Deputy Site Lead

Role Profile

Job Title

Deputy Site Leader

Location

Pune

Reports to

Site Head FNZ India.

Role Description:

Role Context:

FNZ is expanding its India footprint with Pune as a strategic growth site supporting global platform engineering delivery and operations. As we scale engineering capability and deepen global integration we are seeking a Deputy Site Leader Pune to help build a world-class delivery and engineering center.

This is not a site administration role.

This is a technology-led delivery-owning leadership role responsible for operational excellence engineering quality and stakeholder confidence across global markets.

You will act as the operational anchor for the Pune site ensuring that engineering teams are high-performing delivery commitments are met and the culture reflects excellence ownership and pace.

Role Purpose:

To lead delivery and operations for the Pune site build high-performance engineering teams and establish Pune as a flagship FNZ engineering and operations hub globally.

Specific Role Responsibilities:

Site Delivery & Operational Leadership:

• Own delivery performance across engineering and operational teams in Pune.
• Ensure predictable execution quality and SLA adherence.
• Drive delivery governance capacity planning and performance metrics.
• Act as escalation point for site-level delivery issues.
• Partner closely with global engineering and product leaders to ensure alignment.

Engineering Excellence & Team Building:

• Build and scale high-performing engineering teams.
• Attract and develop strong technical leaders and senior engineers.
• Foster engineering culture centered on ownership accountability and quality.
• Establish strong code quality architecture discipline and DevOps practices.
• Coach leaders to operate in fast-paced demanding environments.

Scaled Agile & Execution Discipline:

• Drive effective scaled Agile delivery models.
• Ensure sprint predictability backlog hygiene and release governance.
• Improve delivery velocity without compromising quality.
• Strengthen cross-team dependency management in complex platform environments.
• Introduce measurable engineering KPIs (velocity defect density cycle time reliability).

Global Stakeholder Engagement:

• Work closely with global leadership teams.
• Operate confidently in global governance forums.
• Translate stakeholder expectations into structured delivery plans.
• Provide clear fact-based communication and reporting.
• Build strong trust with global counterparts.

Culture & Performance Environment:

• Build a performance-driven high-energy site culture.
• Set expectations for accountability and outcomes.
• Create leadership depth within the Pune center.
• Reinforce FNZ values while adapting to a fast-scaling India context.

Candidate Profile:

Experience:

• 15 years of experience in technology and engineering leadership.
• Strong hands-on foundation as a developer in early career.
• Demonstrated experience building and leading large engineering teams.
• Experience in scaled Agile environments (SAFe LeSS or equivalent).
• Experience working with UK and/or US stakeholders in global setups.
• Prior exposure to GCC environments or product companies preferred.
• Experience operating in fast-paced high-accountability environments.

Leadership Traits:

• Technically credible and respected by engineers.
• High-energy driven and execution-focused.
• Comfortable managing complexity and ambiguity.
• Strong decision-making under pressure.
• Structured communicator with global maturity.
• Passionate about building institutions not just teams.

Core Competencies:

• Engineering team scale-up
• Delivery governance
• Scaled Agile leadership
• Operational excellence
• Stakeholder management
• Performance culture building
• Cross-border collaboration

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry but complexity holds firms back.

We created wealths growth platform to help. We provide a global end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.

We partner with the worlds leading financial institutions with over US$2.2 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).

Together with our clients we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.