Job Description
Location: India – Mumbai
Role: SVP– Engineering & Delivery Head (Banking Platforms)
Experience: 20+ Years
Role Overview
We are hiring a S enior leader to build and scale next-generation banking platforms at Intellect Design Arena. This role requires a strong hands-on technology leader with a proven track record in enterprise product engineering, large-scale delivery, and modernization across global banking clients.
While experience in Trade Finance or Supply Chain Finance i s valuable, we are equally open to leaders with strong experience in Core Banking, Lending, or Transaction Banking platforms , provided they bring deep engineering rigor and delivery excellence.
This role sits at the intersection of technology, product, and global delivery , with a strong focus on engineering quality, platform scalability, and predictable execution.
Key Responsibilities
1. Engineering & Architecture Leadership
• Lead and mentor large high-performing engineering teams across Backend, Frontend, DevOps, QA, SRE, Data & Cloud.
• Review and guide architecture decisions, high-risk code areas, and performance bottlenecks.
• Institutionalize engineering excellence — clean code, DevSecOps, SRE, observability, performance, scalability, and VAPT.
2. Product & Platform Ownership
• Own and drive the technology roadmap for banking platforms (Core Banking, Lending, or Transaction Banking).
• Ensure systems are designed for high performance, configurability, and enterprise-grade reliability.
3. Delivery Governance & Client Success
• End-to-end delivery responsibility across multiple programs and global markets.
• Define predictable delivery governance — release cadence, velocity, throughput, defect density, and production stability.
• Act as a senior delivery escalation and decision-making authority with CXO/client leadership.
4. Modernization & Transformation
• Lead the modernization of legacy systems into cloud-native, microservices-based architectures.
• Drive transformation initiatives to improve system efficiency, scalability, and integration.
• Enable adoption of modern platforms, tools, and engineering practices
Qualifications & Experience
• 20+ years of experience in product engineering and delivery within BFSI.
• Proven experience leading large engineering and delivery organizations.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Demonstrated success in building and delivering scalable, enterprise-grade platforms.
• Strong experience in Core Banking, Lending, or Transaction Banking.
• Strong stakeholder management across product, business, and client teams
Leadership Attributes
• High-ownership execution leader with predictable delivery and strong rigor.
• Ability to scale teams, processes and platforms during rapid growth and transformation.
• Operates with urgency, hands-on problem solving and extreme accountability.
• Clear, transparent communicator who builds trust and alignment across global teams.
Why this role is critical?
This role will play a key part in driving engineering excellence and delivery transformation across banking platforms, enabling scalable, high-quality solutions for global clients.
Role: SVP– Engineering & Delivery Head (Banking Platforms)
Experience: 20+ Years
Role Overview
We are hiring a S enior leader to build and scale next-generation banking platforms at Intellect Design Arena. This role requires a strong hands-on technology leader with a proven track record in enterprise product engineering, large-scale delivery, and modernization across global banking clients.
While experience in Trade Finance or Supply Chain Finance i s valuable, we are equally open to leaders with strong experience in Core Banking, Lending, or Transaction Banking platforms , provided they bring deep engineering rigor and delivery excellence.
This role sits at the intersection of technology, product, and global delivery , with a strong focus on engineering quality, platform scalability, and predictable execution.
Key Responsibilities
1. Engineering & Architecture Leadership
• Lead and mentor large high-performing engineering teams across Backend, Frontend, DevOps, QA, SRE, Data & Cloud.
• Review and guide architecture decisions, high-risk code areas, and performance bottlenecks.
• Institutionalize engineering excellence — clean code, DevSecOps, SRE, observability, performance, scalability, and VAPT.
2. Product & Platform Ownership
• Own and drive the technology roadmap for banking platforms (Core Banking, Lending, or Transaction Banking).
• Ensure systems are designed for high performance, configurability, and enterprise-grade reliability.
3. Delivery Governance & Client Success
• End-to-end delivery responsibility across multiple programs and global markets.
• Define predictable delivery governance — release cadence, velocity, throughput, defect density, and production stability.
• Act as a senior delivery escalation and decision-making authority with CXO/client leadership.
4. Modernization & Transformation
• Lead the modernization of legacy systems into cloud-native, microservices-based architectures.
• Drive transformation initiatives to improve system efficiency, scalability, and integration.
• Enable adoption of modern platforms, tools, and engineering practices
Qualifications & Experience
• 20+ years of experience in product engineering and delivery within BFSI.
• Proven experience leading large engineering and delivery organizations.
• Strong hands-on expertise in Java, microservices, and distributed systems.
• Demonstrated success in building and delivering scalable, enterprise-grade platforms.
• Strong experience in Core Banking, Lending, or Transaction Banking.
• Strong stakeholder management across product, business, and client teams
Leadership Attributes
• High-ownership execution leader with predictable delivery and strong rigor.
• Ability to scale teams, processes and platforms during rapid growth and transformation.
• Operates with urgency, hands-on problem solving and extreme accountability.
• Clear, transparent communicator who builds trust and alignment across global teams.
Why this role is critical?
This role will play a key part in driving engineering excellence and delivery transformation across banking platforms, enabling scalable, high-quality solutions for global clients.
💡 Quick Summary
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Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Bank Jobs is a plus.