Offshore Delivery Leader (Data & Analytics)

Gurgaon Hire; Pune District; Hybrid; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Gurgaon Hire is seeking a Senior Delivery Leader with 15+ years of IT delivery experience to drive data platforms and analytics programs for financial services clients.

You will lead large offshore delivery portfolios, manage multimillion-dollar programs and influence senior executives while ensuring governance, risk controls and client value.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of IT Delivery and Technology Services experience.
• 15+ years managing large offshore delivery organizations.
• Proven leadership of portfolios exceeding 200+ resources.
• Experience managing multimillion-dollar delivery portfolios.
• Strong Delivery Management and Program Leadership experience.
• Experience leading Data Engineering and Analytics programs.
• Strong commercial, financial and operational management capability.
• Experience managing Engineering Managers and PMO functions.
• Excellent stakeholder and executive communication skills.
• Strong people leadership and organizational management capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead large offshore delivery portfolios (>200 resources).
• Oversee multimillion-dollar delivery programs and drive outcomes.
• Engage Engineering Managers, Architects and senior technical stakeholders to align strategy and execution.
• Collaborate across business, delivery and engineering teams to ensure client value and risk management.

Skills

Delivery Management

Program Leadership

Data Engineering

Analytics Programs

Stakeholder Communication

People Leadership

PMO

Executive Influence

Delivery Portfolio

Tools

Databricks

Azure Data Platform

Data Warehousing

Lakehouse Architectures

Job description

Required Skills & Experience

(Immediate Joiners preferred)

Essential

• 15+ years of IT Delivery and Technology Services experience.
• 15+ years managing large offshore delivery organizations.
• Proven leadership of portfolios exceeding 200+ resources.
• Experience managing multimillion-dollar delivery portfolios.
• Strong Delivery Management and Program Leadership experience.
• Experience leading Data Engineering and Analytics programs.
• Strong commercial, financial and operational management capability.
• Experience managing Engineering Managers and PMO functions.
• Excellent stakeholder and executive communication skills.
• Strong people leadership and organizational management capability.

Technical Background

Strong experience in one or more of:

• Databricks
• Data Engineering
• Data Platforms
• Cloud Data Transformation Programs
• Data Warehousing
• Lakehouse Architectures
• Azure Data Platform
• Modern Data & Analytics
• Data Governance
• AI/ML Data Platforms

Ability to engage credibly with Engineering Managers, Architects and senior technical stakeholders.

Industry Experience

• Financial Services and Banking experience highly desirable.
• Experience supporting large regulated enterprise environments.
• Understanding of governance, compliance and risk management frameworks within Financial Services.
• Experience working with large banks, insurance, wealth management or capital markets organisations preferred.

Leadership Attributes

• Strategic thinker with strong execution capability.
• Highly customer-focused and commercially minded.
• Strong ownership mentality and bias for action.
• Able to influence senior executives and drive decisions.
• Resilient under pressure and comfortable managing complex delivery environments.
• Strong collaborator across business, delivery and engineering teams.