Quest Software
Website:
quest.com
Job details:
Overview
This is a dual-mandate leadership role at one of Quest Software's most strategic engineering locations. You will have full engineering leadership responsibility for a product within Quest's data management portfolio while serving as Site Leader for our Hyderabad development center of approximately 150 employees.
The Priorities Are Clear
- Development Management : Deliver exceptional product outcomes through high-quality engineering execution.
- Site Leadership : Grow Hyderabad's capability, culture, and strategic importance within Quest.
- A third, critical responsibility cuts across both mandates: leading the Hyderabad organization toward an AI-first software delivery model , transforming how engineering teams design, build, test, and deliver software.
Responsibilities
Priority 1: Development Management
You will lead a Hyderabad-based engineering organization responsible for a product within Quest's data management portfolio.
Delivery & Execution
- Own end-to-end product delivery, including roadmap execution, release commitments, quality, security, performance, and supportability.
- Translate product strategy into achievable engineering plans and ensure predictable execution.
- Partner with architects and senior engineers on key technical and architectural decisions.
- Balance innovation with operational excellence, including technical debt, supportability, and customer-reported issues.
- Communicate delivery status, risks, and dependencies effectively to senior leadership.
Customer & Business Partnership
- Partner closely with Product Management and go-to-market teams on customer engagements, evaluations, and proofs of concept.
- Bring customer insights into product planning and prioritization.
- Support Sales, Professional Services, and Customer Support on strategic customer opportunities.
Team Leadership
- Lead through engineering managers and senior technical leaders.
- Hire, develop, and retain high-performing teams.
- Build leadership depth, succession plans, and future engineering leaders.
- Foster a culture of accountability, growth, and continuous improvement.
Data Management Expertise
Experience in the data management domain is strongly preferred, including areas such as:
- Data architecture and modeling
- Data lineage, metadata management, and governance
- Data quality, integration, and intelligence solutions
- Enterprise data platforms, cloud data warehouses, lakehouses , relational and NoSQL technologies
Priority 2: Hyderabad Site Leadership
As Site Leader, you will be accountable for the growth, culture, and reputation of the Hyderabad engineering organization.
Site Growth & Capability
- Drive Hyderabad's growth strategy in partnership with HR, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Facilities, and IT.
- Expand engineering capability and increase strategic product ownership within the site.
- Develop career paths, technical communities, and learning opportunities that strengthen engagement and retention.
Culture & Communication
- Lead regular town halls and site-wide communications.
- Promote a high-performance culture focused on customer value, engineering excellence, accountability, and collaboration.
- Serve as the primary bridge between Hyderabad and Quest's global engineering and business teams.
External Leadership
- Represent Quest within the Hyderabad technology ecosystem.
- Build relationships with universities and academic institutions to strengthen graduate hiring and talent pipelines.
- Participate in industry forums, technology communities, and employer-branding initiatives.
AI-First Software Delivery
A core expectation of this role is to lead Hyderabad's transition to AI-first engineering.
You Will
- Define and implement an AI-first software delivery strategy.
- Embed AI-assisted practices across development, testing, code review, documentation, and support.
- Establish governance for quality, security, intellectual property, and responsible AI usage.
- Measure outcomes through productivity, quality, delivery, and employee experience metrics.
- Lead the organizational change required to drive adoption.
- Share best practices across Quest and position Hyderabad as a center of excellence for AI-enabled engineering.
Qualifications
Essential
- 5+ years of second-line engineering leadership experience managing organizations of 30-50+ engineers through managers.
- Proven record of delivering enterprise software products to market.
- Experience partnering with customer-facing and go-to-market teams.
- Demonstrated success building high-performing engineering organizations.
- Strong technical credibility and ability to influence architecture and engineering decisions.
- Excellent communication skills with experience engaging executives, large employee audiences, and external stakeholders.
- Experience operating in global organizations across multiple time zones.
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science , Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Preferred
- Experience in data management, governance, metadata, lineage, or related enterprise software markets.
- Experience leading AI-assisted engineering transformation initiatives.
- Site leadership experience in India.
- SaaS and cloud platform experience.
- Expertise in modern engineering practices, including cloud-native architectures, DevOps, CI/CD, quality engineering, and secure software development.
- Experience scaling engineering organizations.
- Strong network within the Hyderabad technology community.
- Advanced degree in engineering, technology, or business.
What Success Looks Li Ke
Within your first 12 months:
- Deliver product commitments with high quality and clear customer value.
- Build a strong leadership team with healthy engagement, retention, and succession plans.
- Establish measurable adoption of AI-assisted software delivery.
- Successfully scale the Hyderabad site while strengthening culture and communication.
- Increase Quest's visibility and reputation within the Hyderabad technology ecosystem.
Leadership Attribut es
We Are Looking For a Leader Who
- Maintains a strong bias for delivery and results.
- Builds leaders and develops talent.
- Can effectively balance multiple strategic responsibilities.
- Communicates with clarity, candor , and consistency.
- Remains focused on customer outcomes.
- Embraces change and innovation, particularly AI-driven transformation.
Why Quest Software
Quest Software helps organizations manage, secure, and maximize the value of their data and IT environments. This role offers a unique opportunity to own product delivery, lead a 150-person engineering organization, and shape how software is built through AI-first practices at one of Quest's most strategic engineering locations.
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