Staff Program Manager – Engineering Readiness, Onboarding, and APAC Enablement

Company Overview

LinkedIn is the largest professional network globally, dedicated to creating economic opportunities for all members of the workforce worldwide. Our solutions empower individuals to build meaningful connections, uncover exciting career prospects, develop essential skills, and gain critical insights daily. We prioritize transformational growth opportunities for our employees by fostering a culture of trust, inclusiveness, care, and enjoyment to support individual success.

Role Summary

We are hiring a Staff Program Manager (IC4 level) with robust technical understanding and leadership ability to oversee Engineering Readiness and Delivery programs for APAC, especially within onboarding and enablement for engineers at LinkedIn. Positioned within the Engineering Chief of Staff organization, this role partners with senior engineering leaders to set and execute strategies on engineer development and productivity at scale, emphasizing Bangalore/APAC operations. The role focuses on defining and implementing consistent onboarding frameworks to ensure engineers acquire necessary skills and ramp effectively.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and articulate the success factors for engineers and translate them into structured onboarding and readiness criteria.
• Collaborate with Central Engineering and Infrastructure leadership to align development priorities with organizational strategy.
• Identify and prioritize knowledge or skill gaps across engineering roles (software engineering, data science, technical program management) and geographies using data and feedback.
• Design scalable enablement systems that foster critical engineering skills via AI-enhanced onboarding, role-specific learning tracks, assessments, and experiential learning.
• Create an integrated onboarding ecosystem rather than isolated programs, employing measurement practices to assess learning outcomes and business impact.
• Craft and contribute to an onboarding roadmap centered on AI-first perspectives, working closely with senior engineers and subject experts to align content with actual engineering workflows.
• Lead execution of onboarding programs throughout the APAC region, adapting delivery models and tools to local requirements, and develop facilitator and SME networks to amplify capability building.
• Develop feedback mechanisms to continuously refine strategy, content, and program effectiveness, providing data-driven insights to leadership.
• Serve as a conduit between Engineering Chief of Staff strategies and operational execution while coordinating stakeholders across Engineering, Productivity, Security, HR, and Operations.

Candidate Profile

• A minimum of 8 years’ experience managing programs in technical environments, specializing in engineering enablement, onboarding, learning & development, or related areas.
• Demonstrated ability to define critical engineering competencies and translate them into comprehensive scalable programs and frameworks.
• Proven track record partnering with senior engineering leaders to address complex and ambiguous challenges.
• Competency in leveraging quantitative and qualitative data for gap analysis, prioritization, and impact assessment.
• Preferred experience includes leading engineering onboarding and talent development programs at scale, understanding adult learning principles, and utilizing behavior change strategies.
• Passion for fostering engineering talent growth and enabling team success.
• Familiarity with advanced engineering landscapes such as AI-assisted development, developer productivity tools, infrastructure, and platform engineering.
• Experience influencing capability frameworks, readiness models, and onboarding standards is highly valued.
• Strong systems-thinking to architect comprehensive enablement ecosystems and facilitating SME-led delivery approaches.
• Exposure to global program delivery, with focus on APAC or Bangalore markets, adapting strategies for regional nuances.

Additional Details

LinkedIn operates on a hybrid work model for this position, balancing remote work with office presence to maintain cultural connection and clarity based on team needs.

Equal Opportunity and Compliance

LinkedIn offers equal employment opportunities to all candidates, including those with disabilities. The company adheres to its India Disability Policy and maintains transparency regarding personal data handling for employees and applicants.