Delivery Manager - Engineering

Principal Financial · Pune

What You'll Do

About the Role

We are seeking a seasoned Senior Consultant - Delivery Engineering Manager to lead our engineering teams within the Benefits & Protection - Business Owner Solutions IT Platform organization. This is an outstanding opportunity to advance engineering excellence, technology modernization, and pivotal initiatives across business-critical platforms.

Responsibilities

Delivery & Execution Leadership

Lead multiple cross-functional engineering teams delivering business-critical technology solutions.
Drive the implementation of central initiatives, product roadmaps, modernization programs, and operational excellence objectives.
Establish delivery governance, planning, prioritization, dependency management, release management, and risk mitigation practices.
Ensure predictable delivery outcomes aligned with business commitments and organizational goals.
Handle production support, operational health, service reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Engineering & Technology Leadership

Provide engineering leadership and technology oversight for assigned product and platform teams.
Partner with architects and engineering leads to define and complete technology strategy and modernization initiatives.
Drive engineering excellence through established guidelines, automation, quality engineering, DevOps, security, and operational resiliency.
Support technical decision-making, architectural alignment, technical debt reduction, and platform simplification efforts.
Encourage an environment that values creativity, ongoing education, excellence, and responsibility.

AI & Innovation Leadership

Lead the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices to boost development efficiency, delivery velocity, quality, and operational performance.
Partner with engineering teams to identify, prioritize, and implement solutions powered by artificial intelligence that build measurable business impact.
Promote responsible use of AI technologies, ensuring compliance, security, governance, and risk management standards.
Drive innovation culture through experimentation, proof-of-concepts, hackathons, and emerging technology adoption.

Engineering Efficiency, Metrics & Outcomes

Establish and drive engineering efficiency and operational excellence metrics across teams.
Apply Developer Experience (DX) and Engineering Excellence frameworks to increase developer efficiency, system reliability, quality, and delivery predictability.
Leverage engineering insights and platform metrics to identify bottlenecks, improve value stream flow, and increase team efficiency.
Drive adoption of data-driven decision making using engineering, delivery, quality, and operational benchmarks.
Promote automation-first approaches to reduce manual effort, improve scalability, and accelerate time-to-market.

People Leadership

Lead, coach, mentor, and develop engineering talent across multiple teams.
Drive employee engagement, retention, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
Build high-performing, inclusive teams passionate about collaboration, innovation, and customer outcomes.
Assist with recruitment, onboarding, workforce planning, and talent acquisition efforts.

Performance & Talent Management

Own performance management processes including goal setting, development planning, talent assessments, and appraisal cycles.
Conduct regular mentoring and career development discussions with team members.
Identify growth opportunities and build development plans aligned with organizational needs.
Recognize and reward performance while encouraging a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.

Collaborator & Business Partnership

Partner with Product Managers, Architects, Business Leaders, Operations, and Enterprise collaborators.
Provide regular updates on delivery status, risks, dependencies, and strategic priorities.
Influence decisions through data-driven insights, technical expertise, and strong business sense.
Align engineering projects with business goals and customer results.

Who You Are

Education & Experience

Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
10-14 years of technology industry experience with progressive responsibilities in software engineering, technology delivery, or engineering management.
3+ years of people leadership experience leading engineering teams.
Experience leading multiple Agile delivery teams in a complex enterprise environment.
Proven experience managing performance reviews, talent development, goal setting, and employee mentoring.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience leading geographically distributed teams across multiple locations.
Experience assisting with location strategy, workforce planning, and organizational growth initiatives.
Experience presenting to senior leadership teams and portfolio governance forums.
Experience managing large-scale transformation or organizational change programs.
Solid grasp of Agile, Lean, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Developer Experience (DX) principles.

Additional Information

What Makes You a Standout Candidate

Thinks like an Engineering Leader and Technology Strategist, not a traditional project manager.
Uses AI, automation, and engineering insights to accelerate delivery and improve outcomes.
Drives measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, reliability, and business value.
Makes data-driven decisions using engineering metrics, delivery benchmarks, and business outcomes.
Balances technology strategy, engineering excellence, people leadership, and business priorities.
Builds a culture of innovation, continuous learning, accountability, and operational excellence.
Successfully translates technology investments into measurable customer and business impact.