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Director Delivery Management

Travel Mid-Office & Finance Applications AWS

Lead end-to-end delivery and operational governance for Travel Mid-Office and Finance applications managing 50 professionals across Development (.NET & Java) QA and Application Support. Ensure predictable delivery operational stability cloud modernization (AWS) architectural governance and business value realization.

What Youll Do

Portfolio & Delivery Ownership

• Own end-to-end delivery across Development and Support Lead 50 team members (.NET Java QA Support)
• Establish SDLC release and change governanceDrive DevOps-enabled delivery transformation

Business Alignment & Domain Governance

• Align technology solutions with business objectives Provide executive oversight across transaction-heavy finance systems
• Ensure scalability compliance and operational risk management

Engineering Architecture & AWS Cloud Governance

• Oversee J2EE enterprise systems Lead AWS cloud strategy and modernization initiatives
• Oversee microservices API-first architecture and CI/CD enablement Govern AWS services (EC2 EKS Lambda RDS S3 IAM VPC)
• Drive Infrastructure as Code and FinOps practicesEnsure high availability DR and security compliance

Operational Excellence & Financial Governance

• Establish KPIs for service availability and release predictability Oversee cloud cost optimization and budget adherence
• Mitigate operational and financial risksEnsure audit readiness and compliance

Stakeholder & Executive Management

• Serve as executive escalation pointPresent delivery operational and cloud transformation dashboards
• Align roadmap with strategic business objectives

Financial & Workforce Management

• Manage multi-million-dollar portfolio budgetsOptimize resource allocation and productivity
• Develop leadership bench and succession plans

What Were Looking For

• 20 years total IT experience5 years in senior leadership roles
• Strong J2EE enterprise architecture backgroundOversight experience enterprise systems
• Proven AWS cloud transformation leadershipBachelors degree in Engineering/Computer Science
• MBA/PMP/ITIL/AWS certifications preferredWilling to work 2nd shifts (3:00 PM12:00 AM IST) and occasional weekends
• Willing to work from Bangalore office minimum 3 days/week On-time on-budget portfolio delivery
• Improved SLA compliance and uptime Successful AWS modernization milestones
• Cloud cost optimization Reduced MTTR and improved service stability

Location

The #TeamGBT Experience

Work and life: Find your happy medium at Amex GBT.

• Flexible benefits are tailored to each country and start the day you do. These include health and welfare insurance plans retirement programs parental leave adoption assistance and wellbeing resources to support you and your immediate family.

• Travel perks: get a choice of deals each week from major travel providers on everything from flights to hotels to cruises and car rentals.

• Develop the skills you want when the time is right for you with access to over 20000 courses on our learning platform leadership courses and new job openings available to internal candidates first.

• We strive to champion Inclusion in every aspect of our business at Amex GBT. You can connect with colleagues through our global INclusion Groups centered around common identities or initiatives to discuss challenges obstacles achievements and drive company awareness and action.

• And much more!

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