Senior Manager - IT Projects

Role & responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Technical Leadership

Lead the design, development, and delivery of enterprise mobile and web applications.

Define and drive solution architecture for cloud-native applications using Microservices.

Establish coding standards, design guidelines, and development of best practices.

Review application architecture, code quality, security, scalability, and performance. 12+ Years

12+ Years

12+ Years

years

years

years

Drive API-first development using RESTful APIs and GraphQL.

Lead technical discussions and provide guidance on complex architectural challenges.

Ensure adherence to secure software development lifecycle (SSDLC) practices.

Engineering & Delivery Management

Own end-to-end product delivery from requirement analysis to production deployment.

Manage sprint planning, release planning, estimation, and delivery commitments.

Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Teams, Architects, QA, DevOps, and Vendor Teams.

Drive Agile/Scrum practices and continuous improvement initiatives.

Monitor project risks, dependencies, and mitigation plans.

Cloud & DevOps

Drive containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.

Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for automated build, testing, and deployment.

Ensure high availability, resilience, observability, and scalability of applications.

Work closely with DevOps and Infrastructure teams for cloud deployment and monitoring.

People Management

Lead and manage a team of developers, leads, architects, and QA engineers.

Conduct performance reviews, goal setting, career development planning, and mentoring.

Build high-performing teams through coaching and technical leadership.

Support hiring, onboarding, resource planning, and capability development.

Foster a culture of innovation, ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Preferred candidate profile

Mobile Technologies

Native Android (Java/Kotlin)

Native iOS (Swift)

Cross-platform frameworks such as Flutter or React Native

Mobile application architecture and performance optimization

Web Technologies

Angular / React

HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, TypeScript

Responsive and Progressive Web Applications (PWA)

Backend & Microservices

Java, Spring Boot / Node.js

Microservices Architecture

Event-Driven Architecture

API Gateway patterns

Service Discovery and Distributed Systems

API Technologies

RESTful APIs

GraphQL

API Security (OAuth2, JWT, OpenID Connect)

API Management Platforms

Cloud & DevOps

Kubernetes

Docker

CI/CD Pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)

AWS / Azure / GCP

Infrastructure as Code concepts

Databases

PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle

MongoDB, DynamoDB or other NoSQL databases

Database performance tuning

Monitoring & Observability

ELK Stack

Grafana

Prometheus

Application Performance Monitoring tools

Desired Competencies

Strong system design and architecture expertise.

Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.

Experience handling teams of 1530 engineers.

Ability to balance technical depth with delivery commitments.

Strong decision-making and conflict resolution abilities.

Experience in enterprise digital transformation programs.