Principal Architect, Trichy

We are seeking a Technically savvy Principal Architect for the Media and Telecom Business unit to lead global delivery teams for our Enterprise customers. This role needs strong technical competency and a passion to lead Engineering teams from the front to create customer delight. Key Responsibilities- Lead large programs across Digital product development and Digital Transformation successfully. - Lead the design and execution of technical and business strategies for large-scale, complex projects. - Build trusted advisor relationships with operational and strategic client stakeholders (CxOs, VPs).- Partner with various internal teams - client partner organisation, BD, practices to create organisational success. - Drive ideal business outcomes– exceeding customer satisfaction, meeting revenue targets while maintaining margin targets. - Stay ahead of industry and technology trends and influence clients to adopt them to achieve their business goals.- Lead pursuits and technical discovery sessions to gather business requirements, understand the scope of work and come up with estimations. - Work on RFP’s, Demos, POC’s with the team of experts and present them to client stakeholders as part of pre‑sales. - Grow, mentor, and develop a global, distributed delivery team to meet evolving client and business needs.- Foster a collaborative and high‑performing team culture. - Drive talent acquisition, retention, and development aligned with client and business requirements. - Proactively monitor, document, and resolve portfolio, program and project risks and issues while escalating as needed. - Define, enable, and continuously improve processes to ensure seamless collaboration across delivery teams.- Propose and implement new processes to address inefficiencies, align with industry best practices, and enhance operational performance. - Bring in GenAI‑enabled productivity improvements and AI‑enabled solutions proactively. Qualifications and Experience - Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.- 15+ years of experience leading Engineering teams in a services organization. - 10+ years of experience leading technology teams in Media and Telco vertical is a plus. Other domain knowledge is fine as well. - Experience in full‑cycle software delivery as a developer in building Enterprise applications using technologies including Java or Node, React or Angular, Python. This is mandatory.- Experience with building Agentic AI applications using LLMs, RAG, AI orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, n8n, CrewAI, and productivity improvements using AI tools like Cursor, Copilot. - Experience in solution architecture, microservices applications, and building applications on the cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP).- Led Digital Transformation engagements and handled end‑to‑end delivery, including MarTech (AJO/Marketo/SFMC, AEP, Analytics), CRM (Salesforce/Dynamics), CMS (AEM, Acquia). This is a plus – nice to have. - Experience handling AEM and AEM cloud migration delivery projects is a plus. - Breadth and depth of technology experience and the ability toquickly understand new technologies.- Expertise in DevOps practices and release processes. - Proven ability to design and lead technical solutions and architecture. - Experience managing global teams– proven ability to work effectively across remote teams in different geographic locations. - Excellent communicator with all levels of leadership, management, and staff to achieve desired outcomes and build strong alliances and relationships.- Excellent listener with a passion for solving problems. - Expertise in estimating, planning, and staffing work for transformative multi‑year programs. - Ability to work under deadlines and manage multiple priorities. #J-18808-Ljbffr