About the Role
We are hiring a senior technology leader to lead and grow large Application Development & Managed Services portfolios for global Banking and Financial Services clients. This is a business-critical leadership role that combines technology delivery, client engagement, and team building.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead large-scale application development, maintenance, enhancement, modernization, and cloud transformation programs for global BFSI clients
- Own delivery quality, operational performance, and client outcomes across a portfolio of accounts, not a single client
- Build strong relationships with CIOs, CTOs, CDOs, and senior business stakeholders as a trusted technology partner
- Identify opportunities to expand and deepen existing client engagements by understanding their priorities, roadmaps, and business needs
- Provide technical leadership across custom applications, enterprise systems, ERP/CRM, APIs, integrations, and cloud-native platforms
- Drive legacy modernization, cloud migration, re-platforming, and engineering transformation initiatives
- Oversee the full application lifecycle – development, testing, release, production support, and continuous improvement
- Manage and scale large, multi-disciplinary teams including architects, engineering managers, delivery and program managers, and PMO
- Build talent pipelines, develop leaders, and plan for resources, capacity, and succession across technology stacks
- Partner with sales, solutioning, and architecture teams on strategic pursuits, including solution design, estimation, and transition planning
- Drive automation, AI-led engineering, DevSecOps, and cloud adoption to improve productivity and efficiency
- Strengthen operating models, governance, delivery methodologies, and performance metrics for a scaling services business
- Maintain strong focus on quality, SLAs, margins, risk, and customer satisfaction
- Build a culture of high performance, agility, innovation, and accountability
Experience & Qualifications
- 20+ years of experience in application development, application management, technology delivery, solutioning, or managed services
- Background in IT services, technology consulting, or digital engineering organizations
- Deep experience in Banking & Financial Services, ideally across multiple global banks or financial institutions
- Strong track record managing large technology portfolios, multi-tower engagements, and globally distributed teams
- Solid understanding of enterprise, custom, and cloud-native applications, ERP/CRM, APIs, and integration platforms
- Experience driving application modernization and cloud transformation programs
- Exposure to AI/GenAI, automation, DevSecOps, and platform engineering is an added advantage
- Proven experience managing large revenue/P&L portfolios and delivery economics
- Strong ability to engage with CIO/CTO/CDO-level stakeholders and senior business leaders
- Experience leading through teams rather than working as an individual technical specialist
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field preferred
