Vice President (VP) Software Engineering

Our client is a leading global financial services organization with a strong focus on technology-driven innovation. The India Technology Center serves as a strategic extension of the global engineering organization driving large-scale digital transformation platform modernization and enterprise technology initiatives.

The organization is expanding its engineering leadership team to support mission-critical platforms that power large-scale retirement and financial services solutions for millions of users.

As the Vice President - Software Engineering you will define and execute the technology strategy engineering roadmap and delivery for a large-scale enterprise platform. You will lead high-performing engineering teams drive modernization initiatives and partner closely with global technology and business leaders to build secure resilient and scalable solutions.

This role requires an experienced hands-on technology leader who combines strategic thinking with strong execution capabilities and can influence outcomes across a globally distributed engineering organization.

• Define and execute the long-term technology strategy aligned with enterprise priorities.
• Adapt technology direction based on evolving business strategies and organizational priorities.
• Challenge conventional approaches and drive innovation through modern engineering practices.
• Champion cloud adoption platform modernization architectural simplification and technology transformation.

• Deliver high-quality scalable secure and resilient enterprise platforms using modern engineering practices.
• Drive engineering excellence through CI/CD automation observability Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) and DevSecOps.
• Promote innovation and engineering productivity through modern development tools and AI-assisted engineering capabilities.
• Provide technology leadership across large-scale greenfield and brownfield transformation programs.
• Ensure enterprise architecture standards governance and technology compliance are consistently implemented.

• Lead large business-critical technology initiatives from strategy through execution.
• Drive program governance risk management execution excellence and measurable business outcomes.
• Ensure timely delivery through effective planning stakeholder alignment and execution oversight.

• Build trusted partnerships with Product Business Enterprise Architecture and Global Engineering teams.
• Communicate technology vision strategy risks and recommendations effectively to both technical and executive stakeholders.
• Foster a collaborative One Team culture across globally distributed teams.

• Lead multiple engineering teams while attracting developing mentoring and retaining top engineering talent.
• Build an inclusive innovative and high-performance engineering culture.
• Develop future technology leaders through coaching and succession planning.

• Drive operational rigor governance compliance and continuous process improvement.
• Monitor engineering KPIs and OKRs to improve delivery predictability quality platform reliability and engineering velocity.

• Deliver modern secure highly scalable enterprise platforms supporting millions of end users.
• Build a strong engineering culture focused on quality accountability innovation and craftsmanship.
• Improve delivery predictability through data-driven execution and operational excellence.
• Enable business growth through technology modernization and platform transformation.
• Establish the India engineering organization as a trusted strategic partner within the global technology ecosystem.
• Inspire teams to consistently deliver engineering excellence.

• Strategic thinker with the ability to simplify complexity and lead enterprise-wide transformation.
• Strong executive presence with exceptional communication influencing and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated success leading globally distributed engineering organizations.
• Proven ability to build alignment across senior leadership and cross-functional teams.
• Passion for coaching mentoring and developing engineering talent.
• Resilient adaptable and effective in fast-changing environments.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making capabilities.

• Deep expertise in enterprise application architecture and distributed systems.
• Strong knowledge of Java API-driven architectures microservices and service-oriented design.
• Experience with cloud-native platforms DevSecOps automation observability and engineering productivity tools.
• Familiarity with AI-assisted software development and modern developer productivity platforms.
• Strong understanding of scalability performance optimization reliability engineering and enterprise integration patterns.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to business and executive stakeholders.
• Excellent problem-solving analytical and systems-thinking capabilities.

• 20 years of progressive software engineering and technology leadership experience.
• Proven track record of leading large-scale enterprise engineering organizations and complex technology transformation programs.
• Experience driving cloud modernization platform transformation and mission-critical enterprise applications.
• MBA preferred but not mandatory.