Technical program manager II for AI platforms at Smartsheet Bengaluru, owning the shared-foundations program across the company's agent teams.

This full-time Bengaluru role was posted on 23 October 2026. The listing describes owning the shared-foundations program: maintaining the view of components multiple feature teams need (agent handoff and related infrastructure) and driving cross-team decisions to closure - framing decisions that unblock architecture and sequencing product, UX and engineering work. Requirements include 2-4 years of technical program management on platform, infrastructure or developer-experience programs spanning many teams, and fluency in LLM and agent systems: orchestration, tool use, MCP, memory, context and evals.

About Smartsheet

Smartsheet builds a work management platform used by teams to plan, track and automate projects and processes. Per its listings, the company has operated for over 20 years and is now building AI-agent capabilities into the product.

Smartsheet has an engineering centre in Bengaluru with listings across product engineering, data and technical program roles. Learn more on Smartsheet's website.

The role in plain terms

The LLM fluency requirement is unusually specific for a TPM role - orchestration, MCP, memory, evals - which tells you the program is genuinely technical and you will sit in architecture discussions, not just track milestones. Shared-foundations programs live or die on decision hygiene: the listing's 'frame decisions to closure' language is the core skill. At 2-4 years this is an early-career TPM seat with unusual exposure to AI platform architecture.

The team and the work

Per the listing, the scope spans multiple feature teams building on shared agent components, so the work is coordination-heavy with real technical content. Smartsheet's current AI-agent direction frames where this program sits.

What the employer asks for

These requirements are quoted from the employer's listing, kept in their exact words so eligibility details are not distorted:

2-4 years of technical program management on platform, infrastructure, or developer-experience programs spanning many teams and timezones.
Fluency in LLM & agent systems: orchestration, tool use, MCP, memory, context, evals.
Experience defining platform or developer metrics: baselines, targets, instrumentation, and adoption measures. You've made invisible infrastructure work visible to leadership.
Experience enabling shared components through SDK-style or innersource models, including versioning and release management.
Proven ability to lead without authority across engineering, product, UX, and security.
Strong planning discipline: dependency mapping, risk tracking, capacity awareness.
Excellent written communication, especially decision memos and executive reporting.
Legally eligible and available to work a hybrid schedule in BLR office.

Who this role suits

TPMs with 2-4 years on platform or infrastructure programs who are genuinely fluent in LLM system concepts. Not for PM-generalists without platform program experience, or TPMs who prefer business-facing programs over architecture-adjacent ones.

Practical notes

For AI platform TPM roles, expect questions on how you drive a contested architecture decision to closure and on LLM system concepts the listing names - MCP, evals, memory. Be concrete about programs you ran across multiple teams.

Working at Smartsheet

Engineering at Smartsheet spans the web application platform, data infrastructure and newer AI orchestration features described in its current listings.

How to apply

Apply directly on the employer's site: Technical Program Manager II - AI Platforms at Smartsheet. We found this listing on the Greenhouse public job board (job-boards.greenhouse.io), where it was posted on 23 Oct 2026 and was still open when we checked on 30 Oct 2026. Before applying, re-read the employer's own description in full, since eligibility details, deadlines and process steps can change at any time and the employer's page is always the final word. Tailor your resume to the specific requirements above rather than sending a generic one: mirror the skills and tools the listing names where you genuinely have them. A short, specific note on why this team and this problem interest you goes further than a long generic cover letter. Never pay a fee to apply or interview; genuine employers, including this one, do not charge candidates.

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