SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT DIRECTOR

ALTEN India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured leadership development

International exposure

Cross-functional collaboration

Job summary

ALTEN INDIA in Bengaluru, India, is seeking a Software Development Project Director to deliver end-to-end governance for large-scale software development and digital transformation programs. You will own delivery performance, customer satisfaction, and financial outcomes while leading cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, multi-client environment.

Reporting to the Technical Director, you will drive program governance, SLA/KPI adherence, risk management, and strategic collaborations with

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years IT/software delivery experience.
• 5+ years leading large-scale programs or delivery organizations.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary teams of 50+ FTEs; 80-120+ FTE delivery orgs preferred.
• Experience in software delivery across SDLC, Agile/SAFe, DevOps, cloud, modernization, or IT infra programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex software development and IT modernization programs, ensuring quality, budget, timelines, and contractual commitments.
• Validate delivery plans, resource strategy, commercial assumptions, and project commitments with project and delivery managers.
• Oversee program governance through executive steering committees, delivery reviews, and performance dashboards.
• Drive SLA/KPI adherence, delivery excellence, continuous improvement, and corrective action plans.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks, dependencies, and escalations across delivery workstreams.
• Own financial management including budget tracking, profitability, margin protection, forecasting, cost optimization, and change governance.
• Lead and govern large delivery organizations of 80-120+ FTEs, including developers, architects, testers, DevOps engineers, PMs, and tech leads.
• Staffing strategy, recruitment, onboarding, pyramid shaping, capability development, and succession planning.
• Coach Project Managers, Delivery Managers, Scrum Masters, and technical leaders to build delivery leadership capability.
• Act as senior client interface for delivery governance, executive communication, issue resolution, and long-term relationships.
• Support RFP/RFQ responses, bid proposals, solution shaping, estimation validation, and commercial reviews.
• Identify delivery-led expansion opportunities and support customer roadmap discussions.
• Provide strategic oversight for technical delivery decisions on cloud migration, legacy modernization, application maintenance, and digital transformation.
• Drive standardized delivery practices, governance models, and reusable delivery assets across Structured Projects Division.

Skills

Program governance

Financial acumen

P&L management

Offshore-onsite delivery

Agile/SAFe & DevOps

Executive communication

Complex multi-client environments

Leadership of large teams

Education

Master’s degree in computer science/engineering

Job description

Role Overview

Reporting to the Technical Director, the Software Development Project Director will provide end-to-end delivery governance for large-scale software development and digital transformation programs. The role will own delivery performance, customer satisfaction, financial outcomes, risk management, and leadership of large cross-functional delivery teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Delivery & Continuous Improvement
• Lead and govern end-to-end delivery of complex software development and IT modernization programs, ensuring adherence to quality, budget, timeline, and contractual commitments.
• Validate delivery plans, resource strategy, commercial assumptions, and project commitments in collaboration with project and delivery managers.
• Oversee program governance through executive steering committees, delivery reviews, and performance dashboards.
• Drive SLA/KPI adherence, delivery excellence, continuous improvement, and corrective action plans where required.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate program risks, dependencies, and escalations across delivery workstreams.
• Own financial management including budget tracking, profitability, margin protection, forecasting, cost optimization, and change request governance.
• Team Leadership & Stakeholder Management
• Lead and govern large-scale delivery organizations of 80-120+ FTEs, including developers, architects, testers, DevOps engineers, project managers, and technical leads.
• Drive alignment between client business objectives, delivery roadmap, solution strategy, and committed outcomes.
• Participate in staffing strategy, recruitment, onboarding, pyramid shaping, capability development, and succession planning.
• Build delivery leadership capability by coaching Project Managers, Delivery Managers, Scrum Masters, and technical leaders.
• Act as the senior client interface for delivery governance, executive communication, issue resolution, and long-term relationship management.
• Strategic Contributions
• Support RFP/RFQ responses, bid proposals, solution shaping, estimation validation, and commercial reviews.
• Contribute to account growth by identifying delivery-led expansion opportunities and supporting customer roadmap discussions.
• Provide strategic oversight for technical delivery decisions on complex programs such as cloud migration, legacy modernization, application maintenance, and digital transformation.
• Drive standardized delivery practices, governance models, and reusable delivery assets across the Structured Projects Division.

Education

• Master’s degree in computer science, Engineering, or equivalent.

Profile & Qualifications

• 12-15+ years of overall IT/software delivery experience, including 5+ years leading large-scale programs or delivery organizations.
• Proven experience managing multi-disciplinary teams of 50+ FTEs; experience with 80-120+ FTE delivery organizations preferred.
• Experience in software development delivery across SDLC, Agile/SAFe, DevOps, cloud, application modernization, or IT infrastructure programs.

Skills

• Strong program governance, financial acumen, contract management, and P&L/margin management capability.
• Experience with offshore-onsite/global delivery models and large stakeholder ecosystems.
• Strong understanding of Agile/SAFe, DevOps, ITIL, CI/CD, software architecture, microservices, and APIs.
• Excellent executive communication, customer escalation management, risk management, and decision-making skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, complex, multi-client or multi-program environments.

Preferred / Nice To Have

• Certifications such as PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, SAFe Agilist/SPC, or ITIL Foundation/Managing Professional.
• Experience in regulated or engineering-intensive industries such as aerospace, defense, automotive, industrial manufacturing, or energy.
• Experience in Engineering Services, Product Engineering, or Digital Transformation programs.

Success Measures

• On-time, on-budget delivery and milestone adherence
• SLA/KPI compliance and delivery quality
• Customer satisfaction and executive stakeholder confidence
• Gross margin achievement, profitability, and forecast accuracy
• Resource utilization, attrition control, and capability development
• Account growth contribution and successful delivery-led expansion

Why Join ALTEN INDIA?

• Lead strategic digital transformation programs with industry leaders.
• Work within ALTEN’s growing Structured Projects Division with strong executive sponsorship.
• Access modern delivery methodologies, governance practices, and project management toolsets.
• Benefit from structured leadership development, international exposure, and cross-functional collaboration.