Technical Delivery Lead

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced and technically adept Technical Delivery Lead to direct the successful implementation of complex enterprise projects. In this capacity, you will serve as the critical nexus between business strategy, product management, and engineering execution. This role requires a hands-on leader who can engage directly with technical intricacies to resolve impediments while applying robust product ownership principles. You will ensure that project scope is rigorously defined around business value, schedules and budgets are meticulously managed, and technical deliverables remain strictly aligned with the overarching product vision and strategic objectives.

Location: Bengaluru

Job Type: Permanent

Responsibilities

• Ownership Strategic Alignment: Value-Driven Prioritization: Rigorously prioritize technical backlogs, balancing the deployment of new features against the remediation of technical debt and architectural enhancements to optimize return on investment.
• Ownership Strategic Alignment: Customer-Centric Execution: Maintain an unwavering focus on the end-user experience. Ensure that technical decisions and system architectures directly support overarching product objectives and user requirements.
• Ownership Strategic Alignment: Strategic Translation: Bridge the gap between product strategy and engineering execution by ensuring development teams maintain a clear understanding of the business context and strategic intent behind their work.
• Stakeholder Negotiation: Serve as a proxy product owner when required. Effectively negotiate requirements, manage stakeholder expectations, and facilitate critical trade-off decisions between business units and technical teams.
• Delivery Implementation Leadership: End-to-End Ownership: Assume full accountability for the technical delivery lifecycle, from initial scoping and design through to deployment and post-launch stabilization.
• Delivery Implementation Leadership: Scope Management: Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to define and formalize project scope. Proactively manage changes, mitigating scope creep while accommodating critical business adaptations.
• Delivery Implementation Leadership: Schedule Budget Management: Develop, execute, and monitor comprehensive project schedules. Ensure all technical milestones are achieved within stipulated timeframes and financial parameters.
• Delivery Implementation Leadership: Quality Assurance: Uphold stringent quality standards, ensuring all technical deliverables comply with enterprise-grade benchmarks for performance, security, scalability, and reliability.
• Technical Problem Solving Execution: Roadblock Resolution: Act as the primary point of escalation for technical impediments. Analyze complex architectural or system configuration challenges to rapidly unblock engineering workflows.
• Technical Problem Solving Execution: Technical Guidance: Provide authoritative technical direction and mentorship to engineering teams, ensuring adherence to industry best practices and the established architectural blueprint.
• Technical Problem Solving Execution: Risk Mitigation: Proactively identify, assess, and formulate mitigation strategies for potential technical risks early in the project lifecycle.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Streamlined Inter connectivity: Function as the primary technical liaison among engineering, product management, quality assurance, operations, and external vendors, ensuring seamless integration of dependencies.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Executive Communication: Distill complex technical challenges and project statuses into clear, actionable insights for non-technical stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Process Optimization: Continuously evaluate and refine delivery methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, Kanban) to eliminate systemic bottlenecks and enhance overall team velocity.

Requirements

• Professional Experience: 15+ years of progressive experience in software engineering or systems architecture, complemented by at least 3+ years in a technical leadership, delivery management, or product-aligned technical role.
• Product Acumen: Comprehensive understanding of product lifecycle management, user story mapping, backlog refinement, and Agile product ownership methodologies.
• Technical Expertise: Robust foundational expertise in modern software architecture, cloud platforms, and enterprise technologies.
• Java Full Stack, Microservices
• ServiceNow
• SalesForce
• Dev ops / SRE
• Quality Engineering (Selenium/ Playwright).
• Project Management: Demonstrated success in managing schedules, budgets, and scope for multifaceted technical initiatives. Proficiency in Agile and hybrid delivery frameworks.
• Analytical Problem-Solving: Exceptional analytical capabilities with a proven track record of deconstructing complex technical issues and driving them to successful resolution.
• Communication Influence: Exemplary interpersonal and communication skills, with the demonstrated ability to negotiate, influence, and foster collaboration across diverse, cross-functional teams.