Vice President - Product Engineering

Job Title: VP – Product Engineering

Location: Hybrid – Chennai/Bangalore/Hyderabad/Mumbai/Pune

About the Job:

We are seeking a dynamic and visionary VP of Product Engineering to lead the strategic direction, architecture, and execution of our product engineering organization. This role is responsible for driving innovation, scaling technology platforms, and integrating AI/ML capabilities to deliver intelligent, customer-centric products. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned leader with a strong technical foundation, product mindset, and proven experience in building high-performing engineering teams.

What will you do:

• Define and execute the vision and roadmap for Product Engineering Excellence organization ensuring alignment with overall business goals of accelerated and high-quality product feature development, maintenance.
• Define and execute the long-term technology strategy aligned with business and product goals.
• Own and evolve the product engineering roadmap in collaboration with Product and Design leadership.
• Architect scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms using modern cloud-native principles.
• Lead product design governance and ensure consistency, usability, and technical excellence.
• Champion the integration of AI/ML into product features to drive automation and personalization.
• Partner with Data Science teams to operationalize ML models and ensure responsible AI practices.
• Build and scale global engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation and accountability.
• Establish and monitor engineering KPIs for velocity, quality, reliability, and cost efficiency.
• Drive continuous improvement in development processes, tools, and infrastructure.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product, Design, Marketing, and Customer Success teams.
• Represent engineering in executive forums, communicating strategy and progress to stakeholders.
• Promote diversity, equity, and inclusion across the engineering organization.
  
  

Who are you:

• Product Engineering leader with 20+ years of experience in the software industry, preferably from the Healthcare Domain
• Agile leader. Hands on people management. Be the coach and leader for the team and delivery.
• Passion to conceive, design and implement innovative products.
• Solve integration problems of the product.
• Product delivery management experience, preferably large engagements
• Ensure high utilization, and healthy profit margins.
• Identify potential risks and issues in product implementation, services, and solutions.
  
  

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree/master’s degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related area, or equivalent experience, desired.
  
  

Tech Skills:

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• Solid understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred), microservices architecture, and containerization
• Have worked on cloud native applications using AWS/Azure. 
• Agile methodology and Engineering principles for application delivery.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in product-led organizations or SaaS platforms.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines.
• Exposure to data architecture, analytics platforms, or AI/ML integration.
  
  

Soft Skills:

• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent presentation and communication skills.
• Leader with an attitude of self-starter with excellent people skills.
• Effective time and project management.
• Analytical thinker and a great team player. Attention to detail is a must.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal & problem-solving skills.