Java - Associate Director

Iris Software; Dadri; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Iris Software in India, Dadri region, seeks an experienced Delivery Lead to oversee large, distributed IT delivery programs.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage client relationships including North America, and drive delivery excellence across SDLC with Java/Microservices tech stack. This role offers growth and exposure to global accounts in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 15–20 years of IT delivery experience.
• 4+ years in program or LoB management with large, geographically distributed teams.
• Experience setting up medium to large delivery teams (25+ people).
• Strong business communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience with multiple engagement models and pricing.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery engagements with North America clients.
• Define solutions and troubleshoot complex delivery issues.
• Manage project financials and cost estimation.
• Drive continuous improvement in delivery excellence and margins.

Skills

Java

Microservices

Project management

SDLC

CMMI

Stakeholder management

Cost estimation

Team leadership

Agile

Hybrid delivery

Tools

Jira

Maven

Jenkins

Oracle DB

Job description

Why Join Iris? Are you ready to do the best work of your career at one of India’s Top 25 Best Workplaces in IT industry? Do you want to grow in an award-winning culture that truly values your talent and ambitions? Join Iris Software — one of the fastest-growing IT services companies — where you own and shape your success story.

About Us At Iris Software, our vision is to be our client’s most trusted technology partner, and the first choice for the industry’s top professionals to realize their full potential.

With over 4,300 associates across India, U.S.A, and Canada, we help our enterprise clients thrive with technology-enabled transformation across financial services, healthcare, transportation & logistics, and professional services.

Our work covers complex, mission-critical applications with the latest technologies, such as high-value complex Application & Product Engineering, Data & Analytics, Cloud, DevOps, Data & MLOps, Quality Engineering, and Business Automation.

Working with Us

At Iris, every role is more than a job — it’s a launchpad for growth.

Our Employee Value Proposition, “Build Your Future. Own Your Journey.” reflects our belief that people thrive when they have ownership of their career and the right opportunities to shape it.

Job Description

15-20 years of experience in the IT industry in delivery roles; 4+ years on experience in program or LoB management with large, geographically distributed teams (onshore and offshore).

• Experience of setting up medium size delivery teams (25+ people) organized across one or more projects/ work streams.
• Tech stack Experience : Java, Microservices
• Project or Program management experience across the full SDLC lifecycle involving different methodologies like agile, iterative, waterfall and hybrid.
• Prior experience of managing delivery engagements with quality frameworks such as CMMI.
• Experience across service offerings (e.g. application development, maintenance, re[1]engineering, migration, etc.), different pricing models (fixed price, fixed capacity, time and material, client manage etc.) and engagement models (partner/ vendor managed, co-managed and client managed).
• Prior experience in managing demanding senior stakeholders with customers based out of North America.
• Must be consultative and solutions’ oriented; prior experience of structuring or defining solutions-oriented delivery engagements and troubleshooting critical delivery issues.
• Strong commercial acumen with high proficiency in effort/ cost estimation.
• Very strong business communication, negotiation and conflict management skills.
• Strong knowledge of project financials and IT services contracts.
• “Hands on” delivery leadership experience on complex/ high risk projects.
• Strong outcomes focused leadership skills with strong people focus.
• Demonstrated ability to drive change and continuous improvement journeys across delivery excellence and margin improvement.
• Prior experience of managing leads / PMs in a matrix organization.
• Flexibility to need based, short term overseas travel.

Delivery background of technology complex projects around Java & Microservices

Mandatory Competencies

• Programming Language - Java - Java 17 or latest
• Middleware - API Middleware - Microservices
• Programming Language - Java - Java Multithreading
• Programming Language - Java - OOPS Concepts
• Tech - Unit Testing
• Programming Language - Java - JPA
• Programming Language - Java - Design Principles + Design Patterns + Architecture Patterns
• Middleware - Java Middleware - Springboot
• Database - Oracle - Database Design
• Development Tools and Management - Development Tools and Management - Maven
• Middleware - Message Oriented Middleware - Messaging (JMS, ActiveMQ, RabitMQ, Kafka, SQS, ASB etc)

Perks and Benefits for Irisians

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