AVP - Product Development Engineering

MetLife

2 - 5 years

Noida

Posted: 24/08/2025

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Job Description

Position: AVP Head of Technology Delivery for Corporate Technology

Position Summary
MetLife is the leading provider of Group Benefits. The Group Disability technology organization is a diverse team of technologists, all working towards the common goal of ensuring the customer is at the center of everything we do. This position is expected to perform effective business and technology delivery in Disability and Absence space. Someone with minimal directions should be able to liaison with business, various technology partners and vendor partners to deliver high impact products and services. Looking for someone with good hands-on delivery experience in Azure cloud platforms, Systems integrations, Application development & maintenance. Someone who can drive strategic initiatives such as PoCs on AI, Application modernizations, Agile delivery model, Digital experience & Service integrations.
Job Responsibilities
Directs multiple product teams in the development and maintenance of an E2E IT solution. Overseeing Solution Architecture and/or Product/Application Architecture. Implementation of technology roadmap. Responsible for setting, prioritizing, and accepting the work generated by multiple Agile teams in order to ensure the platform meets the defined goals and vision. Technical leader, responsible for guiding the team to make solid technical decisions to meet the product capability needs aligned to the customer. Enables teams to remove barriers and resolve conflicts so that the team can move forward in development. Implements audit controls, application security best practice and architecture designs that address currency, to plan through potential risks associated with product and/or processes. • Ensure vendor performance and deliverables meet contract specifications Full people management responsibility for direct product team including hiring, firing, promotions, performance, career and compensation management, & training & development. Matrix management responsibility for cross functional team members aligned to product team that includes performance management. Maintain awareness of trends and issues in area of technical expertise, evaluate new technologies or technology opportunities, and provide analysis of their potential impact to advance the business. High level understanding of the business' way of working and contributes to solutions that solve challenges by leveraging technology. Lead multiple product teams’ software delivery through continuous focus on software development and maintenance metrics and KPIs. Implement user centric design and agile development life cycle. Develops high level resources to planned feature outcomes, with awareness of over /under utilization and ways to adjust. Tracks usage of platforms across business units, and defines costs per business unit accordingly
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Education	Engineering degree and preferably advance degree in Technology domain
Experience	18+ years related work experience successfully delivered on large, complex projects with demonstrated technical leadership in delivery. Demonstrated work experience in application design/development, cloud native technologies, agile practices and delivery, DevSecOps, secure design and coding principles and Data analytics domains with strong delivery management exposure in Agile environment
Knowledge and skills (general and technical)	Service delivery: Application development
Other Requirements (licenses, certifications, specialized training – if required)	Knowledge on Scale Agile & product management is preferred Industry Certifications in SAFe, Azure, AI etc.,

About Company

MetLife, Inc. is a leading global provider of insurance, annuities, and employee benefit programs. Founded in 1868 and headquartered in New York City, MetLife serves individuals and businesses in over 40 countries. The company is especially known for life insurance, health insurance, retirement planning, and investment solutions. With a long-standing history of financial strength and innovation, MetLife is one of the largest life insurers in the world.

AVP - Product Development Engineering

MetLife

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