Key Responsibilities 

Engineering Leadership & Delivery 

• Own end-to-end delivery of technology solutions across multiple engineering teams, ensuring alignment with product roadmaps, timelines, and quality standards 

• Oversee and guide solution design, architecture decisions, and engineering practices across teams 

• Drive consistency in coding standards, design patterns, and development processes 

• Ensure delivery of scalable, secure, and high-performance applications 

• Proactively manage risks, dependencies, and delivery bottlenecks 

People & Team Management 

• Directly manage multiple engineering leads, providing coaching, mentoring, and performance guidance. One Engineering lead typically manage one team. 

• Build and scale high-performing engineering teams in the GCC environment 

• Drive career growth, skill development, and succession planning across teams 

• Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement 

• Manage resource planning, capacity allocation, and hiring in alignment with business needs 

Cross-Functional Collaboration 

• Partner with Product, Architecture, Design, and global engineering teams to deliver business value 

• Translate business strategy into technical execution plans and measurable outcomes 

• Work effectively in a distributed/global team model, ensuring seamless coordination with onshore stakeholders 

Process & Agile Excellence 

• Drive adoption of Agile/Scrum practices across teams in collaboration with Scrum Masters 

• Improve team productivity through metrics, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence practices 

• Promote DevOps culture, automation, and efficient CI/CD workflows 

Basic Qualifications 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent experience 

• 15+ years of relevant software engineering experience 

• 5+ years of experience leading engineering teams, including managing engineering leads 

Preferred Skills & Experience 

• Proven experience managing multiple teams through Engineering Leads in a matrix/global setup 

• Strong experience working in offshore/onshore delivery models, preferably within Banking and Financial Services domain 

• Demonstrated expertise in designing and delivering enterprise-grade large-scale, distributed, and high-availability systems 

• Coding experience in UI/API development, microservices architecture, and system integration patterns in Spring Boot and React. Native iOS, Android experience is nice to have. 

• Understanding of CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab, or similar platforms 

• Solid experience with Agile methodologies and scaling Agile across multiple teams 

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills across global teams 

Leadership Competencies 

• Ability to balance technical depth with people leadership and delivery accountability 

• Strong decision-making skills with a focus on business impact and engineering trade-offs 

• Proven ability to influence without authority across global teams 

• High ownership mindset with focus on execution excellence and predictable delivery