Director IT

Total years of Experience: 15-20
Location - New Mumbai
In Office (4 days)

Responsibilities:

• We are seeking a highly skilled Director/Associate Director - Information Technology who will act as a key strategic partner to US IT Leadership and own delivery against the companys strategic technology solutions roadmap.
• This role is responsible for ensuring consistent high-quality delivery across global teams. The ideal candidate must have started their career as a software developer enabling a deep understanding of system architecture application design and real-world engineering challenges. The role requires a technology leader who partners with delivery teams on architecture and solution designs while providing strong people and delivery leadership.
• In addition the role is expected to bring strong consulting and advisory skills enabling them to engage effectively with delivery directors in US influence decision-making and represent development teams and technical perspectives in broader business and leadership forums.
• While prior real estate industry experience is good to have the individual must be able to understand the real estate landscape from both a technical solution and consumer experience perspective and translate business needs into scalable secure and modern technology platforms.

Job Description:

• Act as a primary technology partner to US IT Leadership driving execution of the strategic technology solutions roadmap.
• Own and ensure successful delivery of roadmap initiatives across application development platform modernization and cloud transformation.
• Lead end-to-end delivery of IT projects with involvement in technical discussions and architecture.
• Provide direction and technical oversight across the full lifecycle of IT systems including design development deployment operations and support.
• Actively participate in solution architecture design reviews and technology evaluations.
• Partner with business and IT stakeholders to align technology initiatives with organizational objectives.
• Design and deliver technology solutions that support real estate business workflows and consumer-facing platforms.
• Ensure technology platforms meet both short-term delivery requirements and long-term architectural vision.
• Track assess and drive continuous growth of team capabilities and skillsets aligned with evolving technology and roadmap needs.
• Grow technology center with right skilled people to add value to organization.
• Establish competency frameworks and development plans to upskill teams in modern engineering practices and cloud technologies.
• Mentor technical leaders and technical teams.
• Collaborate with HR and IT leadership to execute workforce plans focused on capability building and succession planning.
• Define and monitor metrics related to delivery quality system reliability operational performance and team capability maturity.
• Ensure adherence to security regulatory and compliance standards.

Soft Skills:

• Strong delivery mindset with a problem-solving orientation
• Strategic thinker with the ability to connect business goals and technical execution
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proven leadership mentoring and coaching capabilities
• Ability to assess team strengths identify skill gaps and drive evelopment plans
• Results-oriented with a metrics-driven leadership approach
• Strong stakeholder management skills in a global cross-cultural environment
• Ability to operate effectively under minimal supervision

Technical Skills:

• Proven hands-on background as a software developer earlier in career (mandatory)
• Strong experience in application development system architecture and solution design
• Cloud software development and cloud-native architectures (mandatory)
• Experience building and scaling enterprise and consumer-facing platforms
• Strong understanding of integration data and platform architectures
• Solid knowledge of IT operations scalability reliability and support models
• Ability to review designs challenge assumptions and guide architectural decisions
• Experience delivering large-scale global technology solutions

Mandatory Educational Qualifications / Certifications:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Information Systems Engineering or a related field OR
• Equivalent relevant work experience with a strong technical and development background

Specific Domain/ Any Other Important Details

• Minimum 15 years of experience in technology roles including hands-on development early in career
• Minimum 10 years of managerial experience in a global technology environment
• Proven experience collaborating with US-based / Western IT leadership and stakeholders
• Prior real estate industry experience is not mandatory; however strong ability to understand real estate business models workflows and consumer experience expectations is required
• Strong focus on capability building skill maturity and succession planning not just resource management
• Proven ability to balance strategic thinking with deep technical involvement
• Strong passion for innovation emerging technologies and continuous learning

Shift Timings (IST):

• Day time Shift. This role will be required to collaborate with US teams during evenings.

Required Skills:

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