supports professional growth, and celebrates shared victories.

Success profile

Ready to be an engineer at NetApp? Explore the traits that can help you thrive.

- Analytical
- Adaptable
- Communicator
- Detail-oriented
- Quick-thinking
- Problem solver

Responsibilities

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Job category: Software Engineering Job ID: 135432-en_US

Own Every Moment at NetApp

At NetApp, your ideas power innovation. We lead in intelligent data infrastructure—delivering unified storage, integrated data services, and solutions that help organizations unlock the full potential of their data, from AI to multicloud.

Ready to innovate and contribute to our path to $10B? Here, you'll collaborate with passionate teams, tackle real-world challenges, and see your impact in how customers transform and grow. If you're ready to bring curiosity, creativity, and drive to every moment, NetApp is where your journey begins. Join teams that innovate to elevate, drive results, and excel together across every function.

Job Summary

NetApp is seeking a Technical Program Manager to join the ActiveIQ organization in Bangalore, India. ActiveIQ is NetApp’s intelligent digital advisor platform that provides proactive insights, predictive analytics, and actionable recommendations to help customers optimize the health, performance, security, and efficiency of their NetApp environments.

The Technical Program Manager will be responsible for driving the planning, execution, and delivery of cross-functional technical programs within the ActiveIQ organization. The role requires close collaboration with engineering, product management, architecture, operations, support, and other business stakeholders to ensure successful delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with organizational goals.

The ideal candidate will have a solid background in technical program management, a sound understanding of software product development, and the ability to manage complex programs in a global, matrixed environment. This role requires strong execution discipline, stakeholder management, communication skills, and the ability to drive clarity and alignment across teams.

Job Requirements





4 - 5 years of experience in a Technical Program Manager role or equivalent technical program/project management position.

Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional software or technology programs.

Strong understanding of the software development lifecycle, Agile methodologies, release planning, and engineering execution processes.

Ability to understand technical architecture, system dependencies, APIs, data platforms, cloud services, or enterprise software environments.

Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders and drive alignment across engineering, product, and business teams.

Strong organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present program status, risks, and recommendations to leadership.

Experience using program and project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms.

Ability to work independently, manage ambiguity, and drive programs forward in a fast-paced environment.

Strong influencing skills and ability to drive outcomes without direct authority.

Key Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end planning, execution, tracking, and delivery of technical programs within the ActiveIQ organization.

Partner with engineering, product management, architecture, UX, cloud operations, support, and other stakeholders to define program objectives, scope, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria.

Develop and maintain detailed program plans, schedules, risk registers, dependency maps, and status reports.

Drive cross-functional alignment and ensure clear ownership, accountability, and timely decision-making across participating teams.

Identify program risks, issues, and dependencies early, and drive mitigation and resolution plans.

Facilitate regular program reviews, execution meetings, and stakeholder updates.

Communicate program status, milestones, risks, and decisions clearly and effectively to technical teams, business stakeholders, and leadership.

Support delivery of capabilities related to cloud-connected services, telemetry-driven insights, analytics platforms, automation, and customer-facing digital experiences.

Work closely with engineering teams to understand technical designs, implementation plans, release timelines, and delivery challenges.

Ensure program deliverables meet expectations for quality, scalability, reliability, security, and customer experience.

Drive continuous improvement in program management processes, reporting mechanisms, tools, and execution practices.





Collaborate effectively with globally distributed teams across multiple time zones.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline is required.

At NetApp, we embrace a hybrid working workplace designed to strengthen connection, collaboration, and culture for all employees. This means that most roles will have some level of in-office and/or in-person expectations, which will be shared during the recruitment process.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

NetApp is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and to compliance with all federal, state and local laws that prohibit employment discrimination based on age, race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, disability or genetic information, pregnancy, protected veteran status, and any other protected classification.

Why You'll Thrive at NetApp

At NetApp, you won't wait for the perfect moment—you'll make it. The early planning, the extra thought, the bold idea that turns good into great: That's how our people operate and how we continue to push the boundaries of data infrastructure.

NetApp is the trusted partner for organizations transforming data into chance. As the only enterprise-grade storage service natively embedded in Google Cloud, AWS, and Microsoft Azure, we empower customers to run everything from traditional workloads to enterprise AI with unmatched performance, resilience, and security.

Our culture

We celebrate mold breakers, bold thinkers, and problem solvers. We reward initiative, impact, and ownership. We provide flexibility so you can balance professional ambition with your personal life. Here, differences are not just welcomed—they drive everything we do.

If you're ready to innovate, rise to the challenge, and own every moment - make your next move your best one. Apply now.

Submitting an Application

To ensure a streamlined and fair hiring process for all candidates, our team only reviews applications submitted through our company website. This practice allows us to track, assess, and respond to applicants efficiently. Emailing our employees, recruiters, or Human Resources personnel directly will not influence your application.

AI Disclosure

For select roles, some stages of our hiring process may use artificial intelligence tools to help evaluate applications and candidate selection. These tools support—rather than replace—human decision-making.

Our values

Put the customer at the center. Care for each other and our communities. Think and act like owners. Build belonging every day. Embrace a growth mindset.

Benefits

Volunteer time off

40 hours of paid volunteer time each year.

Well-being

Employee Assistance Program, fitness, and mental health resources to help employees be their best.

Time away

Paid time off for vacation and to recharge.

📌 Technical Program Mgr (India)
🏢 NetApp
📍 India