Application Delivery Manager

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Job Title Application Delivery Manager Banking / Lending Experience 12+ Years Location Hyderabad Job Summary We are seeking an experienced Application Delivery Manager with 12+ years of IT experience and a strong background in Banking or Lending domain. The ideal candidate will be responsible for leading end-to-end application delivery, managing cross-functional teams, driving stakeholder engagement, ensuring SLA adherence, and delivering high-quality technology solutions for banking/lending applications. The candidate should possess strong delivery management capabilities, people leadership, vendor management, and experience managing Agile application development and support engagements. Key Responsibilities • Manage end-to-end application delivery for Banking/Lending applications. • Lead multiple Agile teams across development, testing, production support, and release management. • Own project planning, budgeting, resource allocation, and delivery governance. • Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and with high quality. • Collaborate with Business, Product Owners, Architecture, Infrastructure, and Vendor teams. • Drive requirement discussions, effort estimation, sprint planning, and release management. • Monitor delivery KPIs, project health, risks, issues, dependencies, and mitigation plans. • Ensure adherence to SDLC, Agile, DevOps, security, and compliance standards. • Manage stakeholder communication and provide regular status updates to senior leadership. • Drive continuous improvement initiatives, automation, and process optimization. • Manage production support, incident management, problem management, and RCA activities. • Ensure SLA, KPI, audit, and regulatory compliance for banking applications. • Mentor and develop delivery teams while fostering a high-performance culture. Required Skills Technical Skills • Strong understanding of Application Delivery Management • SDLC and Agile/Scrum methodologies • Release Management • DevOps practices and CI/CD • Application Support & Maintenance • Production Support • Incident & Problem Management • Change Management • Risk & Issue Management • Vendor Management Banking Domain Expertise Experience in one or more of the following: • Retail Banking • Corporate Banking • Commercial Lending • Loan Origination Systems (LOS) • Loan Management Systems (LMS) • Mortgage Lending • Consumer Lending • Credit Cards • Digital Banking • Payments • Core Banking Mandatory Skills • 12+ years of overall IT experience. • 5+ years in Application Delivery/Project/Program Management. • Strong experience in Banking or Lending domain. • Experience managing multiple application development and support projects. • Hands-on experience with Agile delivery models. • Strong stakeholder and client management skills. • Experience managing distributed/global teams. • Excellent communication and leadership skills. • Experience in budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and governance.