Vice President of Engineering

Ness is seeking an experienced VP Engineering, with a strong product engineering background and passion for engineering and creating products to solve business problems.

Responsibilities:

• Provide technology leadership, vision, and guidance to the engineering and product development teams and drive innovation in product development.
• Deliver customer-focused business outcomes using Java fullstack/Cloud computing (SaaS/PaaS/IaaS) with at least one industry deep domain experience.
• Manage P&L, Gross Margins and help grow the business with superior delivery.
• Ensure timely delivery of all projects and be responsible for managing any scope change and convert this to revenue from the customer.
• Lead customer relations and management at the organization level.
• Ensure positive business outcomes by providing predictability, productivity and quality through defined processes that increase speed-to-value, institutionalize the use of Agile practices in a sustainable manner, and include the development of roadmaps that increase value over time.
• Lead a 500+ member delivery function team of AVPs, SPDs, PDs with a product engineering background.
• Identify and evaluate opportunities for organization-led innovation and development to deliver solutions that meet internal and external stakeholder requirements.
• Lead talent transformation charter (retaining and attracting top talent, upskill, cross-skill, certifications etc.)
• Work collaboratively with all the peers (i.e., Vertical Heads) to ensure organizational goals are met.

Experience and Expertise

• A coach, leader, mentor, thinker and an innovator.
• Hands on expertise in converting a product roadmap to an engineering roadmap.
• Expertise in product lifecycle development and played varied roles in various stages of the lifecycle for the last 20+ years.
• Extremely customer-centric and ability to lead customer relations and management at the organization level.
• Up to date with the industry and new and emerging technologies.
• Tech savvy and “build” mindset. Passionate about IP building and development.
• Experience with IP Led transformation models (Assets, Frameworks, Accelerators, POCs, Patents etc.)
• Hands on experience in product engineering, design, and architecture and should be able to guide the team during pre-sales and execution.
• Flexible and willing to embrace change and contribute to a culture that promotes innovation
• Effective problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Excellent people management and leadership skills. Maintain high standards of work practices and ensure integrity, respect and confidentiality at all times.
• Ability to effectively communicate with various levels of employees ranging from entry level to Global Leadership.