VP, Tech Lead

PFI Innovation Centre India; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

PFI Innovation Centre India is seeking a senior technology leader to build and scale a platform engineering organization across corporate functions. You will drive reliability, security, and governance while partnering with global teams to deliver measurable business outcomes.

You will bring deep cloud, DevOps, and risk-management expertise, mentor engineers, and lead transformation in a fast-growing center dedicated to financial security and customer impact.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of technology leadership experience.
• Experience operating within Global Capability Center or offshore delivery models.
• Proven track record of hiring and leading high-performing teams.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a new platform engineering team for corporate function technologies.
• Translate strategic priorities into execution and scalable engineering practices.
• Ensure platform reliability, security, and regulatory compliance across geographies.
• Partner with business leaders and tech teams to deliver roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Establish governance, risk, and compliance with focus on data privacy and security.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud

DevOps

SRE

Agile

Vendor management

Stakeholder management

Data privacy

Information security

Change leadership

Education

B.E./B.Tech in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

PFI Innovation Centre India is an exciting new innovation center. We’re building a future that helps people live better lives longer – and we’re looking for bold thinkers and team players to help us do it.

Here, you’ll tackle complex challenges, collaborate with brilliant minds across the globe, and grow your career while helping millions achieve financial security.

a Purpose Driven Company – 150 Years

While the PFI Innovation Centre brand is new to India, you’ll be a part of the Prudential Financial, Inc. family. Founded in Newark, NJ, we serve 50 million customers across more than 50 countries. With $1.334 trillion in assets, we’re a global leader in institutional asset management. The 2nd largest life insurer in the US and the 9th largest institutional global asset manager.

At the PFI Innovation Centre India, you’ll find high-performance culture that’s flexible, collaborative, and grounded in respect. We engage with candor, take calibrated risks, and hold ourselves accountable – always focused on delivering for our customers. It’s the standard we choose every day as we grow, perform, and win as one team. We offer valuable leadership, mentoring and learning opportunities, paired with flexibility and support to help you thrive.

Whether you’re just starting out or ready to take your next step, we’ll help you grow with purpose and do the best work of your career.

What You Will Do

As the Corporate Function Technology Vice President in Global Technology, you won't just manage a team; you'll build one. You will establish and lead a new platform engineering team supporting a diverse portfolio of corporate function technologies across Human Resources, Corporate Real Estate, Global Security, Communications, Privacy, Financial Crimes, and Records Management. You will be responsible for building the team, engineering culture, operating model, and delivery practices that drive platform reliability, operational excellence, and business outcomes.

Working closely with the Business Technology Officer, business leaders, and technology partners across geographies, you will translate strategic priorities into execution, establish scalable engineering and governance practices, manage vendor and delivery partnerships, and ensure platforms meet the risk, security, and regulatory expectations of a global financial services organization. As a member of the Corporate Function Technology leadership team, you will help shape the growth of a new Global Capability Center while building trusted relationships and developing high-performing talent.

In addition to deep technical expertise and experience, you will bring excellent problem solving, communication and teamwork skills, along with agile ways of working, strong business insight, an inclusive leadership attitude and a continuous learning focus to all that you do.

What You Can Expect

• Build and scale a high-performing platform engineering organization within Prudential's new Innovation Hub, establishing the culture, talent strategy, delivery model, and engineering practices that will support long-term growth and success.
• Lead the delivery, reliability, security, support, and continuous improvement of a portfolio of technologies supporting Human Resources, Corporate Real Estate, Global Security, Communications, Privacy, Financial Crimes, and Records Management.
• Establish and oversee platform operations, including application lifecycle management, release management, environment management, monitoring, operational support, and service resiliency.
• Partner closely with business leaders, product owners, architects, and technology teams across the U.S. and India to translate strategic priorities into executable roadmaps, operational excellence, and measurable business outcomes.
• Establish modern engineering practices, governance frameworks, quality standards, and risk management processes appropriate for a global, highly regulated financial services organization, including testing, incident management, production readiness, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement.
• Drive platform modernization, automation, resiliency, and operational excellence through cloud-native technologies, DevOps practices, observability, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure effective security and access management practices while maintaining compliance with regulatory, audit, data privacy, and information security requirements.
• Build trusted relationships across business, technology, and vendor ecosystems, providing leadership across service providers, delivery partners, and distributed teams.
• Develop and mentor technology leaders and engineers, fostering a culture of accountability, knowledge sharing, cross-training, inclusion, collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Help shape the growth and success of the PFI Innovation Hub by bringing local market insights, leadership experience, and a builder's mindset to a fast‑growing organization.

The Skills And Expertise You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8-10+ years of technology leadership experience, including 4+ years leading engineering, platform, or delivery teams.
• Experience operating within a Global Capability Center, shared services, or offshore delivery model, including building, scaling, or transforming teams.
• Proven track record of hiring, developing, and leading high-performing teams.
• Strong executive presence and communication skills, with the ability to influence and translate complex technical concepts for business and technology audiences.
• Experience supporting enterprise corporate functions such as Human Resources, Security, Communications, Real Estate, Privacy, Compliance, or Financial Crimes.
• Deep understanding of platform engineering, including application architecture, cloud technologies, integration patterns, DevOps, SRE, and agile delivery practices.
• Experience managing strategic vendors, third-party relationships, and associated risk.
• Knowledge of governance, risk, compliance, information security, and data privacy requirements within financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with success leading across global, matrixed organizations and navigating complex organizational dynamics.
• Demonstrated change leadership, including the ability to build new capabilities, establish processes, and drive transformation in evolving environments.
• Strong business acumen, problem‑solving ability, collaboration skills, and a commitment to continuous learning and innovation.
• Lead and effectively leverage diverse ideas, experiences, thoughts, and perspectives to the benefit of the organization.