Engineering / Delivery Manager

DataArtha Solutions; Ernakulam; Hybrid; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

DataArtha Solutions in Kochi is seeking an experienced Engineering Delivery Leader to orchestrate multi-team, cross-functional programs and ensure production-readiness of end-to-end flows.

You will own delivery plans, forecast dependencies, and protect engineering standards while coordinating with product, architecture, QA, DevOps and vendors. The role demands hands-on ownership, transparent decision-making and strong leadership.

Qualifications

• Delivery of complex web/mobile/cloud products with fixed business deadlines.
• Engineering fluency across SDLC, testing, CI/CD, security and operations.
• Practical Agile leadership, forecasting and dependency management.
• Strong people management and difficult-conversation capability.
• Evidence-based status reporting and risk management.
• Experience coordinating internal teams and external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated delivery plan, capacity, milestones, dependencies and release forecast.
• Build cross-functional teams with clear goals, ownership and working agreements.
• Run planning, daily coordination, reviews, retrospectives and risk escalation.
• Track flow, quality, environment readiness and release evidence rather than activity alone.
• Coordinate product, architecture, engineering, QA, DevOps, security and business UAT.
• Manage recruitment, onboarding, performance, coaching and supplier delivery.
• Protect sustainable pace and resolve impediments quickly.
• Own release-governance and production-readiness reviews.

Skills

Delivery leadership

SDLC & CI/CD

Agile leadership

People management

Risk management

Stakeholder coordination

Job description

Create a predictable, quality-focused delivery system for Pulse. Plan and coordinate teams, remove constraints, protect engineering standards, manage dependencies and provide evidence that monthly end-to-end flows are production-ready.

Engineering Delivery India - Kochi preferred / hybrid 10-15 years in software delivery and engineering leadership Full-time

Reports To Product and Programme Director

Experience 10-15 years in software delivery and engineering leadership

Employment Full-time

Direct Reports Technical Leads and delivery team members

What you'll do and what you'll bring

Key Responsibilities

• Own integrated delivery plan, capacity, milestones, dependencies and release forecast
• Build cross-functional teams with clear goals, ownership and working agreements
• Run planning, daily coordination, reviews, retrospectives and risk escalation
• Track flow, quality, environment readiness and release evidence rather than activity alone
• Coordinate product, architecture, engineering, QA, DevOps, security and business UAT
• Manage recruitment, onboarding, performance, coaching and supplier delivery
• Protect sustainable pace and resolve impediments quickly
• Own release-governance and production-readiness reviews

Essential Qualifications & Skills

• Delivery of complex web/mobile/cloud products with fixed business deadlines
• Engineering fluency across SDLC, testing, CI/CD, security and operations
• Practical Agile leadership, forecasting and dependency management
• Strong people management and difficult-conversation capability
• Evidence-based status reporting and risk management
• Experience coordinating internal teams and external vendors

First Six Months

Expected outcomes

• Establish teams, ceremonies, dashboards, release calendar and decision paths
• Reach stable two-week delivery cadence with demonstrable increments
• Maintain transparent scope, dependency and risk forecast
• Complete readiness gates for security, performance, recovery and support
• Deliver pilot and production transition without unmanaged work

Accountability

Success measures

• Release predictability
• Lead time and blocked-work ageing
• Defect escape and rework
• Team health and retention

Good to Have

Preferred qualifications and behavioural fit

Preferred Qualifications

PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum or equivalent credentials Experience scaling from one to several product teams Retail, logistics or operational platform delivery

Behavioural Competencies

• Calm accountable leadership
• Systems-level planning
• Coaching and conflict resolution
• Transparent risk communication

Working Context

What to expect if you join

The role works in a cross-functional, documentation-first and architecture-led product environment. Candidates must be comfortable with hands-on ownership, transparent decisions, code/design review, automated quality controls and production accountability. The six-month MVP excludes unnecessary microservices, Kubernetes, speculative AI and other scope not approved through product governance.

Application evidence: CV, role-relevant portfolio or work sample where applicable, and concise examples showing personal contribution and measurable outcomes. Final compensation, work arrangement and joining date will be confirmed during the recruitment process. DataArtha Solutions is committed to fair, respectful and merit-based selection.