Project Lead Software

Marmon Technologies India Private Limited

As a part of the global industrial organization Marmon Holdingswhich is backed by Berkshire Hathawayyoull be doing things that matter leading at every level and winning a better way. Were committed to making a positive impact on the world providing you with diverse learning and working opportunities and fostering a culture where everyones empowered to be their best.

As a Software Project Lead Product & Platform Engineering you will be responsible for leading end-to-end software product development programs and driving the successful execution of complex cross-functional engineering initiatives. This role requires ownership of the complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including product requirements architecture reviews development quality assurance release management deployment and post-release support.
You will lead and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering teams comprising Product Management Software Development Platform Engineering Quality Assurance DevOps and Sustenance Engineering ensuring alignment between business objectives technical strategy and delivery commitments.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong blend of technical leadership project execution stakeholder management and people management capabilities with the ability to build coach and lead high-performing engineering teams while delivering scalable secure and high-quality software solutions. The role carries responsibility for talent development performance management organizational capability building succession planning employee engagement and fostering a culture of accountability innovation and continuous improvement.
In this role you will collaborate closely with Product Owners Architects Engineering Leaders Quality Teams Operations Teams and global stakeholders to define product roadmaps manage delivery risks drive continuous improvement and ensure successful product releases. This position plays a critical role in supporting innovation and digital product development initiatives for Marmon Foodservice Technologies through Marmon GIC.

• 1214 years of experience in software development technical leadership and engineering project management.

• Proven experience leading end-to-end Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) activities from requirements engineering through deployment production support and sustainment.

• Strong experience managing software development projects using Agile/Scrum methodologies and leading geographically distributed engineering teams.

• Experience leading cross-functional teams comprising Product Management Software Development Platform Engineering Quality Assurance DevOps and Sustenance Engineering.

• Proven experience in people management including performance management employee development coaching mentoring and succession planning.

• Experience leading and managing teams of Software Engineers Technical Leads QA Engineers DevOps Engineers and cross-functional contributors.

• Strong experience in resource planning workforce management competency development employee engagement and talent retention.

• Demonstrated ability to build motivate and lead high-performing engineering teams in a global product development environment.

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• Strong understanding of software architecture object-oriented design principles system design API-first development and enterprise application architectures.

• Hands-on experience delivering cloud-native applications on AWS Microsoft Azure or Google Cloud Platform (GCP).

• Proven expertise in Microservices Architecture API-driven systems distributed applications and service-oriented software platforms.

• Experience designing and integrating RESTful APIs backend services cloud services and enterprise integrations.

• Exposure to Embedded Software/Firmware product development preferably involving connected products edge devices IoT ecosystems or industrial automation solutions.

• Strong understanding of modern software delivery practices including:

• Cloud-Native Development

• Microservices Architecture

• DevOps & DevSecOps

• CI/CD Pipelines

• Containerization (Docker)

• Kubernetes

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

• Strong knowledge of:

• Software Design & Architecture Principles

• Agile Development Practices

• Release & Configuration Management

• Risk & Issue Management

• Resource Planning

• Stakeholder Management

• Software Quality & Security Practices

• Experience working with engineering and project management tools including:

• Jira

• Azure DevOps

• GitHub / GitLab

• Confluence

• Strong understanding of automated testing frameworks deployment automation release governance and operational readiness.

• Excellent leadership communication stakeholder management analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Proven experience collaborating with global engineering organizations and business stakeholders.

• Lead software product development programs from concept through production deployment and sustainment.

• Own project planning estimation execution strategy delivery governance and release management activities.

• Manage project scope schedules budgets risks resource allocation and dependencies.

• Drive predictable execution while balancing technical quality business priorities and delivery commitments.

• Establish program governance mechanisms KPIs and delivery metrics to monitor project health.

• Partner with Product Owners Architects and business stakeholders to translate product vision into executable engineering roadmaps.

• Drive technical reviews and support architecture decisions for cloud-native API-driven and distributed software solutions.

• Ensure engineering teams adhere to coding standards design principles security requirements and software quality practices.

• Facilitate technical decision-making and cross-functional collaboration across development QA DevOps and platform teams.

• Promote innovation engineering excellence and continuous improvement across product development initiatives.

• Govern all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle from requirements management through deployment and support.

• Establish development processes quality gates release controls and engineering governance practices.

• Monitor project progress risks dependencies and mitigation plans while proactively removing delivery roadblocks.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across engineering quality and operational processes.

• Ensure compliance with software quality cybersecurity and organizational standards.

• Collaborate with Quality Engineering teams to define validation strategies test plans and release acceptance criteria.

• Drive adoption of automated testing continuous testing and shift-left quality practices.

• Lead defect management root cause analysis corrective actions and release readiness reviews.

• Ensure software quality objectives are consistently achieved across all releases.

• Partner with DevOps teams to establish and optimize CI/CD pipelines deployment automation and release processes.

• Support cloud infrastructure planning deployment strategies monitoring scalability and operational readiness.

• Ensure smooth transition of software solutions from development to production environments.

• Drive operational excellence initiatives focused on reliability observability security and maintainability.

• Lead coach and develop a high-performing team of Software Engineers Technical Leads QA Engineers and DevOps professionals.

• Establish individual and team goals aligned with business objectives and engineering roadmaps.

• Conduct performance reviews career development discussions and regular coaching sessions to support professional growth and employee engagement.

• Drive workforce planning hiring onboarding and resource allocation activities to ensure effective project execution.

• Identify high-potential talent and support succession planning initiatives across the engineering organization.

• Foster a culture of accountability collaboration innovation diversity inclusion and continuous learning.

• Partner with Human Resources and Engineering Leadership to support talent development employee engagement and organizational effectiveness initiatives.

• Promote knowledge sharing cross-functional collaboration and engineering excellence across teams.

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• Mentor and develop software engineers technical leads and emerging engineering leaders.

• Provide technical guidance career coaching and leadership development support to team members.

• Support competency development and create learning plans aligned with organizational and business needs.

• Drive continuous improvement through coaching knowledge sharing and adoption of engineering best practices.

• Foster a culture of ownership accountability collaboration innovation and professional growth.

• Champion adoption of modern software engineering practices tools and methodologies across teams.

• Encourage knowledge transfer and collaboration across geographically distributed engineering teams.

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• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

• Strong business acumen combined with technical understanding.

• Ability to influence and drive decisions across cross-functional teams.

• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to coach inspire and develop high-performing teams.

• Demonstrated ability to build trust foster collaboration and manage organizational change effectively.

• Passion for mentoring talent and creating an environment that promotes learning and career growth.

• Effective communicator with strong presentation and interpersonal skills.

• Highly organized with strong planning and prioritization abilities.

• Comfortable working in fast-paced and dynamic global environments.

• Proactive adaptable and results-oriented mindset.

• Proven experience collaborating with global engineering teams preferably with US-based stakeholders.

• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally as required (approximately 10% annually).

• Valid B1/B2 US Visa is an added advantage.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in computer science Information Technology Software Engineering Electronics & Communication Engineering or a related Engineering discipline.

• 1214 years of professional experience in software development technical leadership and engineering project/program management.

• Minimum 35 years of experience leading software engineering teams technical programs or product development initiatives.

• Minimum 35 years of direct people management experience including responsibility for performance evaluations employee development coaching mentoring hiring and team leadership.

• Demonstrated success building managing and retaining high-performing engineering teams.

• Proven experience driving talent development succession planning workforce planning and employee engagement initiatives.

• Demonstrated track record of successfully delivering multiple software products and releases in Agile development environments.

• Experience working with geographically distributed teams and global stakeholders.

• Strong verbal written presentation and interpersonal communication skills.

• Proven ability to drive execution influence cross-functional teams and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced product development environment.

Nice-to-Have Requirements

• Professional certifications such as PMP PMI-ACP PRINCE2 or equivalent Project/Program Management certifications.

• SAFe Agilist Scrum Master or other Agile leadership certifications.

• Experience leading multi-product or multi-program portfolios within global engineering organizations.

• Exposure to IoT platforms connected products Edge Computing and Industrial Automation solutions.

• Knowledge of cybersecurity frameworks secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) threat modeling and application security best practices.

• Experience implementing DevSecOps practices security automation and compliance-driven software delivery processes.

• Familiarity with AI/ML-enabled applications Generative AI solutions analytics platforms and data-driven product development.

• Experience working with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies such as Terraform CloudFormation or Ansible.

• Exposure to modern observability and monitoring platforms including Grafana Prometheus ELK Stack Splunk Datadog or equivalent technologies.

• Experience driving digital transformation cloud modernization and platform engineering initiatives.

• Understanding of regulatory compliance and quality standards applicable to enterprise industrial or connected product environments.

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Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.

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Following receipt of a conditional offer of employment candidates will be required to complete additional job-related screening processes as permitted or required by applicable law.