Head of Engineering

Accountabilities: Define and execute the overall engineering, technology, data, and platform strategy in alignment with business objectives. Partner with the CEO, Finance, Operations, Product, Commercial, and other senior stakeholders to translate business priorities into actionable technology roadmaps. Lead prioritization discussions and establish alignment around timelines, dependencies, investments, trade-offs, and technology risks. Communicate technology strategy, delivery progress, risks, opportunities, and business impact clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. Influence strategic decisions through structured recommendations, relevant data, and clear business rationale. Lead engineering and data teams through senior managers and technical leads, supporting organizational effectiveness and leadership development. Oversee platform architecture, cloud infrastructure, scalability, reliability, performance, and technology cost efficiency. Strengthen analytics and data capabilities to provide reliable insights for executive and operational decision-making. Own technology security, data privacy, compliance, access governance, and broader technology risk management. Manage technology budgets, vendors, infrastructure expenditure, and build-versus-buy decisions. Identify and evaluate opportunities to apply AI and automation to improve engineering workflows, operational efficiency, and broader business productivity. Build strong relationships across business and technology functions while maintaining alignment around shared objectives. Requirements 10+ years of experience in technology leadership roles within startups, scale-ups, or other fast-growing businesses. Proven experience leading engineering and/or data organizations through senior managers, engineering leaders, or technical leads. Strong stakeholder management experience, including direct collaboration with CEOs, founders, and senior leadership teams. Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities and build alignment across multiple business functions. Excellent executive-level communication, influencing, negotiation, and decision-making skills. Ability to translate complex technical subjects into clear business outcomes, risks, investment considerations, and recommendations. Strong understanding of cloud-native platforms, modern software architecture, data systems, infrastructure, scalability, and reliability. Experience managing technology budgets, external vendors, infrastructure costs, and strategic technology investments. Ability to make high-impact decisions in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments while maintaining a pragmatic and business-focused approach. Strong leadership, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving capabilities. Experience in regulated or data-sensitive sectors such as fintech, insurance, financial services, or similar industries is preferred. Benefits Competitive compensation and benefits. Fully remote and flexible working environment within India. Direct exposure to executive leadership and strategic business decision-making. Significant ownership over engineering, data, platform, and technology strategy. Opportunity to influence technology direction and broader business outcomes. Strong opportunities for leadership development, learning, and professional growth. Opportunity to explore practical applications of AI and automation across technology and business operations.