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The Times of India is the flagship publication of Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. It is the world’s largest English broadsheet daily newspaper and covers a wide range of news interests like political, business, sports, entertainment, lifestyle, etc. TOI is built on the key principle to question conventional wisdom and present a comprehensive perspective to the reader for the news around us. The TOI Editorial function is the driving force behind the generation of content that shapes the reader experience. With a focus on news and analysis, this function constantly endeavours to implement path-breaking ideas and drive value-creation innovations.

Role: Program Manager - Big Tech Partnerships

2. Job Description
Revenue, billing and Finance liaison
Raise monthly invoices against partner POs and ROs, and make sure every signed line is billed.
Track billed versus contracted value across all Big Tech deals, and flag anything that is slipping.
Follow up on outstanding payments with the partner and with our collections and Finance teams until closure.




Own the Big Tech payment tracker and the annual forecast.
Reconcile partner marketing spends across TV, print and digital against the deal, campaign by campaign.
Coordinate with Finance on POs, credit notes, GST and documentation so invoices are not held up.
Project implementation and partner coordination
Take every signed contract from signature to delivery list out the deliverables, get owners against each, and close them inside the contractual window.
Run the implementation calls with the partner's team and with our internal teams (Editorial, Product, Ad Ops), and keep one live status view.
Verify what has actually gone live before we call a deliverable complete, and keep the evidence on record for the partner.
Chase the partner for PO release once contracts are signed.
Escalate early where an internal dependency is going to miss a contractual date.
Contract and documentation control
Maintain the master r

📌 Program Manager (India)
🏢 Bennett Coleman Ltd. (The Times of India
📍 India