Lead- Application Development Delivery

We are seeking a Delivery Leader – Application Development to oversee end-to-end execution of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) for the custom application portfolio. This role is responsible for leading delivery teams and ensuring quality, efficiency, and consistency across all SDLC deliverables. The role holder collaborates closely with the Practice Leader – Application Development & Management to enhance deliverable quality, drive process improvements, and develop the team’s capabilities, ensuring alignment with business objectives and client needs.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic

• Delivery Excellence

Methodology Development

Ensure that all methodologies, processes and tools required for the successful delivery of services of Java and .Net services are developed and/or sourced as per best practices.

Process Improvement

Develop departmental roadmap to continually improve any processes for development, testing, and release, creation and maintenance of technical specifications, and other key processes related to application development and integration, and modernization.

Resource Productivity

Oversee the delivery unit’s activities and operations to ensure optimal productivity and timely delivery of projects

• Sales and Pre-Sales Support

Opportunity Identification

Support Pre-Sales teams in identifying opportunities for cross/up-sell across clients in collaboration with Product Management team and help Sales teams in converting them.

Proposal Support

Provie technical expertise in preparation of proposals, ensuring that Malomatia capabilities are accurately represented to meet client needs.

• Tender Management Support

Strategic Evaluation

determining the strategic fit and feasibility of RFP and Tenders’ purist.

Resource Estimation

estimate resource requirements for potential tenders.

Operational

• Delivery Management

Technical Leadership

Provide strategic guidance and technical oversight to teams ensuring alignment with project objectives.

SDLC Oversight

Oversee the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including estimating requirements application development, testing, implementation, client follow up, support and governance.

Issues Resolution

First line of escalation for Project Managers. Provide ad-hoc technical and functional support required for technical decision processes, resource allocation and capacity planning

Capability Development

Capability Development Ownership

Own the development of Delivery Unit Capabilities.

Team Upskilling

identify skill gaps within the team, and manage training programs to address needs.

Billability and Utilization

Resource Allocation

based on project needs and priorities, balancing workload distributions and skill-availability to maximize billable hours.

Team Utilization

Monitor and optimize the utilization of team members, ensuring high-utilization rates.

Performance Reporting

Track and report on company-specified billability and utilization targets, making adjustments as needed to ensure financial success.

Financial Management

Budget Planning

Plan and manage the budget for the Delivery Unit.

Invoicing Management

Oversee the initiation of invoicing for clients and 3rd party vendors

• Client Management Support

High-Level Systems Requirements Analysis

Take inputs from meetings with clients and other stakeholders to determine application requirements based on program priorities, regulatory changes and system needs.

Client Interaction Support

Support Project Managers, as necessary, in managing clients’ interactions, providing technical insights.

Client Escalation Support

Supports Project Managers to facilitate timely resolution of all customer feedback and handling of escalations if any

University degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems or Information Technology with specialization in Information Technology from a recognized university.

• 12 years of progressively larger experience in information technology management with the focus on application development/package implementation.
• At least 8 years of experience in managing a Scrum project/team through all phases of the SDLC.

Technical

Technology Expertise

Strong technical background with hands-on experience in delivering custom applications using Java and/or .NET.

Integration Technologies

eServices development experience using integration technologies and patterns, including but not limited to APIs, and microservices

Cloud Platforms Experience

Understanding of cloud platforms such as Azure/GCP/AWS and experience with cloud-based services and deployment models.

DevOps Practices Experience

• Knowledge of containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes).
• Implementation of DevOps key practices like Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery

Software Quality Assurance

Software quality assurance best practices and methodologies

Project Delivery Experience

delivering projects using Waterfall and Agile methodologies