● Program Manager · Gangtok, Sikkim

Hi, I'm Kalzang ✨

I build the bridge between the people who write the code and the people who need it to work.

Part translator, part planner, part nag-with-a-spreadsheet. I turn fuzzy asks into roadmaps engineering can build from — and turn engineering tradeoffs into decisions anyone can make confidently.

What I do

Three jobs in one title

A program manager who sits between teams doesn't have one job — she has three, all at once.

Translate

Turn a fuzzy ask from leadership or a client into a spec an engineer can actually build from — no guessing, no scope creep mid-sprint.

Align

Turn a technical tradeoff into a decision a non-technical stakeholder can make confidently — without dumbing it down or sitting through a deck.

Ship

Run the unglamorous cadence — planning, standups, risk logs, retros — that turns "we should build that" into something that's actually live.

Selected work

Case studies

A quick look at the kind of fuzzy-to-shipped problems I like living in.

0→1 PRODUCT6 WEEKS

Turning a vague "build something with AI" into a shipped v1

The askLeadership wanted "something with AI" — no spec, no defined scope, a hard deadline.
What I didRan structured discovery with engineering and stakeholders, wrote the spec, and negotiated the scope cuts engineering could actually hit in six weeks.
What shippedA working v1, signed off by both the technical team and the business side, on the original deadline.
STAKEHOLDER MGMTCROSS-FUNCTIONAL

Explaining a technical tradeoff to a non-technical board

The askEngineering wanted time for tech debt; the board wanted visible feature progress. Neither side was speaking the other's language.
What I didTranslated the tradeoff into a risk timeline the board could act on, without engineering jargon.
What shippedA phased plan the board approved, that protected both the roadmap and system stability.
How I work

The toolkit

Less "skills list," more "what's actually open in my browser on a Tuesday."

Roadmapping Sprint facilitation Stakeholder management Risk registers Jira / Linear Notion Figma (read-only superpowers) Basic SQL Cross-functional comms Retrospectives Spec writing Prioritization frameworks
Take a break

Got a minute? Play a round. 🎮

A few tiny games that borrow from the day job: timing, translation, and surviving a chaotic sprint.

Mini game · timing

Cross the bridge

Click "Lay plank" when the marker hits the green zone. Three misses and you start over — get all 8 planks down to cross.

Lives: ❤❤❤ · Planks: 0/8
Mini game · translation

Spec it!

Match every vague ask to the spec it actually needs. Find all 6 pairs in as few moves as you can.

Moves: 0
Mini game · arcade

Kalzang's Backlog Arcade 👾

Survive a chaotic product cycle: catch the good stuff (features, clear specs, boba) and dodge scope creep & prod bugs. Ship at 100 velocity before morale hits zero.

🚀 VELOCITY: 0/100
💖 MORALE: 100%
🎮

Sprint Delivery Simulator

Use the ← → arrow keys or the buttons below to move your backlog basket. Catch features, dodge bugs!

BACKLOG

More tiny games on the About page →

Notes

From the field

Short, practical write-ups on the PM craft. More coming soon.

Draft

Lessons from translating a sprint plan for a non-technical board

Coming soon
Draft

Why I write specs like user stories, not requirements docs

Coming soon
Draft

The PM's job is mostly vocabulary

Coming soon
🐼 Remember to document your decisions!