DLH IT Senior Manager - Engineering (India)
Department: IT
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Pune
Description
The Director of Engineering – India is accountable for building, leading, and scaling a mature engineering organisation in Pune. The role combines senior people leadership, technical authority, delivery accountability, and global stakeholder influence. This position establishes India as a Centre of Excellence for modern, AI-augmented, Microsoft-based engineering while ensuring regulatory compliance (HIPAA, SOC 2) and delivery predictability.
Key Responsibilities
Engineering Organisation & Leadership
- Build and scale engineering capability across software development, QA, platforms, integration, and support
- Lead engineering managers, architects, and senior technologists; build leadership bench and succession
- Define career frameworks, skills progression, performance expectations, and learning pathways
- Foster a high-trust, high-accountability culture aligned with global values rooted in creative problem solving and innovation
Global Delivery & Governance
- Own predictable delivery across multiple product and application streams serving US and UK markets
- Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, and Delivery leaders as well as business partners to align roadmaps and execution to priority and cost-benefit
- Ensure adherence to SDLC, change control, audit readiness, and operational excellence standards
- Technical & Architecture Stewardship (Microsoft Stack)
- Provide senior oversight across Visual Studio, .NET (Framework/Core), C#, SQL Server, WCF, SSRS, SSIS, REST/SOAP APIs
- Guide modernization strategy including API evolution, cloud readiness, microservices architecture and technical debt reduction
- Ensure high standards for secure coding, performance, scalability, maintainability, and observability
AI-Oriented & Modern Engineering
- Champion AI-augmented development practices, automation, and DevOps maturity
- Partner on responsible AI adoption aligned with security, risk, and compliance expectations
- Drive productivity, quality, and throughput improvements using engineering metrics
Stakeholder, Presales & Executive Engagement
- Act as senior technical authority in presales and client conversations
- Represent India engineering capability to executive and client stakeholders
- Influence global engineering strategy and operating model evolution
Skills, Knowledge & Expertise
Experience & Qualifications
- 18+ years total engineering experience with significant hands-on background
- 10+ years leading managers and senior engineering leaders
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science (Master’s preferred)
- Experience operating in regulated, enterprise software environments
Success Measures
- Predictable delivery across portfolios
- Engineering quality, stability, and compliance
- Leadership depth and talent retention
- Stakeholder confidence across regions
