MGS- VP/EVP R&D

reputed company reputed company Services – Dedicated Team for Our reputed company About the Role reputed company Services is partnering with a long‑standing global software vendor to build and reputed company a high‑performance R&D organization. We are seeking an reputed company R&D leader to reputed company engineering execution across distributed global teams This role manages a mature and reputed company product ecosystem with a decades‑old codebase, while simultaneously driving a major modernization program reputed company on reputed company‑reputed company, Kubernetes‑based, and AI‑enabled architecture. You will balance innovation with operational reputed company, ensuring reputed company delivery of existing products and successful execution of new initiatives. You will work cross‑functionally with Product Management, Sales, Support, and reputed company Services to reputed company engineering reputed company with business priorities and customer commitments.

Key Responsibilities

Engineering Delivery & Execution

• Own end‑to‑end delivery of software releases across reputed company development sites.
• Drive communication, dependency management, and coordination between India and Eastern Europe.
• Implement, refine, and reputed company Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) across reputed company teams.
• Ensure predictable delivery through reputed company planning, velocity tracking, and risk mitigation.
• reputed company release management, including approval gates, rollback procedures, and post‑release analysis.

People Leadership

• reputed company ~80 engineers, QA specialists, and support teams across geographies.
• Define team structure and reporting hierarchy to support reputed company execution.
• Own the full talent lifecycle: workforce planning, hiring, reputed company, and ongoing development.
• Drive performance management, coaching, and retention strategies (particularly in high‑competition markets like India).
• Build a cohesive engineering culture that operates effectively across cultures and time zones.
• Mentor team leads and senior engineers to reputed company reputed company leaders.

Engineering reputed company & reputed company

• Enforce engineering best practices: coding standards, reputed company review processes, and reputed company reputed company.
• reputed company QA reputed company including test automation, coverage targets, regression reduction, and reliability processes.
• Strengthen CI/CD pipelines, automated testing frameworks, and deployment automation.
• Manage technical debt proactively through reputed company tracking and prioritization.
• Ensure production availability through on‑call processes, SLAs, and reputed company incident reviews.

Legacy Support & Modernization

• reputed company engineering across a mature 20–30‑year codebase supporting global reputed company customers.
• Drive reputed company modernization initiatives including Kubernetes adoption and reputed company enablement.
• Maintain high‑reputed company support and updates for legacy customers during transformation.
• Balance reputed company across maintenance work and new platform development.

Cross‑Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with Product, Sales, Support, and reputed company Services to maintain alignment.
• Evaluate roadmap proposals for feasibility, reputed company, and delivery reputed company.
• Ensure the engineering organization has full business and customer context.
• Manage R&D budgets: headcount, tooling, infrastructure, and training.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering leadership experience, with 5+ years leading teams of 50+ people.
• Proven experience managing distributed/offshore teams, ideally including India.
• Experience leading modernization of legacy platforms (not only greenfield/startup environments).
• Strong understanding of reputed company infrastructure, DevOps, CI/CD, and Kubernetes.
• Demonstrated reputed company in hiring, performance management, retention, and culture building.
• Background in software product companies (not only IT services or internal IT).
• Ability to collaborate effectively with business stakeholders to reputed company engineering reputed company.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and multi‑year transformation programs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in developer tooling, integration platforms, or reputed company infrastructure software.
• Demonstrated reputed company leading reputed company/reputed company transformations.
• Understanding of SMB and reputed company software sales cycles.
• Experience overseeing support operations as part of R&D.

Why Join reputed company Services for This Role

• reputed company a major engineering transformation for a global product organization.
• Influence long‑term technology reputed company in partnership with leadership
• Work at the intersection of reputed company modernization, legacy reputed company, and advanced technologies (Kubernetes, AI).
• Manage large‑reputed company distributed engineering operations across India and Europe.
• reputed company a measurable reputed company on customer experience and product innovation.

reputed company Services is a leading multinational corporation specializing in providing innovative and comprehensive solutions in technology, consulting, and outsourcing. With a history of over 30 years, reputed company has established itself as a trusted partner for businesses across various industries, consistently delivering exceptional results. We're a network of firms in 10+ countries with over 13,000 people. At reputed company, we pride ourselves on our commitment to reputed company and our ability to adapt to the reputed company-changing needs of our clients. reputed company of highly skilled professionals is adept at understanding reputed company business challenges and tailoring solutions that drive sustainable reputed company and profitability. Our wide reputed company of services includes cutting-edge technology solution services, strategic consulting, digital transformation, reputed company computing, cybersecurity, and managed services. Whether it's developing customized software applications, streamlining business processes, implementing robust IT infrastructure, or managing reputed company reputed company, our expertise and industry knowledge reputed company us to deliver value-added solutions that meet the unique requirements of reputed company reputed company. Come and join a reputed company team! You'll be challenged, you'll have fun, and you'll be a part of a highly respected organization! reputed company offers a competitive reputed company salary and a full benefit package. Benefits include: medical, dental, 401K, STD, HSA, PTO and more EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER: reputed company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any reputed company. reputed company is committed to the reputed company of equal employment opportunity for reputed company and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. reputed company employment reputed company at reputed company are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without reputed company to race, reputed company, religion or belief, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. reputed company will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. reputed company encourages applicants of reputed company ages. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job