Senior Project / Program Manager – AI & Strategic Projects

Job Description

Senior Project / Program Manager – AI \& Strategic Projects

Location

Bangalore

About Vegam

Vegam Solutions is a technology-driven product engineering company focused on

developing innovative industrial software, AI-powered solutions, automation technologies,

and intelligent robotics systems. We combine engineering excellence with emerging

technologies to solve real-world industrial challenges and build next-generation products

that drive digital transformation.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced Senior Project / Program Manager with hands-on experience in AI/technology projects to drive multiple strategic customer opportunities and projects.

The role spans customer engagement, proposal development, tendering/bidding and project execution, with significant interaction with senior customer stakeholders.

This is a high-ownership, hands-on role requiring the individual to independently drive proposals and projects, while actively contributing to tendering and bidding activities.

Experience in Defence / Aerospace / Government / PSU projects is strongly preferred.

Key Responsibilities

Customer \& Opportunity Management

• Engage with customers to understand requirements, priorities and opportunities.
• Work directly with senior customer stakeholders, leading discussions, presentations and follow-ups.
• Manage multiple opportunities and drive actions to closure.
• Translate customer requirements into clear internal objectives and action plans.

Proposal Management

• Own and drive proposals end-to-end, from requirement understanding through submission.
• Analyse RFPs/RFQs and customer requirements.
• Develop scope, approach, deliverables, timelines, resource requirements and other project-related proposal content.
• Coordinate inputs from technical, AI/ML, commercial, finance and other teams.
• Ensure proposals are complete, coherent, compliant and submitted on time.
• Lead proposal-related customer discussions and clarifications.

Tendering \& Bidding

• Actively participate in tendering and bidding processes.
• Analyse tender requirements and coordinate technical/project-related bid inputs.
• Drive compliance, documentation and submission readiness.
• Work closely with commercial, finance, legal and leadership teams on bid preparation.
• Participate in final bid preparation, customer clarifications and submission.

Project / Program Execution

• Own projects end-to-end once awarded.
• Establish plans, milestones, deliverables, governance and responsibilities.
• Drive execution across technical teams, customers, partners and other stakeholders.
• Manage scope, schedule, risks, dependencies and customer commitments.
• Identify issues early and drive them to resolution.
• Ensure successful delivery and project closure.

AI / Technology

• Work closely with AI/ML and technology teams and understand the key aspects of the proposed solution.
• Translate business/customer requirements into executable technology projects.
• Understand dependencies across data, AI/ML, software, integration, deployment and testing.
• Bridge the gap effectively between customers, business teams and technical teams.

Experience \& Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in project/program management, technology, software, AI/ML, systems integration or related areas.
• Proven experience managing complex, customer-facing technology projects.
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML or advanced technology projects.
• Strong experience in proposal development and management.
• Exposure to RFP/RFQ/tendering/bidding processes.
• Experience working with senior customer stakeholders.

Preferred

• Defence / Aerospace experience
• Government / PSU projects
• Defence or government procurement
• Large institutional customers
• Technology/system integration projects
• AI/ML implementation projects
• Complex RFP/tender responses

Key Attributes

• Strong ownership and execution orientation
• Excellent customer and stakeholder management skills
• Able to confidently engage with senior people
• Strong proposal development and documentation skills
• Structured, analytical and detail-oriented
• Able to influence and drive teams without formal authority
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities simultaneously
• Able to operate independently in a fast-moving environment
• Comfortable working under tight timelines and pressure
• Strong communication and presentation skills

The Role

This is not a conventional PMO/project tracking role.

The individual will be expected to personally drive

Customer Engagement → Proposal → Tender/Bid → Project Award → Execution → Delivery

The person will own proposals and project execution, while actively driving the relevant technical/project aspects of tendering and bidding in collaboration with commercial, finance, legal and leadership teams.

The role will involve multiple concurrent opportunities, senior customer interactions, tight timelines and significant cross-functional coordination.

Pay

₹800,000.00 - ₹1,800,000.00 per year

Benefits

• Food provided
• Provident Fund

Work Location

In person