Program Director-Banking

3 weeks ago

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Intellect Design Arena Ltd Full time

JD

Vice President – Tech Delivery (Payments & Transaction Banking)

Grade: VP

Experience:18+ years

Location: Chennai

Role Overview

As Vice President – Delivery, you will lead the technology delivery of large-scale, mission-critical payments and transaction banking platforms, with a strong focus on modern tech stacks (Java, Microservices, J2EE). You will drive technical execution excellence, architecture alignment, and delivery rigor across global transformation engagements. The role requires deep technical leadership combined with domain expertise in Payments, Cash Management, and Digital Banking.

Key Responsibilities

Technical & Program Leadership:

  • Lead the design, architecture, and end-to-end delivery of large tech programs in the payments and transaction banking space.
  • Drive engineering rigor across Java-based platforms, Microservices, APIs, and integrations.
  • Ensure scalability, reliability, and performance of platforms being delivered.

Program Management:

  • Oversee multi-stream programs, ensuring timelines, budgets, quality standards, and stakeholder alignment.
  • Implement strong program governance, risk mitigation frameworks, and cadence reviews.

Team Management:

  • Manage large cross-functional technology teams (developers, architects, QA, DevOps).
  • Drive performance, innovation, and a culture of engineering excellence.

Stakeholder Engagement:

  • Engage with C-level and senior stakeholders on architecture reviews, technical direction, and delivery roadmaps.
  • Act as the escalation point for key technology delivery issues.

Continuous Improvement & Best Practices:

  • Champion DevOps, Agile/Scrum, and modern engineering principles.
  • Lead initiatives around code quality, CI/CD, observability, and automation.

Core Areas of Expertise

  • Strong hands-on expertise in Java, Spring Boot, J2EE, Microservices architecture, and REST APIs
  • Proven delivery of enterprise-scale payment systems, transaction platforms, and cash/channel banking applications
  • Deep domain experience in digital payments, RTGS/NEFT, UPI, ISO20022, SWIFT, reconciliation systems
  • Deep understanding of platform engineering, systems integration, and regulatory compliance
  • Ability to scale large tech teams, drive modernization, and lead cloud-native transformations

Key Requirements

  • B.Tech in Computer Science or related field
  • 18+ years of progressive experience in product engineering, platform delivery, or fintech transformation
  • Strong technical background with hands-on or architectural exposure to Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Microservices, Kafka, cloud platforms
  • Demonstrated success in leading enterprise banking/payment system implementations
  • Proficient in Agile, DevOps, SAFe, and global delivery methodologies
  • Experience handling high-volume, low-latency, mission-critical systems
  • PMP/Prince2 certification preferred
  • Willingness to travel as required

Personal Attributes

  • Technically strong and detail-oriented with an engineering mindset
  • Strategic thinker with delivery discipline and executive presence
  • Excellent communicator with ability to engage CXO-level stakeholders
  • Proactive, result-driven, and comfortable working in high-stakes environments

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