Senior Vice President Commercial Banking-IT Delivery​/Engineering

Location:

India – Mumbai
Role:
EVP/SVP– Engineering & Delivery Head (Trade Finance Platforms)

Experience:

23+ Years

Role Overview
We are hiring a  senior engineering and delivery leader  to build and scale  next-generation Trade Finance and Supply Chain Finance platforms . The role requires a  hands-on technology leader  with a strong track record in  enterprise product engineering, large-scale delivery, and modernization programs across global banks .
This mandate sits at the intersection of  technology + product + global delivery . The leader will anchor the platform roadmap, engineering excellence, modernization, and predictable high-quality delivery across Tier-1 banking clients.

Key Responsibilities
1. Engineering & Architecture Leadership
Lead and mentor large high-performing engineering teams across Backend, Frontend, Dev Ops, QA, SRE, Data & Cloud.
Review and guide architecture decisions, high-risk code areas, and performance bottlenecks.
Institutionalize engineering excellence — clean code, Dev Sec Ops , SRE, observability, performance, scalability, and VAPT.
2. Product & Platform Ownership
Own the technology roadmap for the Trade Finance stack —  SCF, LC/BG, Documentary Collections, Open Account, Trade Operations, and Digital Trade Ecosystems .
Architect microservices-based, event-driven, API-first platforms designed for configurability and scale.
Build solutions adhering to strict  risk, compliance, and security  benchmarks of global banks.
3. Delivery Governance & Client Success
End-to-end delivery responsibility across multiple programs and global markets.
Define predictable delivery governance — release cadence, velocity, throughput, defect density, and production stability.
Act as a senior delivery escalation and decision-making authority with CXO/client leadership.
4. Platform Modernization & Transformation
Lead migrations from legacy Trade core systems to  cloud-native microservices and containerized deployments .
Deep experience in  core banking, lending, payments, SWIFT connectivity, and trade document workflows .
Re-engineer flows to improve STP, digitization, operational efficiency, and integration readiness.
5. AI-Enabled Engineering & Productivity
Implement  GenAI-enabled engineering frameworks  (Copilot, Cursor, Tabnine, ChatGPT etc.) to accelerate development and automation.
Promote AI-assisted testing, documentation, code reviews, and regression.
Integrate  ML/AI models  for anomaly detection, compliance validation, invoice risk evaluation, automated underwriting, and supply-chain risk scoring.

Qualifications & Experience
23+ years in product engineering , with  10+ years leading large technology and delivery organizations in BFSI / Trade Finance .
Demonstrated success building  mission-critical, scalable, low-latency banking platforms .
Deep hands-on experience in  Java + microservices + distributed systems . Exposure to Python/C++ preferred.
Proven platform modernization experience — cloud, Kubernetes/Docker, streaming (Kafka/Pulsar), event sourcing.
Strong domain depth in  Trade Finance, SCF, Open Account, LC/BG, Payments & Transaction Banking .
Managed engineering ecosystems  directly or through matrix org structures .
Strong stakeholder management with  Product, Business, Risk, Operations & Global Client Leaders .
Leadership Attributes
High-ownership execution leader with  predictable delivery and strong rigor .
Ability to  scale teams, processes and platforms during rapid growth and transformation .
Operates with  urgency, hands-on problem solving and extreme accountability .
Clear, transparent communicator who builds trust and alignment across global teams.