Senior Program Manager

AI overview

Guide cross-functional programs while influencing senior leaders and evolving program management practices in a mission-driven electric mobility company.

Role Overview

You will join Exponent’s Program Management team in a pivotal leadership role, orchestrating complex, cross-functional programs across product, engineering, operations, and business. You will guide teams, influence senior leaders, and strengthen the core of Exponent’s program discipline. The role calls for sharp judgement, steady composure, and the poised assertiveness to command executive attention.

Responsibilities

Program Leadership and Delivery

  • Lead and monitor complex, cross-functional programs.
  • Coordinate projects across teams and stakeholders.
  • Apply structured change, risk, and resource management.
  • Drive risk mitigation and communicate impacts clearly.

People Management

  • Lead and develop Program Associates and Managers.
  • Set and uphold high execution standards.

Executive Influence and Alignment

  • Manage senior stakeholders and drive accountability.
  • Provide recommendations supported by impact analysis and sound judgement.
  • Influence decisions and alignment without formal authority.

Program Framework and Vision

  • Evolve the program management framework with cross-functional partners.
  • Shape the medium- to long-term vision for planning and risk management.

The Ideal Candidate

  • Experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder programs.
  • Strong people-management and team-development skills.
  • Clear, persuasive communication.
  • Expertise in risk identification and mitigation.
  • Influences through clarity and credibility.
  • Strategic mindset with strong attention to detail.
  • Customer-first and builder-oriented.

About Exponent Energy

Exponent Energy is revolutionizing electric mobility with a 15-minute full-charge ecosystem powered by our proprietary energy stack—batteries, chargers, and supporting technology.

Our mission: Simplify energy for electric vehicles.

Our philosophy:
Break. Believe. Build.
Break assumptions. Break the thumb rule.
Believe in the team, the process, and the learnings from every stumble.
Build fast. Build passionately. Build to simplify.

Exponent simplifies energy for EVs.Co-founded by Arun Vinayak (Ather Energy's Founding Partner & Former Chief Product Officer) and Sanjay Byalal (Former hardware strategic sourcing and cell strategy lead, Ather and Former Supply Chain Lead, HUL), Exponent focuses on solving two sides of the energy problem by building the E-Pump (charging station) and E-Pack (battery pack) which together unlock 15-min rapid charging. The 30+ strong team of passionate builders have a ton of EV experience and are currently looking for more builders to join one of the best EV teams in India to build & scale Exponent.

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