About M&G India
We are M&G India, the strategic innovation and digital hub for M&G. Established in 2003, we have offices in Mumbai and Pune.
Our teams work closely with colleagues across the Group worldwide to drive transformation, build digital capability, and support sustainable growth. By leveraging technology, AI, automation, and process excellence, we bring new ways of thinking to improve outcomes for both customers and colleagues.
Grounded in a vibrant culture with strong foundations, we are central to how M&G is transforming as a business.
About M&G
Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.
Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.
At M&G we are on a very exciting digital transformation journey towards a more agile, customer-centric and digital-first way of working. We have lots to improve and plenty of interesting challenges we'd like you to get involved in.
We are on a journey to reinvent how people think about their financial future. Making conversations around retirement easier and more relevant, offering diversified products, rethinking and improving the end-to-end experience for our customers and using technology to effectively engage with them in real time and help them make better decisions about their finances.
The journey has started already, are you ready to join us? We need the best digital minds onboard in order to achieve our goal. We are looking for a Senior Manager – Engineering to lead a team that delivers change across our technology estate. The role will be based out of our Engineering Hub in India and working in close collaboration with our UK colleagues in the business and Technology.
We promote a supportive, diversified, international environment with an engineering culture we're proud of. We encourage personal growth and invest in open-minded engineers keen on learning, who continuously try to make things better.
You should apply if:
You have good engineering experience in the relevant technologies.
You have been working in teams on large projects, actively writing code through the whole stack at some point over the last 3 years or so.
You understand Agile practices like Scrum, Kanban and DevOps and have practical experience of at least one.
You have leadership experience in leading teams of size 10+
You enjoy collaborating closely with other members of a cross-functional team to deliver features.
You care deeply about improving security and code quality and progressing collective best practices.
You want to actively engage with our engineering community on defining standards and guidelines
You love learning and enjoy playing with new tech as well as exploring areas that you might not have experience with yet.
You are versatile when finding solutions and good at walking people through them.
You are proactive and a team player - both within your team, and in the wider development team. You have experience working with other developers, reviewing PRs, discussing tools, offering feedback and collaborating with colleagues to create the best outcome.
Excellent communication skills
Accountabilities/Responsibilities
Project Delivery: Ensure the timely and accurate delivery of projects, meeting both external and internal quality standards.
Code Quality: Maintain high standards of code quality through code reviews, automated testing, and adherence to best practices and coding guidelines.
System Performance: Monitor and optimize the performance, scalability, and reliability of IT instances.
Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for solutions, including technical specifications, system configurations, and user guides.
Compliance and Security: Ensure that all IT implementations comply with industry standards, security protocols, and regulatory requirements.
Innovation: Stay updated with the latest industry trends, and emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement and innovation within projects.
Stakeholder Satisfaction: Ensure high levels of stakeholder satisfaction by delivering solutions that meet or exceed their expectations.
Collaboration: Work closely with product owners, UX/UI designers, and other development team members to deliver cohesive and comprehensive digital solutions.
Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve technical issues, providing timely support and fixes.
Integration: Integrate with other enterprise systems, including CRMs, analytics platforms, and marketing automation tools.
Testing and Quality Assurance: Develop and execute unit tests and integration tests to ensure the reliability and quality of the delivered solutions.
Mentorship: Mentor junior developers and contribute to their professional development through knowledge sharing and technical guidance.
Configuration Management: Manage and configure instances.
Continuous Improvement: Proactively identify areas for improvement within the development process, recommending and implementing enhancements to optimise efficiency and effectiveness.
Key Stakeholder Management
Internal
Product Owners
Head of Product Engineering
Head of Studio
Tech Leads
Delivery Leads
Knowledge, Skills, Experience & Educational Qualification
Knowledge & Skills:
Good working knowledge of Java, Spring Boot frameworks
Working knowledge of Cloud technologies (preferably Azure) with very strong background in understanding DevOps pipeline.
Knowledge of Adobe Analytics desirable.
Frontend knowledge and skills - React.js , Angular, HTML5, CSS3
Backend knowledge and skills – Springboot, node.js, Elasticsearch, Docker
Sonarqube and Checkmarx for static code analysis and security scanning
Able to use team collaboration tools – Teams, Jira, Confluence, etc.
Experience:
15+ years of industry experience with at least 10 years of hands-on experience of Java, Spring Boot frameworks
Working knowledge of Cloud technologies (preferably Azure) with very strong background in understanding DevOps pipeline.
Experience working in fast paced agile environments and have understanding of agile/scrum project planning, execution and risk management
Leadership experience in managing teams of 10+ size
Ability to navigate through multiple stakeholders to achieve common objectives.
Solid knowledge of design patterns and refactoring concepts
Practical expertise in performance tuning and optimization, bottleneck problem analysis
Stay current on industry trends and best practices in AEM and related technologies
Ability to come up with creative solutions for ambiguous problems and learn quickly
Experience contributing to, and achieving, continuous improvement goals
Educational Qualification:
Graduate in any discipline
M&G Behaviours relevant to all roles:
Tell It Like It Is – respectfully speaking up to create better ways forward – both direct and empathetic.
Own It Now – putting your name on things with confidence to drive progress and results quickly.
Move It Forward Together – forming cross-functional teams to seize the right opportunities and solve real problems.
Always with care and integrity.
Take personal accountability, collaborate with colleagues, make effective decisions and help others operate at their best.
Operate in a fair, trustworthy, and genuine way with my colleagues and customers.
Give and receive feedback, be self-aware and be driven to learn and develop.
Understand customer needs and adapt to the changing environment.
Don't worry if you don't know everything, we're happy to train people on the technologies you'll need in the job.
People who work at M&G agree that ours is a great place to work with a brilliant team spirit. It’s also an innovative, high-performing, commercial environment that’s totally focused on customers. You’ll receive a competitive salary and reward package. And in a fast-changing world, you’ll join an organisation that’s leading the way in helping customers achieve their long-term financial goals.
M&G is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our role as an employer is very simple – to provide the right environment for talented people to do their best work, by respecting, understanding and valuing individual differences.
We welcome applications from individuals who have taken an extended career break, and we are willing to consider flexible working arrangements for all our roles.
We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G Global Services, regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.
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