S&P Global Ratings

Financial Services

Director,EngineeringExecution&QualityEnablement

Hyderabad, India FULL TIME
The Brief

“Director, Engineering Execution & Quality Enablement at S&P Global Ratings. Skills: Engineering Execution, Quality Enablement, Automation, People Leadership. Own and drive end-to-end execution of automation and quality initiatives. Ensure automation efforts are scaled and value-producing”

What You'll Achieve.

Working automation; Faster feedback; Predictable delivery; Improved customer experience; Highly engaged engineering teams; Scaled, adopted, and value-producing solutions; Meaningfully improves customer and business outcomes; Effectiveness of automation; Cost of quality; Delivery throughput and bottlenecks

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Unblock delivery issues; Reduce complexity; Accelerate time to value; Make clear trade-offs

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

15+ years of experience in engineering, automation, platform delivery, or quality enablement leadership, Proven track record of getting complex automation or engineering transformation initiatives delivered at scale, hands-on background in automation frameworks, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices, Demonstrated ability to lead large, diverse teams with a execution and people-first mindset, Experience operating in complex, regulated, or high-risk environments with real delivery accountability, Highly pragmatic, data-driven decision maker with excellent stakeholder and executive communication skills

What You'll Do.

Own and drive end-to-end execution of automation and quality initiatives

Ensure automation efforts are scaled and value-producing

Unblock delivery issues and accelerate time to value

Embed quality and automation into engineering workflows

Drive practical use of AI-enabled automation

Shift organization from quality as a gate to enabling capability

Ensure teams have tools

Champion fast feedback loops and risk-based testing

Focus on defect prevention and early detection

Lead pragmatic evolution of automation and testing approaches

Drive consistent adoption of engineering fundamentals

Influence architecture and platform decisions

Balance modern practices with regulated systems realities

Own delivery outcomes across a portfolio of initiatives

Use data to assess automation effectiveness and cost of quality

Make clear trade-offs between speed

Ensure teams focus on outcomes over activity

Lead and develop a large

distributed organization

Actively engage with teams on the ground

Focus on improving day-to-day experience of quality engineers and developers

Build a culture of ownership and continuous improvement

Lead teams confidently through change and ambiguity

Act as a trusted execution partner to leaders

Translate delivery progress and risks to senior leadership

Influence without relying on formal authority

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Work shoulder-to-shoulder with teams; Partner with Engineering and Product leaders; Collaborate with Engineering, Product, Data, Risk, and Compliance leaders; Influence without relying on formal authority; Represent execution and quality outcomes in governance and leadership forums

Communication Scope

Executive communication skills; Clear, actionable insights for senior leadership

Process & Methodology

End-to-end execution, Predictable execution, Transparency, Accountability, Delivery throughput, Bottlenecks assessment, Trade-offs between speed, risk, quality, and compliance

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