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Delivery Manager - Engineering

Location
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Work mode
On-site
Employment type
Full-time
Salary
$0 – $0 / year

About the job

What You'll Do

About the Role We are seeking a seasoned Senior Consultant - Delivery Engineering Manager to lead our engineering teams within the Benefits & Protection - Business Owner Solutions IT Platform organization. This is an outstanding opportunity to advance engineering excellence, technology modernization, and pivotal initiatives across business-critical platforms.

Responsibilities Delivery & Execution Leadership

• Lead multiple cross-functional engineering teams delivering business-critical technology solutions.

  • Lead multiple cross-functional engineering teams delivering business-critical technology solutions.
  • Drive the implementation of central initiatives, product roadmaps, modernization programs, and operational excellence objectives.
  • Establish delivery governance, planning, prioritization, dependency management, release management, and risk mitigation practices.
  • Ensure predictable delivery outcomes aligned with business commitments and organizational goals.
  • Handle production support, operational health, service reliability, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Provide engineering leadership and technology oversight for assigned product and platform teams.

  • Provide engineering leadership and technology oversight for assigned product and platform teams.
  • Partner with architects and engineering leads to define and complete technology strategy and modernization initiatives.
  • Drive engineering excellence through established guidelines, automation, quality engineering, DevOps, security, and operational resiliency.
  • Support technical decision-making, architectural alignment, technical debt reduction, and platform simplification efforts.
  • Encourage an environment that values creativity, ongoing education, excellence, and responsibility.

• Lead the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices to boost development efficiency, delivery velocity, quality, and operational performance.

  • Lead the adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices to boost development efficiency, delivery velocity, quality, and operational performance.
  • Partner with engineering teams to identify, prioritize, and implement solutions powered by artificial intelligence that build measurable business impact.
  • Promote responsible use of AI technologies, ensuring compliance, security, governance, and risk management standards.
  • Drive innovation culture through experimentation, proof-of-concepts, hackathons, and emerging technology adoption.

• Establish and drive engineering efficiency and operational excellence metrics across teams.

  • Establish and drive engineering efficiency and operational excellence metrics across teams.
  • Apply Developer Experience (DX) and Engineering Excellence frameworks to increase developer efficiency, system reliability, quality, and delivery predictability.
  • Leverage engineering insights and platform metrics to identify bottlenecks, improve value stream flow, and increase team efficiency.
  • Drive adoption of data-driven decision making using engineering, delivery, quality, and operational benchmarks.
  • Promote automation-first approaches to reduce manual effort, improve scalability, and accelerate time-to-market.

• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop engineering talent across multiple teams.

  • Lead, coach, mentor, and develop engineering talent across multiple teams.
  • Drive employee engagement, retention, succession planning, and leadership development initiatives.
  • Build high-performing, inclusive teams passionate about collaboration, innovation, and customer outcomes.
  • Assist with recruitment, onboarding, workforce planning, and talent acquisition efforts.

• Own performance management processes including goal setting, development planning, talent assessments, and appraisal cycles.

  • Own performance management processes including goal setting, development planning, talent assessments, and appraisal cycles.
  • Conduct regular mentoring and career development discussions with team members.
  • Identify growth opportunities and build development plans aligned with organizational needs.
  • Recognize and reward performance while encouraging a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
  • Partner with Product Managers, Architects, Business Leaders, Operations, and Enterprise collaborators.
  • Provide regular updates on delivery status, risks, dependencies, and strategic priorities.
  • Influence decisions through data-driven insights, technical expertise, and strong business sense.
  • Align engineering projects with business goals and customer results.

Who You Are

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.

  • Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 10-14 years of technology industry experience with progressive responsibilities in software engineering, technology delivery, or engineering management.
  • 3+ years of people leadership experience leading engineering teams.
  • Experience leading multiple Agile delivery teams in a complex enterprise environment.
  • Proven experience managing performance reviews, talent development, goal setting, and employee mentoring.
  • Experience leading geographically distributed teams across multiple locations.
  • Experience assisting with location strategy, workforce planning, and organizational growth initiatives.
  • Experience presenting to senior leadership teams and portfolio governance forums.
  • Experience managing large-scale transformation or organizational change programs.
  • Solid grasp of Agile, Lean, DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Developer Experience (DX) principles.

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Additional Information

What Makes You a Standout Candidate

  • Thinks like an Engineering Leader and Technology Strategist, not a traditional project manager.
  • Uses AI, automation, and engineering insights to accelerate delivery and improve outcomes.
  • Drives measurable improvements in efficiency, quality, reliability, and business value.
  • Makes data-driven decisions using engineering metrics, delivery benchmarks, and business outcomes.
  • Balances technology strategy, engineering excellence, people leadership, and business priorities.
  • Builds a culture of innovation, continuous learning, accountability, and operational excellence.
  • Successfully translates technology investments into measurable customer and business impact.

From Principal Financial's careers page (Company careers page), checked 29 Oct 2026.

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Posted 23 Oct 2026 · checked 29 Oct 2026 · Report this job

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