Director - Product Development

ADP Solutions; Chennai District; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 9,000,000; Full time

Job summary

ADP Solutions is seeking a Director - Product Development to drive the direction of our platform suite and own the overall design of products. You will manage several engineering teams and give hands-on guidance to shape future solutions for millions of users.

You will lead cross-functional groups, partner with product owners, PMs, and architects to build high-performance systems, and ensure timely delivery with quality. Strong leadership and communication are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS is mandatory, with strong analytical and technical foundations.
• 15 years of experience in engineering leadership roles, overseeing multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Own design and delivery of multiple platform areas.
• Manage multiple engineering teams including people leaders.
• Collaborate with project managers to ensure on-time, quality delivery.
• Define roadmaps with technical product owners.
• Guide architects and managers to build high-performance, scalable systems.
• Develop tech leadership and groom future leaders.
• Partner with leaders to shape future product design and solutions.

Skills

Leadership

Agile methodologies

Microservices

Java

C#

Python

JavaScript

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Relational databases

NoSQL databases

Job description

In ADP, were building the next generation of technologies. Our mission is simple: Create powerful solutions that are efficient, intuitive, beautiful, and responsive. As a Director - Product Development, you will be driving the direction of our revolutionary suite of products, owning the overall design of those products and managing groups of extremely talented and innovative engineers and engineering managers. Youll be a functional leader, providing hands-on guidance to shape the future design and solutions for millions of users.

What you'll do:

• Own design and manage delivery of multiple areas of the platform
• Managing multiple engineering teams that includes people leaders
• Work with project managers to help execute projects in time and with quality
• Work with technical product owners to define roadmaps
• Work with engineering managers and architects with a particular emphasis on building high performance teams and provide guidance on day-to-day issues
• Build tech leadership and groom future leaders
• Working with other leaders to help shape future design and solutions.

Qualifications you'll need:

• Education: Bachelors degree (Mandatory) preferably in Computer Science with 15 years experience.
• Experience:
• Experience in leading and managing multiple engineering teams including first line engineering managers
• Demonstrates a high level of ownership and a passion for building highly scalable software products
• Proven track record in project management that includes planning, tracking, managing priorities, setting expectations, process/risk/issue management and delivering commitments with focus on quality and process adherence
• Successfully delivered highly technical products and solutions
• Ability to create a clear, concise presentation of findings, and effectively present to any level of the organization
• Experience working with stakeholders -- product owners & business
• Fully familiar with agile and has relevant experience in it
• Prior experience with micro-services architecture concepts and best practices
• Prior experience in delivering large-scale high-performance systems
• Progressed through increasingly senior roles in development/ engineering
• Hands on experience in one or more programming languages like java, c#, ruby, python, JavaScript and with relational and non-relational databases.
• Experience researching relevant industry trends, usage analytics, competitive pressures and applying to product strategy & roadmap
• Self-driven, passionate and a high bias for action
• Excellent communication, collaboration, negotiation, conflict management and teamwork skills

Bonus points if you have these:

• Leadership: not only at the management level, but at the individual level -- having the confidence and resilience to take risks -- be self-empowered
• Communication: Ability to communicate complex concepts to the Executive Committee as well as deep technical discussions with the Architecture/Development community.
• Research: an inclination to continuous research inside and outside the current focus fields .