AI-Driven SDLC Performance & Insights Leader

Willis Towers Watson; Taguig; On-site; PHP 3,000,000 - 5,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Willis Towers Watson in Manila is seeking a senior leader to establish performance and measurement infrastructure enabling AI-native development. You will partner with transformation, engineering, and operations to embed standards, metrics, and insights into daily delivery as the organization scales its transformation.

The role emphasizes governance of metrics, adoption of agentic development models, and fluency with SDLC, CI/CD, and DevOps, with global leadership integration and impactful

Qualifications

• 10+ years in software delivery or product development, with 5+ years in a leadership role in a global delivery environment
• Deep working understanding of agentic development models and AI tooling (GitHub Copilot, MS Copilot, and Claude); able to lead adoption as an operational and change management initiative
• Strong working knowledge of SDLC, Agile delivery, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and DevOps practices
• Fluency with DORA metrics and AI-era development measurement, able to interpret, govern, and act on delivery signals in a transformation context
• Proven stakeholder management across engineering, business, and senior leadership audiences; strong communicator with leadership presence
• Cultural fluency and demonstrated ability to seamlessly integrate with a global leadership organization
• Bachelor's degree in Technology, Business, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. An advanced degree in Business Administration, Organizational Leadership, or Technology Management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Build and operationalize an enterprise AI SDLC performance & insights program in partnership with Transformation leads, encompassing AI-native software development lifecycle standards, deployment guardrails, quality gates and operational readiness practices across the full Product & Technology (P&T) ecosystem.
• Establish and maintain engineering performance measurement across the software delivery lifecycle, with fluency in industry-standard DORA metrics and AI-era indicators spanning adoption depth, delivery health, and business outcomes.
• Translate metrics targets into actionable standards and controls.
• Evolve how the team acts on performance signals, establishing clear response frameworks that distinguish issues requiring leadership attention from those to track over time.
• Own the measurement governance lifecycle: metric definition, data sourcing, reporting cadence, threshold-setting, and periodic framework review to ensure relevance as the program scales.
• Champion change management for the continuation and acceleration of agentic development adoption, translating AI-forward strategy into practical workforce and operational impact across teams.
• Utilize AI tooling to effectively perform day-to-day responsibilities.

Skills

AI tooling

Leadership

SDLC

DORA metrics

DevOps

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

GitHub Copilot

MS Copilot

Claude

Job description

Willis Towers Watson in Manila is seeking a senior leader to establish performance and measurement infrastructure enabling AI-native development. You will partner with transformation, engineering, and operations to embed standards, metrics, and insights into daily delivery as the organization scales its transformation.

The role emphasizes governance of metrics, adoption of agentic development models, and fluency with SDLC, CI/CD, and DevOps, with global leadership integration and impactful