Program Manager

About the Role:  

The Program Management team at PubMatic fuels the prioritization and execution of corporate strategies. Members of the Program Management team lead critical, cross-functional, and complex initiatives to completion by ensuring that geographically distributed teams execute seamlessly. 

What You’ll Do: 

• Manage cross-functional programs across product and GTM verticals by partnering with Product, Engineering, GTM, and Business leaders to plan, execute, and roll-out strategically important initiatives with strong internal and external stakeholder alignment. 
• Contribute toward the agile maturity initiative at PubMatic by mentoring development teams on scrum best practices, and product development processes. 
• Identifying process gaps and implement scalable solutions – including process proposal, definition, implementation, rollout and training, continuous compliance and reporting. 
• Drive end-to-end program lifecycle – initiation to closure – ensuring stakeholder alignment and objective clarity. 
• Lead cross-functional teams across engineering, product, QA, GTM, and customer success to deliver strategic outcomes. 
• Engage daily with senior executives to enable timely, informed decision-making. 
• Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and issues to maintain program momentum. 
• Align organizational resources by partnering with business owners on high-impact, customer-focused programs. 
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering Managers on roadmap planning, resourcing, and prioritization. 
• Guide teams in agile best practices; support select scrum ceremonies and offer hands-on coaching. 
• Champion clear, high-quality communication and evolve processes to bridge execution gaps. 
• Deliver regular executive-level updates on program progress and process adherence. 
• Act as a change agent – leading without authority and building strong stakeholder relationships to drive transformation. 

Who You Are: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field with 10+ years of experience, including 5+ years in program management. 
• Proven track record of leading complex, cross-functional product development initiatives end-to-end using agile development methodologies. 
• 2+ years managing customer-facing Go-To-Market programs involving custom development and direct client interaction. 
• Comfortable engaging with VP and C-level stakeholders, with strong presentation and decision-facilitation skills. 
• Technically savvy; capable of driving engineering-focused discussions and ensuring alignment.
• Strong communication skills with an ability to tailor messaging to diverse audiences.
• Pragmatic, execution-focused mindset with strong time management, conflict resolution, and multitasking abilities.
• Proficient with tools like Jira and Confluence; hands-on, accountable, and action-oriented leader. 

Nice to Have: 

• Ad-tech and top-tier IT consulting experience 
• Master’s in business management, project management, or related field 
• Certified Scrum PO/SM and PMP 
• Hands-on with Gen AI tools for automation and efficiency 

Additional Information

Return to Office: PubMatic employees throughout the globe have returned to our offices via a hybrid work schedule (3 days “in office” and 2 days “working remotely”) that is intended to maximize collaboration, innovation, and productivity among teams and across functions.

Benefits: Our benefits package includes the best of what leading organizations provide such as, paid leave programs, paid holidays, healthcare, dental and vision insurance, disability and life insurance, commuter benefits, physical and financial wellness programs, unlimited DTO in the US (that we actually require you to use!), reimbursement for mobile and fully stocked pantries plus in-office catered lunches 5 days per week.

Diversity and Inclusion: PubMatic is proud to be an equal opportunity employer; we don’t just value diversity, we promote and celebrate it. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status

About PubMatic

PubMatic is one of the world’s leading scaled digital advertising platforms, offering more transparent advertising solutions to publishers, media buyers, commerce companies and data owners, allowing them to harness the power and potential of the open internet to drive better business outcomes.

Founded in 2006 with the vision that data-driven decisioning would be the future of digital advertising, we enable content creators to run a more profitable advertising business, which in turn allows them to invest back into the multi-screen and multi-format content that consumers demand.

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