Position Summary

 

Role                                       :  Head – Engineering

 

Reporting to                           : Chief Transformation Officer

 

Place of Posting                                :  Mumbai HO

 

Geographical Remit               :  PAN India

 

Key Responsibilities

 

 

Key Deliverables:

• Work with key Stakeholders in defining the key business applications roadmap to deliver on the long term business objectives
• Timely and effective Delivery of key business requirements in an Agile and complaint manner for In-house developed and Core platforms
• Ensure a strong governance structure for development and roll out of applications
• Ensure a robust e enterprise level architecture design for in-house developed and Core Platforms
• Explore New Emerging technologies and develop business specific used cases
• Define the Data and architecture requirements of the Organization and ensure delivery data pipelines for the Analytics team
• Provide support for the entire IT Applications suite

 

Delivery methodologies.

• Establish technology standards and support various businesses in new product development and existing product enhancements.
• Own and direct the architecture, implementation and execution of an enterprise-wide datawarehouse set up
• Lead planning, management, execution and implementation of site/software projects, inclusive of the day-to-day project management, scope management, issue and risk management, as well as regular status reporting.
• Work closely on the user experience aspects while designing, developing, and deploying scalable technologies that will lead to increased consumer satisfaction.
• Ensuring that systems meet the overall business requirements and standards.
• The Head of Engineering should stay abreast of leading and cutting-edge technologies and industry best practices.

 

 

Operations:

• Work closely with CTO on short-term and long-range IT planning and budget development to support strategic business goals.
• Reduction in cost of operations by leveraging the digital shift
• Drive the IT governance framework on New product development/enhancement and release management   
• Ensure technology related issues are addressed in a timely and cost-effective manner
• Develop, track and control annual operating capital budgets for application development and IT operations
• Responsible for Vendor Management, Procurement, SLA definition and contract negotiations

 

People Management:

• Develop and build capabilities in the technology organization over the short term (current year) and the long term.
• Transform the existing team into a highly effective engineering function, including upgrading and reorganizing talent as required.

 

 

Key Accountabilities

 

• Define and improve the architecture of the organization’s technology landscape
• Work with CTO on technology strategy , technology operations and technology compliance and lead digital initiatives
• Drive the enterprise wide Data warehouse strategy and implementation
• Focus on New Emerging Technologies on Enterprise Data warehouse which  can support scale and are cost effective
• Effective demand management of users requirements by putting in an effective prioritization framework aligning with business objectives
• Build a future-proof technology organization - Envision the business and operating environment of tomorrow and build capabilities in alignment to those.
• Support business alignment in the context of evolving business needs, and provides a sound, flexible foundation for rapid future growth
• Enable the growth of the organization into newer verticals & business lines

·    Maintaining a competitive advantage and leveraging the Digital Ecosystem

 

 

 

Required Experience

 

• 17- 20 yrs in the Technology function
• Experience in the Financial Services sector – NBFC/Fintech preferred
• Experienced in implementation of large IT Digital transformational projects and providing technology support for new Lines of Businesses / expansion of branches
• Knowledge on Enterprise DatawareHouse Architecture is a must
• Knowledge of Cloud technologies especially AWS preferred

 

Required Qualification

 

• Bachelor Degree (Computer Science or Information Technology)

 

 

 

 

Technical Competencies

 

 

• Strong technology experience (web technologies, mobile technologies, enterprise architecture, cloud technologies, microservices, Devops )
• Technologically adept and demonstrate outstanding computer skills. Should possess an innate understanding of data modeling and SQL for scalability and performance as well as a strong JavaScript, XHTML, CSS, and MVC framework.
• The Head of Engineering must also demonstrate an expertise in full stack architecture technologies and be highly familiar with Javascript, Ruby, Rails, RDBMs, and HTML5 as well as knowledge of a variety of programming languages such as Java, Objective C, C, and C++.
• Strong project management skills
• Team management and development
• Strategic orientation
• Analytical skills

 

Behavioral Competencies

 

• Strategic Orientation
• Customer Centricity
• Execution Focus
• Collaborative Approach
• People Excellence

 

Personal Attributes