Job Description

Dive corporate technology strategy and digital transformation initiatives Maintain hands-on involvement in critical technical decisions and architecture reviews. Lead and manage the Technology teams based in India to deliver software, infrastructure and architecture related deliverables that meets the requirements of the Business for MetLife Corporate Functions. Build up Strategic and Technical relationship with all senior Leadership to drive the Technology vision and goals. Develop multi-year technology roadmaps aligned with corporate business objectives Responsible for leading and managing deliver across high priority initiatives, collaborating with technology and business to ensure services are being delivered per agreed expectations and proactively drive continuous service improvements. Thought leadership transformation recommendations in business application software solution on various MetLife products. Recruit, coach and nurture a team that is consistently over performing and delivering business and technology objectives. Drive change management and culture change by adhering to and evangelizing MetLife values and behaviors. Accountable for providing day-to-day leadership and management of the resources based in India (employees and partner resources) to ensure high engagement (MyVoice or equivalent) Drive innovation and continuous improvement in the product development process by leveraging agile methodologies and industry best practices and standards. Ensure the successful delivery of high-quality projects while adhering to established governance frameworks and both external and internal compliance requirements. Create a diverse and inclusive team in India. Accountable for driving the positioning of MetLife as an employer of choice for technologists. Accountable and responsible for effective financial management, planning and monitoring of the teams based in India. Technology Transformation (Changing the Way We Work) Drive the multi-year technology transformation agenda focusing on changing the way technology work (Developers, Production SRE, QA) Deliver on the commitments for the transformation by working with the teams both in India and the US, including DevOps implementation, production observability and production stabilization, removing of toil and increasing the quality of software deliveries through increased coverage of testing, including automated testing. leverage of AI to improve developer productivity to achieve the target productivity goals and transform the way we work Establish robust patterns to scale the transformation across all teams Working with tech partners e.g. Microsoft to bring the best of the products to MetLife Education A Bachelors/masters degree in computer science or equivalent Engineering degree. Required qualifications Proven experience managing enterprise-wide systems (ex: ERP, CRM, HRIS) 10+ years leading large-scale technology organizations (150-200 people) Minimum 18-20 years working experience in leading software applications delivery in a mission critical and highly regulated environments Strong technical background with hands-on system architecture experience Track record of successful digital transformation initiatives Partnership with multiple stakeholders across different countries to deliver software products Engagement of external ecosystems partners to enable the teams as necessary and relevant Great communicator and leader who can engage employees, stakeholders proactively Passion for driving transformation (culture technology) Technical expertise Application development and delivery in diverse technology platforms including Java, .NET, COTS platforms, and others. Cloud / Data / DevSecOps/ AI domain expertise Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP) Microsoft Azure stack, GitHub CoPilot, OpenAI or equivalent, Azure DevOps, API