IT Director- Wealth Engineering

Our story

At Alight we believe a companys success starts with its people. At our core we Champion People help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to Be Alight.

Our Values:

Champion People be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.

Grow with purpose Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.

Be Alight act with integrity be real and empower others.

Its why were so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health wealth wellbeing absence management and navigation.

With a comprehensive total rewards package continuing education and training and tremendous potential with a growing global organization Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

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Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Delivery

• Translate Wealth Engineering strategy into clear execution plans and measurable outcomes.
• Proactively manage cross-team dependencies risks and delivery issues.
• Apply industry and technology trends to drive competitive advantage and operational efficiency.
• Evaluate existing systems and processes to identify cost efficiencies and riskmitigation opportunities.
• Drive transformation initiatives to strengthen operational effectiveness.

Technology and Engineering Leadership

• Enable delivery across teams building Java and Angular solutions APIs and third-party integrations.
• Champion security automation quality engineering resiliency performance stability and robust AWS-based cloud practices.
• Drive modernization technical debt reduction and responsible AI adoption.
• Partner with Architecture and DevOps to ensure scalable compliant and well-designed solutions.

Agile and Scrum Excellence

• Lead the Scrum Master Area of Excellence for Wealth.
• Establish consistent Scrum and Agile standards across teams.
• Coach Scrum Masters and leaders to improve delivery predictability and execution discipline.

People Leadership and Culture

• Develop and mentor managers Scrum Masters and senior technical leaders.
• Build a culture of accountability collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Maintain a visible leadership presence across India locations including regular travel.

Partnership and Influence

• Build trusted partnerships across Technology Product Delivery Security and Operations.
• Influence improvements across teams and organizations through strong relationships and credibility.
• Create an engaging work environment that supports high performance and retention.

Qualifications

Required

• Senior technology leadership experience of 18 years n largescale complex engineering environments.
• Working technical knowledge of modern engineering stacks including Java Angular APIbased architectures and cloud platforms such as AWS with the ability to engage credibly with architects and engineering teams on design decisions tradeoffs and delivery outcomes.
• Proven experience leading technology transformation initiatives that strengthened operational effectiveness delivery predictability quality scalability and cost efficiency.
• Demonstrated ability to modernize platforms reduce technical debt and improve engineering practices while balancing business priorities and delivery commitments.
• Strong capability to translate technical complexity into clear business outcomes for senior stakeholders.
• Experience operating within a global delivery model including leadership across India and USbased teams.
• Scrum Master experience with a demonstrated ability to improve Agile execution and delivery consistency.

Preferred

• Experience in benefits administration platforms preferably within the Wealth domain.
• Exposure to AIenabled solutions or enterprise modernization initiatives.
• Prior handson experience earlier in career with Java Angular API development or AWSbased platforms.

Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.

Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind body wallet and life because its important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options wellbeing and support programs retirement vacation and sick leave maternity paternity & adoption leave continuing education and training as well as several voluntary benefit options.

By applying for a position with Alight you understand that should you be made an offer it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alights employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation education verification employment verification and criminal check search against global sanctions and government watch lists credit check and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Inclusion

We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued respected and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger more innovative and more successful.

At Alight we welcome and embrace all individuals regardless of their background and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter more inclusive future.

As part of this commitment Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring reasonable accommodation is needed please contact .

Equal Opportunity Policy Statement

Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex race color religion creed national origin ancestry age physical or mental disability medical condition pregnancy marital or domestic partner status citizenship military or veteran status sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression genetic information or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal state or local addition we take affirmative action to employ disabled persons disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs practices and observances unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting their recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

Note this job description does not restrict managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries partners or purchasers of Alight business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package continuing education & training and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts managements right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries partners or purchasers of Alight business units.