VP, Development, Life Projects

Sapiens International; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 3,000,000 - 5,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Sapiens International is seeking a VP Developement to lead the Life Delivery engineering efforts from our Bangalore team. The role spans Architects, Engineering Managers, Technical Leads, and developers, overseeing customer implementations, SaaS migrations, and support programs.

The candidate will drive strategy, governance, and enterprise-wide adoption of AI-augmented engineering practices, while ensuring high-quality delivery across global Life products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; 20+ years of software engineering experience
• 8+ years in senior engineering leadership roles (VP/Director) managing large, global, multi-site teams
• Proven experience scaling AI usage in engineering, AI-assisted coding, automated unit testing, and release processes
• Experience in insurance/financial services or other regulated enterprise software domains is strongly preferred

Responsibilities

• Define strategy, vision, and multi-year engineering roadmap across Life delivery projects
• Build and scale a global, multi-site engineering organization
• Own governance framework for development on Life projects with standards, metrics, and KPIs
• Champion Agile, SAFE and iterative delivery practices across the organization
• Define enterprise-wide adoption of AI-augmented engineering practices
• Drive engineering excellence: coding standards, design patterns, debt reduction, non-functional requirements
• Build capability through hiring, org design, career pathing, and leadership development
• Drive continuous improvement in engineering culture and practices

Skills

Executive leadership

AI in engineering

Agile & SAFE

Software architecture

Global team leadership

Strategic planning

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in CS/Engineering

Tools

SQL

Relational databases

Job description

Sapiens is on the lookout for a VP Developement to become a key player in our Bangalore team. If you're a seasoned Executive and ready to take your career to new heights with an established, globally successful company, this role could be the perfect fit.

Working Model:Our flexible work arrangement combines both remote and in-office work, optimizing flexibility and productivity.

The VP, Field Development, Life Delivery owns the vision, strategy, and execution of engineering delivery across the complex, high-performance, enterprise-scale projects based on Sapiens' global Life product suite. The role spans the global organization of Architects, Engineering Managers, Technical Leads, and developers embedded in customer implementation, SaaS migration and SaaS support programs. The owner sets enterprise-wide delivery engineering standards and governance, and partners with delivery leadership to enhance engineering quality across the insurance platform. The role combines strategic leadership, organizational and budget ownership, process and AI-led automation modernization, of field development engineering to scale a high-performing, accountable global field development function.

Key Responsibilities

Define and own the strategy, vision, and multi-year roadmap across engineering for all Life delivery projects.

Build, lead, and scale a global, multi-site engineering organization, including Technical Architects, Engineering Managers, Technical Leads, and developers.

Own the engineering governance framework for development on Life projects, including standards, policies, metrics, KPIs, and executive-level reporting on engineering status, risk, and release readiness across all Life products and releases.

Champion Agile, SAFE and iterative delivery practices across the delivery organization, ensuring engineering delivers in an iterative way and with high quality.

Define and govern enterprise-wide adoption of AI-augmented engineering practices, including AI-assisted code generation, defect and failure analysis, predictive development insights, and responsible-AI usage standards.

Drive engineering excellence across the delivery organization: coding standards, design patterns, code review discipline, technical debt reduction, non-functional requirements, and release governance.

Build organizational capability through hiring, org design, career pathing, succession planning, and development of Managers and future leaders.

Drive continuous improvement in engineering culture and practices.

Must Have Skills & Qualifications

Experience & Background

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, with 20+ years of software engineering experience, including 8+ years in senior engineering leadership (VP, Senior Director, or Head of Engineering) roles managing large, global, multi-site teams.

Proven experience leading scaled and skilled development organizations, across engineering for functional and non-functional engineering functions across multiple geographies.

Strong track record of building and scaling AI usage in engineering and design, AI-assisted coding, automated unit testing, documentation, and release agents.

Experience in insurance, financial services, healthcare or other complex, regulated enterprise software domains is strongly preferred.

Technical & Functional Skills

Deep technical grounding in Object-Oriented Programming, relational databases, design patterns, and system design fundamentals, with the credibility to engage at a hands-on level when needed.

Proven track record architecting, delivering, and owning complex, high-performance, enterprise-scale components and platforms.

Strong command of delivery engineering governance frameworks appropriate for enterprise-scale delivery.

Expert-level understanding of relational databases and SQL, enterprise integration layers, and performance-critical systems at scale.

Strong orientation toward performance optimization and reliability, including identifying and resolving bottlenecks across applications, databases, and integrations at an organizational level.

Executive-level communication and influencing skills, with the ability to represent engineering strategy, risk, and platform modernization progress clearly to senior leadership, clients, and the board when required.

Strong people-leadership capability, including building high-performing global engineering teams, mentoring senior technical leaders, and developing future engineering executives.

Clear, confident communicator in cross-functional and global environments, comfortable engaging directly with enterprise clients on strategic technical matters.

Demonstrated change-management and organizational-transformation experience, with the ability to align diverse global stakeholders around a shared technical vision.

Personal Attributes

Strategic technical leader with strong ownership and accountability for global engineering outcomes, platform health, and organizational scale.

Decisive under ambiguity, resilient under pressure, and comfortable balancing rigor, speed, and practicality across a large, global organization.

Change-oriented mindset with readiness to be hands-on when needed

About Sapiens

Sapiens is a global leader in the insurance industry, delivering its award-winning, cloud-based SaaS insurance platformto over 600 customers in more than 30 countries. Sapiens’ platform offers pre-integrated, low-code capabilities to accelerate customers’ digital transformation. With more than 40 years of industry expertise, Sapiens has a highly professional team of over 5,000 employees globally.

Sapiens is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment that embraces individuals from diverse backgrounds.

We Are

Sapiens International Corporation N.V. is a global leader of AI-centric, SaaS-based insurance software, delivering hyper-relevant experiences that are efficient, compliant, and innovative. With agile intelligence, Sapiens' solutions turn real-time data and human insight into precise action at every moment, across every risk.

The Sapiens platform includes agentic workflows accelerating every capability across policy, underwriting, claims, reinsurance, decisioning, and finance and compliance.

With more than 600 insurers in over 30 countries running on Sapiens, our deep industry expertise is the foundation of our long-term relationships, from initial implementation through to modernization and market transformation.

Sapiens is headquartered in London, serving customers in property and casualty, life, reinsurance, specialty, and workers’ compensation from offices across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia Pacific.

Your Recruitment Journey

We will keep you in the loop, as we focus on providing an inclusive screening and interview process. Each country has a local flavor, but here's what you can expect during our recruitment process:

Apply

Apply

Take the first step in our journey by submitting an application that reflects your skills, experiences, and professional aspirations.

1

Review

Review

Your CV will be carefully reviewed by our talent team to explore how your unique skills and potential align with Sapiens' needs and culture

2

Interview

Interview

This is your opportunity to shine! Meet with our team, showcase your abilities, and learn more about Sapiens

3

Offer

Offer

If there's a great match, we'll extend an offer to welcome you to our team. This is the exciting moment when your new journey begins to take shape

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Onboard

Onboard

Once you accept, we'll guide you through a comprehensive onboarding process, introducing you to your new colleagues, roles, and the exciting challenges ahead