Sr. Manager - BFSI, Field Engineering

Lever, Inc.; India; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Leadership role

BFSI engagement

Team growth

AI/cloud exposure

Coaching

Cross-functional work

Benefits package

Innovation culture

Job summary

Lever, Inc. is seeking a Sr. Manager - BFSI, Field Engineering based in India to lead a high-performance team of Solutions Architects serving strategic banking, financial services, and insurance customers.

You will shape a growing pre-sales organization, mentor engineers, collaborate with sales, and translate complex data and AI concepts into business value for senior stakeholders across India.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in pre-sales or technical leadership roles managing technical teams.
• Experience leading Solutions Architects, data professionals, cloud specialists, or SaaS experts.
• Experience with strategic BFSI accounts and large-scale deployments.
• Expertise in data engineering, data warehousing, ML/data science.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a Field Engineering and Solutions Architecture team focused on BFSI customers.
• Lead a customer-centric culture with teamwork, technical excellence, and development.
• Coach and mentor architects to understand customer needs and drive opportunities.
• Partner with sales to develop solution- and value-based approaches with measurable outcomes.
• Engage with senior stakeholders to communicate data and AI strategies and priorities.
• Allocate resources across opportunities to maximize impact of pre-sales engagement.
• Drive growth across strategic accounts by identifying revenue opportunities.
• Collaborate with marketing and sales to strengthen market presence in India.
• Represent Field Engineering perspectives in broader strategy and planning.
• Lead teams across in-person and remote environments with clear objectives.

Skills

Pre-sales leadership

Team leadership

BFSI domain

Big data architectures

Data/AI platforms

Executive communication

Tools

Apache Spark

Job description

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Sr. Manager - BFSI, Field Engineering based in India.

As a senior leader in Field Engineering, you will build and lead a high-performing team of Solutions Architects serving strategic Banking, Financial Services, and Insurance customers across India. You will help shape the expansion of a rapidly growing technical pre-sales organization while maintaining a strong focus on customer value and business outcomes. The role combines people leadership, enterprise architecture, strategic account engagement, and sales partnership. You will work closely with senior customer stakeholders to position data, AI, cloud, and analytics solutions around their most important business priorities. You will coach technical teams, strengthen collaboration across sales and pre-sales, and help scale repeatable approaches to customer engagement. This is an opportunity to influence both team growth and the adoption of modern data and AI solutions across major financial-services organizations.

Accountabilities

• Build, hire, and scale a high-caliber Field Engineering and Solutions Architecture team focused on strategic BFSI customers.

• Develop a collaborative, customer-focused culture that supports strong teamwork, technical excellence, and continuous development.

• Coach and mentor Solutions Architects, helping them understand customer business needs, identify opportunities, and contribute effectively throughout the sales cycle.

• Partner with sales leadership to develop solution- and value-based approaches that demonstrate measurable business outcomes.

• Engage with C-suite and senior stakeholders at strategic banking and financial-services organizations to establish credibility, understand priorities, and communicate relevant data and AI strategies.

• Support the effective allocation of Solutions Architect resources across sales opportunities and improve the overall impact of technical pre-sales engagement.

• Help drive growth across strategic accounts by identifying customer needs, revenue opportunities, and opportunities for broader solution adoption.

• Partner with Marketing and Sales to strengthen the organization's presence and technical reputation within the Indian market.

• Represent the perspectives, priorities, and lessons learned from the Field Engineering organization in broader planning and strategic initiatives.

• Lead teams operating across both in-person and remote environments while maintaining clear objectives, strong communication, and consistent execution.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in pre-sales, consulting, customer-facing technical leadership, or comparable managerial roles involving the development and management of technical teams.

• Proven experience building and leading teams of Solutions Architects, data professionals, cloud specialists, or SaaS technical experts.

• Experience working with strategic Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, or digital-enterprise accounts, ideally involving large-scale commercial relationships.

• 6+ years of experience with big data architectures spanning areas such as data engineering, data warehousing, machine learning, and data science.

• Strong understanding of data-driven decision-making, AI technologies, cloud software models, and modern enterprise data platforms.

• Familiarity with Apache Spark and modern data and AI platform ecosystems.

• Demonstrated ability to scale, coach, and develop technical teams across hybrid, remote, and in-person working environments.

• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, presentation, and relationship-building capabilities.

• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business value for senior and non-technical stakeholders.

• Strong commercial awareness and the ability to connect technical solutions with customer priorities and revenue opportunities.

• A collaborative leadership style, strong customer orientation, and enthusiasm for working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Benefits

• Leadership opportunity within a rapidly expanding Data & AI field-engineering organization.

• Direct engagement with strategic BFSI customers and senior enterprise stakeholders.

• Opportunity to build and scale a technical pre-sales team in India.

• Exposure to large-scale data, AI, cloud, and analytics transformation initiatives.

• Coaching and leadership opportunities across a team of experienced technical professionals.

• Collaboration with sales, marketing, product, engineering, and other cross-functional teams.

• Comprehensive benefits and perks aligned with the employment package for the region.

• Inclusive and collaborative work environment focused on innovation, professional development, and customer impact.

• Opportunity to contribute field insights to broader organizational strategy and product direction.

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