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Imagine what we can do together. LinkedIn is the worlds largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. Were also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture thats built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun where everyone can succeed. Join us to transform the way the world works.

At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business.  The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team.       

This role sits at the core of strategy, execution, and senior‑leader leverage within LinkedIn’s Talent Solutions (LTS) business. As the Senior Program Manager, you will act as a trusted thought partner to APAC leadership, owning critical rhythm‑of‑business cadences, prioritization, and the delivery of high‑impact strategic initiatives across a highly matrixed environment. You will bring structure to ambiguity, translate strategy into action, and work closely with cross‑functional partners to move the business forward - combining strong program management rigor with sound business judgment and influence. 

You will be a key member of the LTS Global Programs team within the Global Business Organization (GBO). You will partner closely with the VP of APAC LTS and the leadership team to define operating priorities, drive organizational efficiencies and rhythm of the business activities, and deliver strategic initiatives to help the business achieve its goals. You will build connective tissue across leaders, teams and programs to create leverage, optimize growth and scale the business. 

This position offers an exciting opportunity to act as a partner and advisor to leaders at LinkedIn ranging across operations, sales, finance, marketing and other cross-functional teams. The Program Manager’s leadership on strategic & operational initiatives will help influence the growth trajectory of the APAC LTS business.  

The role partners with an India-based leader (IST time zone) with the expectation you will be able to predominantly work APAC business hours, with the ability to flex to EMEA/APAC/NAMER regional hours as needed. Some travel may be required. 

Responsibilities: 

• Day-to-day thought partner to the VP of APAC LTS Sales  
• Steer development and execution of LTS strategic priorities 
• Drive operational rhythm and effectiveness, including leadership team meetings & offsites, QBRs, OKR management, and annual & quarterly planning process 
• Project manage strategic initiatives to support the growth of LTS 
• Develop and manage new processes to drive cross-functional focus and prioritization 
• Dot connector between what is happening at the macro level (e.g., Company, Global Business Organization, LTS wide) level and the impact it may have at a micro level (e.g., local and functional teams) 
• Use problem solving skills to logically structure ambiguous problems, conduct data-driven analysis, extrapolate key insights, and deliver recommendations  
• Learn quickly, be agile and proactive, as well as assume ownership for broad tracks and global workstreams  
• Advocate and influence at all levels of the organization 
• Coach and mentor others to ensure the team has frameworks, training, and resources needed to provide best-in-class program management partnership  

50%-time allocation:  

• Operational rhythm of the business activities (e.g., lead team meetings, offsites)  
• Business planning & prioritization (e.g., alignment on priorities, FY investments)  
• Portfolio management (e.g., tracking progress, flagging risks, removing blockers)  

50%-time allocation:  

• Project Management (e.g., LTS  strategic initiatives, Team & Talent, Org branding / design) 

Basic Qualifications:      

• 5+ years SQL experience  
• 5+ years of experience with a BI or visualization tool 
• 3+ years in PowerBI 
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Data Science, Mathematics, Statistics, Physics, Economics, Cognitive Science, Business Information Technology, or a related technical or quantitative field — or equivalent practical experience  

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Strong problem-solving and project management skills   
• Experience presenting data or other technical concepts to senior stakeholders   
• Proven experience managing a large group of stakeholders and independently driving global projects   
• Experience with Sales Operations processes and CRM systems (e.g., SFDC and Dynamics)   

Suggested Skills:      

• SQL  
• Power BI  
• Stakeholder Management     
• Problem solving  

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