Manager - Engineering

Davies Group; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,800,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Davies Group in Pune is seeking a Delivery Manager – Engineering to lead software delivery across multiple squads. You will oversee discovery to deployment, manage dependencies, risks, and drive the delivery roadmap with senior tech leads.

The role emphasizes governance, quality standards, and stakeholder transparency, enabling cross-functional teams, workshops, and go-live readiness while aligning with business goals.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in a senior delivery role.
• Proven delivery of complex software products or platforms.
• Experience delivering digital transformation programmes with Agile.

Responsibilities

• Delivery Planning & Execution: oversee end-to-end delivery from discovery to deployment.
• Stakeholder Communication & Transparency: provide clear progress, risks and priorities.
• Team Enablement & Facilitation: promote autonomous, high-performing teams and run workshops.
• Governance, Standards & Compliance: ensure quality, security and release readiness.
• Cross Team Coordination: align architects, engineers and product leaders on platform initiatives.

Skills

Senior delivery leadership

Agile delivery practices

Data-driven decision making

Facilitation and workshops

Stakeholder management

Delivery planning & execution

Cross-team coordination

Problem solving

Education

Degree in technology (preferable)

Job description

Manager - Engineering

Department: IT

Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time

Location: Pune

Reporting To: Abhinav Gupta

Description

The Delivery Manager is responsible for ensuring that milestones are clearly understood and documented, and software development teams deliver high quality products and enhancements efficiently, predictably, and sustainably, focusing on resolving business problems/goals. They remove obstacles, facilitate effective collaboration, and support teams in meeting their delivery commitments and delivering value.

Key Responsibilities

Delivery Planning & Execution
Oversee and facilitate the end-to-end delivery of software features, services, or platforms from discovery through deployment‑to‑end delivery of software features, services, or platforms from discovery through deployment. Track and manage dependencies, risks, and issues across squads and functions, feeding into central logs and steering board packs as required. Drive the delivery roadmap in partnership with Head of Products and Technical Leads.

Stakeholder Communication & Transparency
Provide clear, consistent communication on progress, risks, and priorities. Support product and engineering leaders with data driven forecasting. Ensure that stakeholders have full visibility without disrupting team focus.

Team Enablement & Facilitation
Cultivate strong, autonomous, high performing teams by promoting good delivery practices. Facilitate workshops, and collaborative planning sessions. Remove impediments that block progress to the delivery of core programme milestones —both within the team and at organisational level. Facilitate and coordinate multiple streams across IT and business functions, including preparation of ‘go-live’ and support of hyper care

Governance, Standards & Compliance
Support PMO and senior leaders with creation of steering board presentations Ensure teams follow organisational quality, security, and delivery standards. Support coordination around audits, compliance checks, and release readiness activities.

Cross Team Coordination‑Team Coordination
Assist with managing cross team dependencies and facilitate alignment across multiple squads. Partner with architects, engineers, and product leaders to coordinate platform‑wide initiatives.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• At least 5 years’ experience in a senior delivery role.
• Preferable degree in technology but not essential if experience criteria is met
• Proven experience delivering complex software products or platforms.
• Proven experience in delivering complex digital transformation programmes in using Agile principles
• Strong understanding of agile, lean, and flow-based delivery practices
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to analyse data and use metrics to guide decisions.
• Skilled facilitator able to lead discussions, workshops, and ceremonies.