119 Head Of Department jobs in India

About Labor Solutions   

Founded in 2013, Labor Solutions, a social enterprise, leverages technology to engage and educate workers. We provide consumer brands with big data about human rights risks by equipping suppliers (factories) with human resources tech tools to educate, connect and engage workers.  WOVO, our flagship product, is one app for workers (to communicate, learn & report), one platform for suppliers and one dashboard for brands. 

Our tools ensure that factory workers know their rights & responsibilities, can access remedies, and are heard by stakeholders. We serve over 2.25 million workers in 30 languages. Our key strength is our ability to reach workers. Our in-market team understands the challenges facing users. We use worker-centric design, designing for an underserved market: workers with lower education and literacy rates. 

We are a business for women, founded, managed and owned by women.  

What you’ll be doing:   

The Head of Technology will be responsible for ensuring the smooth execution of technology initiatives, managing sprint delivery, overseeing release management, and leading ongoing operational tasks that keep our technology function running efficiently. This role requires strong project management skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and the ability to work cross-functionally with product, engineering, and leadership teams, bridging communication between the teams and, at times, with clients. 

• Sprint Delivery Management: Lead and manage the full cycle of tech development and release management to ensure timely and high-quality delivery. Define roadmap, backlog grooming, and support in the scoping and assessment of development work. 
• Technology Security Governance: Ensure that our technologies are continuously compliant with relevant regulations.  
• Tech Issue Management: Oversee ticket planning, prioritization, and remediation for technology issues.  
• Team Management: Talent management, manage and support all tech team members, conduct regular performance reviews, assess and improve process used in development to ensure that team is meeting productivity goals. 
• External Development Management: Procure vendors and manage projects that involve external teams.  
• Hardware & Infrastructure Management: Manage procurement, maintenance, and tracking of hardware (laptops, servers, etc.). 

Who we are looking for:   

• 8+ years’ experience in a senior management role. 
• Proven experience in tech delivery or project management within a technology-driven environment. 
• Familiarity with integrating AI to optimize performance management of a team.  
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and sprint management. 
• Familiarity with cloud architecture (AWS, Azure) and cost optimization strategies. 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. 
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously. 
• Experience with hardware management and procurement processes. 
• Proactive mindset towards problem-solving and continuous improvement. 
• Located in Bangalore, India (preferred) 

Please send your cover letter and CV to:  

About the Company

OSB India is an offshore subsidiary of OneSavings Bank Group plc. the UK based Challenger Bank. OSB India was incorporated in 2004 as a key part of the OneSavings Bank business strategy to provide operational service support.

OSB India works with the Bank’s trading brands in the UK, providing exceptional customer support and service delivery to new and existing customers.

OSB India also prides itself for offering operational excellence by devising and utilizing process improvements and functional efficiencies.

OSB Group Digital Transformation Vision

OSB Group is embarking on a comprehensive digital transformation initiative to modernize our technology infrastructure and elevate customer experience across all brands. Our vision is to establish ourselves as a world-class engineering organisation recognised by stakeholders and team members for our commitment to:

• Fostering exceptional partnerships – Building strong, collaborative relationships across all levels
• Embracing continuous learning – Promoting knowledge sharing and professional development

Driving innovation and improvement – Consistently enhancing our capabilities and solutions

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the technology strategy and delivery across the Accounts, Parties, Documents, and Payments domains.
• Develop and maintain domain-specific roadmaps that align with core banking modernization, CRM evolution, documentation standards, and payment resiliency.
• Collaborate with Product teams to ensure platform capabilities support business propositions in Savings, Lending, and Servicing.
• Solve complex technical problems, guide architecture decisions, and oversee high-impact delivery initiatives.
• Lead and manage a team of technical professionals, including developers, architects, testers, and project managers, delivery lead.
• Define, implement, and maintain the end-to-end technical delivery process, including project management, software development, quality assurance, and deployment.
• Define and implement cloud security policies and infrastructure cost strategy to ensure the security and scalability of the bank's cloud infrastructure.
• Lead end-to-end change delivery, including defining the process and governance around change management, to ensure successful implementation of technical solutions.
• Define and implement a comprehensive test strategy and tools, ensuring that all software releases meet the required quality standards.
• Manage full-stack engineering capability, from front-end development to back-end integration, to ensure the delivery of high-quality technology solutions.
• Ensure that front-end engineering meets the bank's customer experience standards and is optimized for usability and accessibility.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of emerging technologies and industry best practices and use this knowledge to drive innovation and continuous improvement across the technical delivery function.
• Work with business stakeholders to identify technology requirements and translate them into technical solutions including understanding customer needs and translate them into actionable technology requirements.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Define, implement, and maintain the governance framework for technical delivery, ensuring that it is aligned with the organization's objectives and goals.
• Monitor and report on the progress of technical delivery projects, providing regular updates to senior management.
• Develop and maintain a strong culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that the team is constantly striving to improve its delivery capabilities.
• Support the Engineering Director in leading the development and implementation of the company's technology strategy, in line with the overall business goals and objectives with a servant leadership mindset.
• Work closely with the Engineering Director and other senior leaders to develop and execute the company's technology vision and roadmap.
• Lead the development and implementation of a modern cloud foundation and data platform that is robust, scalable, fully automated, secure, and can support the growth of the business.
• Lead the development and implementation of a savings journey or lending journey on top of the cloud and foundation layer using the latest technologies and agile ways of working.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, design, and customer service, to ensure successful delivery of products and features.
• Lead the development and launch of new technology products and features, including market research, customer validation, and testing.
• Stay current on new technologies and trends and evaluate their potential impact on the company's technology strategy.
• Manage a team of engineers and provide guidance, mentorship, and coaching to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain relationships with technology vendors and partners to ensure that the company has access to the latest technologies and solutions.
• Provide hands-on leadership guidance, mentorship, and coaching to the technology team, and be comfortable getting involved in the technical details to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Must be hands on technical.
• Support the Engineering Director in leading the company's efforts to adopt new technologies such as blockchain, crypto, and web3 technologies, and evaluate their potential impact on the company's technology strategy.
• Develop and implement blockchain-based solutions and services, as appropriate, to drive innovation and growth.
• Manage the budget and resources of the engineering team to ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget.
• Support the Technology Director’s talent vision and roadmap to build a high performing team in multiple locations by creating job descriptions, coding interviews, team fit, behavioural fit.
• Create a learning plan to support current and future technology road map.

About the Company

OSB India is an offshore subsidiary of OneSavings Bank Group plc. the UK based Challenger Bank. OSB India was incorporated in 2004 as a key part of the OneSavings Bank business strategy to provide operational service support.

OSB India works with the Bank’s trading brands in the UK, providing exceptional customer support and service delivery to new and existing customers.

OSB India also prides itself for offering operational excellence by devising and utilizing process improvements and functional efficiencies.

OSB Group Digital Transformation Vision

OSB Group is embarking on a comprehensive digital transformation initiative to modernize our technology infrastructure and elevate customer experience across all brands. Our vision is to establish ourselves as a world-class engineering organisation recognised by stakeholders and team members for our commitment to:

• Fostering exceptional partnerships – Building strong, collaborative relationships across all levels
• Embracing continuous learning – Promoting knowledge sharing and professional development

Driving innovation and improvement – Consistently enhancing our capabilities and solutions

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the technology strategy and delivery across the Accounts, Parties, Documents, and Payments domains.
• Develop and maintain domain-specific roadmaps that align with core banking modernization, CRM evolution, documentation standards, and payment resiliency.
• Collaborate with Product teams to ensure platform capabilities support business propositions in Savings, Lending, and Servicing.
• Solve complex technical problems, guide architecture decisions, and oversee high-impact delivery initiatives.
• Lead and manage a team of technical professionals, including developers, architects, testers, and project managers, delivery lead.
• Define, implement, and maintain the end-to-end technical delivery process, including project management, software development, quality assurance, and deployment.
• Define and implement cloud security policies and infrastructure cost strategy to ensure the security and scalability of the bank's cloud infrastructure.
• Lead end-to-end change delivery, including defining the process and governance around change management, to ensure successful implementation of technical solutions.
• Define and implement a comprehensive test strategy and tools, ensuring that all software releases meet the required quality standards.
• Manage full-stack engineering capability, from front-end development to back-end integration, to ensure the delivery of high-quality technology solutions.
• Ensure that front-end engineering meets the bank's customer experience standards and is optimized for usability and accessibility.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of emerging technologies and industry best practices and use this knowledge to drive innovation and continuous improvement across the technical delivery function.
• Work with business stakeholders to identify technology requirements and translate them into technical solutions including understanding customer needs and translate them into actionable technology requirements.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Define, implement, and maintain the governance framework for technical delivery, ensuring that it is aligned with the organization's objectives and goals.
• Monitor and report on the progress of technical delivery projects, providing regular updates to senior management.
• Develop and maintain a strong culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that the team is constantly striving to improve its delivery capabilities.
• Support the Engineering Director in leading the development and implementation of the company's technology strategy, in line with the overall business goals and objectives with a servant leadership mindset.
• Work closely with the Engineering Director and other senior leaders to develop and execute the company's technology vision and roadmap.
• Lead the development and implementation of a modern cloud foundation and data platform that is robust, scalable, fully automated, secure, and can support the growth of the business.
• Lead the development and implementation of a savings journey or lending journey on top of the cloud and foundation layer using the latest technologies and agile ways of working.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, design, and customer service, to ensure successful delivery of products and features.
• Lead the development and launch of new technology products and features, including market research, customer validation, and testing.
• Stay current on new technologies and trends and evaluate their potential impact on the company's technology strategy.
• Manage a team of engineers and provide guidance, mentorship, and coaching to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain relationships with technology vendors and partners to ensure that the company has access to the latest technologies and solutions.
• Provide hands-on leadership guidance, mentorship, and coaching to the technology team, and be comfortable getting involved in the technical details to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Must be hands on technical.
• Support the Engineering Director in leading the company's efforts to adopt new technologies such as blockchain, crypto, and web3 technologies, and evaluate their potential impact on the company's technology strategy.
• Develop and implement blockchain-based solutions and services, as appropriate, to drive innovation and growth.
• Manage the budget and resources of the engineering team to ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget.
• Support the Technology Director’s talent vision and roadmap to build a high performing team in multiple locations by creating job descriptions, coding interviews, team fit, behavioural fit.
• Create a learning plan to support current and future technology road map.

About Labor Solutions   

Founded in 2013, Labor Solutions, a social enterprise, leverages technology to engage and educate workers. We provide consumer brands with big data about human rights risks by equipping suppliers (factories) with human resources tech tools to educate, connect and engage workers.  WOVO, our flagship product, is one app for workers (to communicate, learn & report), one platform for suppliers and one dashboard for brands. 

Our tools ensure that factory workers know their rights & responsibilities, can access remedies, and are heard by stakeholders. We serve over 2.25 million workers in 30 languages. Our key strength is our ability to reach workers. Our in-market team understands the challenges facing users. We use worker-centric design, designing for an underserved market: workers with lower education and literacy rates. 

We are a business for women, founded, managed and owned by women.  

What you’ll be doing:   

The Head of Technology will be responsible for ensuring the smooth execution of technology initiatives, managing sprint delivery, overseeing release management, and leading ongoing operational tasks that keep our technology function running efficiently. This role requires strong project management skills, a proactive approach to problem-solving, and the ability to work cross-functionally with product, engineering, and leadership teams, bridging communication between the teams and, at times, with clients. 

• Sprint Delivery Management: Lead and manage the full cycle of tech development and release management to ensure timely and high-quality delivery. Define roadmap, backlog grooming, and support in the scoping and assessment of development work. 
• Technology Security Governance: Ensure that our technologies are continuously compliant with relevant regulations.  
• Tech Issue Management: Oversee ticket planning, prioritization, and remediation for technology issues.  
• Team Management: Talent management, manage and support all tech team members, conduct regular performance reviews, assess and improve process used in development to ensure that team is meeting productivity goals. 
• External Development Management: Procure vendors and manage projects that involve external teams.  
• Hardware & Infrastructure Management: Manage procurement, maintenance, and tracking of hardware (laptops, servers, etc.). 

Who we are looking for:   

• 8+ years’ experience in a senior management role. 
• Proven experience in tech delivery or project management within a technology-driven environment. 
• Familiarity with integrating AI to optimize performance management of a team.  
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies and sprint management. 
• Familiarity with cloud architecture (AWS, Azure) and cost optimization strategies. 
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. 
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities simultaneously. 
• Experience with hardware management and procurement processes. 
• Proactive mindset towards problem-solving and continuous improvement. 
• Located in Bangalore, India (preferred) 

Please send your cover letter and CV to:  

About the Company

OSB India is an offshore subsidiary of OneSavings Bank Group plc. the UK based Challenger Bank. OSB India was incorporated in 2004 as a key part of the OneSavings Bank business strategy to provide operational service support.

OSB India works with the Bank’s trading brands in the UK, providing exceptional customer support and service delivery to new and existing customers.

OSB India also prides itself for offering operational excellence by devising and utilizing process improvements and functional efficiencies.

OSB Group Digital Transformation Vision

OSB Group is embarking on a comprehensive digital transformation initiative to modernize our technology infrastructure and elevate customer experience across all brands. Our vision is to establish ourselves as a world-class engineering organisation recognised by stakeholders and team members for our commitment to:

• Fostering exceptional partnerships – Building strong, collaborative relationships across all levels
• Embracing continuous learning – Promoting knowledge sharing and professional development

Driving innovation and improvement – Consistently enhancing our capabilities and solutions

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the technology strategy and delivery across the Accounts, Parties, Documents, and Payments domains.
• Develop and maintain domain-specific roadmaps that align with core banking modernization, CRM evolution, documentation standards, and payment resiliency.
• Collaborate with Product teams to ensure platform capabilities support business propositions in Savings, Lending, and Servicing.
• Solve complex technical problems, guide architecture decisions, and oversee high-impact delivery initiatives.
• Lead and manage a team of technical professionals, including developers, architects, testers, and project managers, delivery lead.
• Define, implement, and maintain the end-to-end technical delivery process, including project management, software development, quality assurance, and deployment.
• Define and implement cloud security policies and infrastructure cost strategy to ensure the security and scalability of the bank's cloud infrastructure.
• Lead end-to-end change delivery, including defining the process and governance around change management, to ensure successful implementation of technical solutions.
• Define and implement a comprehensive test strategy and tools, ensuring that all software releases meet the required quality standards.
• Manage full-stack engineering capability, from front-end development to back-end integration, to ensure the delivery of high-quality technology solutions.
• Ensure that front-end engineering meets the bank's customer experience standards and is optimized for usability and accessibility.
• Maintain an up-to-date understanding of emerging technologies and industry best practices and use this knowledge to drive innovation and continuous improvement across the technical delivery function.
• Work with business stakeholders to identify technology requirements and translate them into technical solutions including understanding customer needs and translate them into actionable technology requirements.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Define, implement, and maintain the governance framework for technical delivery, ensuring that it is aligned with the organization's objectives and goals.
• Monitor and report on the progress of technical delivery projects, providing regular updates to senior management.
• Develop and maintain a strong culture of continuous improvement, ensuring that the team is constantly striving to improve its delivery capabilities.
• Support the Engineering Director in leading the development and implementation of the company's technology strategy, in line with the overall business goals and objectives with a servant leadership mindset.
• Work closely with the Engineering Director and other senior leaders to develop and execute the company's technology vision and roadmap.
• Lead the development and implementation of a modern cloud foundation and data platform that is robust, scalable, fully automated, secure, and can support the growth of the business.
• Lead the development and implementation of a savings journey or lending journey on top of the cloud and foundation layer using the latest technologies and agile ways of working.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product, design, and customer service, to ensure successful delivery of products and features.
• Lead the development and launch of new technology products and features, including market research, customer validation, and testing.
• Stay current on new technologies and trends and evaluate their potential impact on the company's technology strategy.
• Manage a team of engineers and provide guidance, mentorship, and coaching to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain relationships with technology vendors and partners to ensure that the company has access to the latest technologies and solutions.
• Provide hands-on leadership guidance, mentorship, and coaching to the technology team, and be comfortable getting involved in the technical details to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.
• Must be hands on technical.
• Support the Engineering Director in leading the company's efforts to adopt new technologies such as blockchain, crypto, and web3 technologies, and evaluate their potential impact on the company's technology strategy.
• Develop and implement blockchain-based solutions and services, as appropriate, to drive innovation and growth.
• Manage the budget and resources of the engineering team to ensure that projects are delivered on time and on budget.
• Support the Technology Director’s talent vision and roadmap to build a high performing team in multiple locations by creating job descriptions, coding interviews, team fit, behavioural fit.
• Create a learning plan to support current and future technology road map.