Head of Engineering

Overview

As the Head of Product Engineering, you will be instrumental in building and leading a cross-functional team of Tech managers, Engineers, Architects, QAs, Product owners, and Scrum masters. Your focus will be on delivering the product roadmaps consisting of Web & Mobile Applications that are AI powered in a way that is user-centric, safe and reliable. You are expected to own the Engineering Budget management and optimization will also be a critical aspect of this role, ensuring resources are allocated effectively to achieve desired outcomes.

Key Outcomes

• Team Building & Leadership

  : Hire, retain and Own teams aligning with various application products, that may  comprise managers, engineers, architects, QAs, product owners, and scrum masters. Builds a high-performance, accountable, and collaborative engineering culture with Agile practices. You are responsible for building a team with the right mix of skillsets to deliver the outcomes. Leads by example—hands-on but knows when to delegate and scale leadership.

• Deliver High-Quality Products

  : Ensure products across different roadmaps are delivered as per agreed timelines with high quality.

• Budget Management

  : Manage budgets effectively within organizational allocations to achieve desired outcomes.

• AI Productization Mindset: Understands how to operationalize AI: from experimentation and model evaluation to deployment and monitoring. Familiar with feedback loops, prompt engineering (if using LLMs), data labeling strategies, etc.

• Automation first Approach:

    Ensure products across different products have devSecOps Automation to 100%. 

• Hybrid + Agile Working Model

  : Implement and optimize a robust hybrid (remote/on-site) and Agile working model, continually improving systems and processes for operational excellence and cost savings.

• AI in Development

  : We are  adopting a way of using AI in our development process and resulting in acceleration of development, You are expected to carry & improve development processes as per the state of the art AI Engineering practices. 

• Reporting - Manage Trust & Status pages to keep customers updated about product uptimes & Also enable stakeholder reporting by sharing reports of developer productivity, Incidents, Production deployments, Product usage  periodically

Key Parameters to qualify:

• Strategic Thinker & Planner

  : Ability to think and plan strategically, preempt situations, and delegate effectively.

• Business Thinker

  : Understands business operations at an organizational level and works to drive business success.

• Presentation Skills

  : Strong presentation skills with the capability to communicate plans and projects effectively to both technical and non-technical stakeholders and customers.

• Problem Solving

  : Exceptional problem-solving abilities, able to navigate challenges and find innovative solutions.

• Resourcefulness

  : Proactive in leveraging networks and internal resources to recruit talent and achieve objectives.

• Writing Skills

  : Strong writing skills, particularly in creating compelling content related to technology and product narratives.

Location: Pune / Bengaluru

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