Head of Engineering – Technology, Delivery & Business Growth
Abel Techsoft Pvt Ltd
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Job summary
Abel Techsoft Pvt. Ltd. is seeking a strategic Head of Engineering to lead technology strategy, software delivery, and business growth initiatives.
This role requires hands-on leadership of cross-functional teams, governance, and multi-client engagements to deliver cloud-native, secure, scalable software solutions. The candidate will translate business objectives into engineering programs, drive AI integration, and oversee pre-sales activities to grow key accounts.
Qualifications
- Senior leadership with strong technical and business acumen.
- Proven track record in software delivery, architecture, and delivery governance.
- Experience leading multiple client engagements and cross-functional teams.
- Exposure to cloud-native, AI-enabled solutions and modern engineering practices.
- Ability to align technology strategy with business growth goals.
Responsibilities
- Lead engineering managers, architects, and delivery leads to build scalable teams.
- Define and execute technology strategy aligned with client requirements and growth goals.
- Oversee end-to-end software delivery, governance, and quality metrics.
- Drive technical pre-sales, solution architecture, and proposals for new opportunities.
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Manage budgets, resource planning, and delivery profitability.
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Job description
Abel Techsoft Pvt. Ltd. is seeking an experienced, strategic, and business-oriented Head of Engineering – Technology, Delivery & Business Growth to lead engineering operations, technology strategy, software delivery, and technical business growth initiatives.
This senior leadership position requires a strong combination of technical expertise, people management, delivery ownership, operational excellence, and commercial awareness.
The role involves managing cross-functional engineering teams, overseeing multiple client engagements, ensuring high-quality and cost-effective software delivery, strengthening client relationships, and contributing to business growth through technology consulting, solution engineering, and technical pre-sales.
The ideal candidate will be a hands-on technology leader capable of translating business objectives into scalable engineering solutions while building a high-performing, accountable, and growth-oriented engineering organization.
Lead, mentor, and develop engineering managers, architects, technical leads, software developers, QA engineers, and other technology professionals.
Build and scale high-performing engineering teams with clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and performance expectations.
Drive workforce planning, recruitment, capability development, performance management, and succession planning.
Establish engineering governance, technical standards, best practices, and a culture of ownership, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Define and execute technology strategies aligned with organizational goals, client requirements, and business growth objectives.
Lead solution architecture, technology evaluation, design reviews, and critical technical decisions.
Oversee the development of secure, scalable, maintainable, cloud-native, AI-enabled, and enterprise-grade software solutions.
Establish best practices across software development, DevOps, CI/CD, automated testing, security, application performance, and technical documentation.
Identify emerging technologies and opportunities for modernization, automation, AI integration, and engineering innovation.
Own end-to-end delivery of multiple software development, modernization, integration, maintenance, and managed technology services engagements.
Ensure projects are delivered within agreed scope, timelines, budgets, quality standards, and service-level commitments.
Oversee delivery planning, effort estimation, prioritization, resource allocation, execution, risk management, and stakeholder communication.
Establish delivery governance, project reporting, engineering metrics, and escalation management processes.
Improve delivery predictability, engineering productivity, software quality, resource utilization, and operational efficiency.
Drive effective adoption of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and other suitable software delivery methodologies.
Collaborate with business development and sales teams to identify, evaluate, and pursue new technology services opportunities.
Lead technical discovery sessions, solution discussions, feasibility assessments, architecture presentations, and pre-sales consultations.
Contribute to proposals, statements of work (SOW), technical estimations, resource plans, implementation roadmaps, and commercial discussions.
Identify opportunities for account expansion, cross-selling, upselling, and long-term client partnerships.
Develop reusable engineering capabilities, delivery frameworks, technical accelerators, and service offerings that support business growth.
Align engineering capacity, technical investments, and service delivery capabilities with organizational revenue and profitability goals.
Serve as a senior technology and delivery partner for strategic clients and key customer engagements.
Build and maintain relationships with clients, product teams, business stakeholders, and internal leadership.
Ensure alignment between business expectations, solution architecture, delivery commitments, and customer outcomes.
Lead technical discussions, project reviews, customer escalations, and delivery governance meetings.
Promote customer satisfaction, transparency, proactive communication, and long-term engagement.
Oversee engineering budgets, resource planning, team capacity, allocation, and utilization across client engagements.
Monitor delivery costs, project profitability, engineering productivity, and operational performance.
Improve utilization and efficiency without compromising quality, employee development, or customer commitments.
Establish measurable KPIs and regular performance reviews across teams and delivery portfolios.
Support strategic hiring, capability investments, technology planning, and operational forecasting.
Build a scalable, technically strong, accountable, and high-performing engineering organization.
Achieve consistent, predictable, and high-quality software delivery across multiple client engagements.
Improve engineering productivity, resource utilization, delivery efficiency, and project profitability.
Strengthen technology architecture, engineering governance, application security, and software quality.
Improve customer satisfaction, client retention, and successful delivery of strategic engagements.
Support new business acquisition and account growth through technical consulting, pre-sales, and solution engineering.
Accelerate the adoption of cloud-native technologies, AI integration, automation, and modern engineering practices.
Establish a culture of ownership, learning, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
Significant professional experience in software engineering, including demonstrated leadership experience in engineering management, technology delivery, or technical leadership roles.
Proven experience leading engineering teams, technical leads, architects, and cross-functional software development teams.
Demonstrated experience managing multiple concurrent software projects, client engagements, or technology service delivery portfolios.
Strong technical background in software development, system design, solution architecture, and enterprise application engineering.
Experience with end-to-end software delivery, including requirements analysis, technical estimation, planning, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
Experience in technology strategy, architectural decision-making, technical governance, and engineering process improvement.
Proven ability to manage project timelines, scope, resources, risks, customer expectations, and delivery commitments.
Experience with Agile software delivery practices, engineering performance metrics, and delivery governance.
Understanding of commercial aspects of technology delivery, including resource utilization, delivery costing, project budgets, and profitability.
Experience interacting directly with clients, senior stakeholders, and business leadership.
Software Engineering & Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Cloud Computing & Cloud-Native Application Development
DevOps, CI/CD & Release Management
Software Quality Engineering, Test Automation & Application Security
Database Design, Application Performance & Scalability
Software Project Management & Delivery Governance
Technical Estimation, Resource Planning & Risk Management
Digital Transformation & Application Modernization
Engineering Management & Technical Leadership
Strategic Planning & Technology Roadmap Development
Multi-Project Delivery & Operational Management
Client Relationship & Stakeholder Management
Technical Consulting & Solution Engineering
Business Development Support & Technical Pre-Sales
Problem-Solving, Analytical Thinking & Decision-Making
Communication, Presentation & Negotiation
Cross-Functional Collaboration & Conflict Resolution
Performance Management, Accountability & Continuous Improvement
Prior leadership experience in an IT services, technology consulting, software outsourcing, or multi-client software development organization.
Experience building, scaling, and managing engineering departments or multiple technology delivery teams.
Experience managing dedicated development teams, staff augmentation engagements, outsourced IT teams, or managed technology services.
Hands-on technical background in Microsoft technologies, particularly .NET, C#, ASP.NET Core, Microsoft Azure, and related enterprise application frameworks.
Exposure to modern frontend technologies, mobile application development, API ecosystems, and distributed systems.
Experience architecting or managing cloud-native, enterprise SaaS, AI-enabled, and digital transformation solutions.
Familiarity with Azure DevOps, GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, automated testing, observability, and software security practices.
Experience in technical pre-sales, proposal preparation, solution presentations, client acquisition, and strategic account expansion.
Experience managing international clients, distributed engineering teams, or cross-geographical delivery models.
Working knowledge of project profitability, resource utilization, delivery margins, and engineering financial management.
Professional certifications in Microsoft Azure, AWS, software architecture, Agile, Scrum, PMP, or related disciplines are advantageous.
Strong ownership mindset with accountability for engineering, delivery, and business outcomes.
Ability to balance hands-on technical understanding with strategic leadership and operational execution.
Customer-centric and commercially aware approach to technology decision-making.
Ability to manage ambiguity, competing priorities, delivery pressure, and complex stakeholder expectations.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to influence, mentor, negotiate, and build trusted relationships.
Proactive, adaptable, solution-oriented, and committed to continuous learning.
Demonstrated integrity, sound judgment, professional maturity, and a results-driven leadership approach.
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