Software Engineering Mgr IND - Workday

About us:

We are a highly successful 190-year-old, Fortune 500 commercial property insurance company of 6,000+ employees with a unique focus on science and risk engineering. Businesses worldwide trust our expertise to protect their assets, relying on our comprehensive risk assessments and robust, engineering-based insurance solutions to safeguard against fire, natural disasters, and other perils. Serving over a quarter of the Fortune 500 and major corporations globally, we deliver data-driven strategies that enhance resilience, ensure business continuity, and empower organizations to thrive.

FM India is a strategic location for driving our global operational efficiency. Our presence in India allows us to leverage the country's talented workforce and advance our capabilities to serve our clients better. We have diverse corporate functions that emphasize research, advanced technologies like AI and analytics, risk engineering, research, finance, marketing, HR, etc. working together to provide innovative solutions and nurture lasting relationships – from co-workers to clients.

Role Title: Software Engineering Manager IND

Position Summary:

This role is a player/coach manager and a contributing member of their technology teams. They oversee technology delivery of their teams, which may be comprised of full-time technologists, contingent workers, and/or vendor partners.

They guide technology direction and leads technical initiatives for their product teams. They are the quality gatekeeper of their teams and ensures development, security, and test standards are followed by overseeing coding process and ensures standards and process such as code reviews, refinement, and releases are followed through their technical guidance and leadership. They are a servant leader and helps to remove obstacles from their teams proactively identifying risk and providing technology proof of concept and templates.

They are focused on building strong teams and ensures their team members have the appropriate technical skills and cultural fit through coaching and mentoring. They help to build and maximize the capabilities and skills within and across the Software Engineering department. They are responsible for the development and growth of their full-time employees and building of their individual competencies. They are responsible for team composition optimization, for reviewing priorities and assessing resource and or backlog redirection, for metrics associated with talent evolution, and for all other administrative responsibilities within the department.

They are a technologist who identifies relevant technology trends and tools that could improve skillsets within the organization and overall technology product delivery. They act as practice leader who engages with product owners as a technical SME.

Job Responsibilities:

• Technical Value Delivery – Team Level for all Team Members: Driving Delivery & Tech Needs.
• Quality Gatekeeper: Coding Process, Code Reviews, Refinement, Releases, Technical Guidance & Leadership
• Remove Blockers - Raise Risks, CRs, Paves the Way via POCs, Templating. Removes Distractions.
• Team Building - Building Strong Dev Teams, Tech & Cultural Fit Eval, Coach & Mentor the Team.
• Administration – Team Level: Admin of/for Direct Reports both full-time and contingent: Hiring, Workday Admin, HR, Immigration, Required Training, Access, Contracts, Legal, Budgeting, Planning.
• Develops Talent – Individual Level for Full Time Employees, 1:1s, Individual Coach & Mentor, Training, Finding New Opportunities, Performance Reviews, Promotions
• Assist to expand Capabilities – SBE, Tech Product Level: Drives Strategy, Leading Strategic Org Objectives: Future Tech Needs, POCs, Community of Interest sponsorship.

Skill and Experience:

• 5+ years of experience required to perform essential job functions.
• Additional Experience Qualifier (optional): Experience as a team lead in development and evaluating technologies, running effective technology proof of concepts.
• Experience interviewing, hiring and assessing personnel.
• Experience in coaching, mentoring, and developing
• highly motivated technical workforce.
• Strong background in appropriate area of technology.
• Communication skills to provide guidance and education on new concepts and practices to engineering team members.
• Ability to provide clear and direction communication regarding performance and skill development.
• Proven skills in coaching engineering team members in the areas of performance, standards and work methods.
• Proven ability to resolve conflicts in within and across teams; before they escalate (mediation skills).
• Ability to assist in the organization events (theme meetings, hackathons) in the subject area.
• Ability to create an atmosphere of trust and comfortable and efficient work environment.

Must Have Skills:

Workday HCM and HR Technology Expertise:

• Strong knowledge of Workday HCM and related HR technology platforms, including core HR, talent, benefits, compensation, payroll, and security.

System Enhancement and Modernization Leadership:

• Proven ability to drive platform modernization initiatives, improve system capabilities, and deliver scalable technology solutions.

Workday Implementation and Upgrade Management:

• Experience supporting Workday implementations, releases, feature deployments, and ongoing platform upgrades.

Workday Feature Evaluation and Innovation:

• Ability to assess emerging Workday functionality, identify business value, and recommend adoption strategies.

Integration, API, and Middleware Oversight:

• Strong understanding of APIs, middleware technologies, and enterprise integration frameworks supporting HR systems.

Enterprise Integration Strategy Optimization:

• Experience designing and optimizing integration architectures to improve data flow, system performance, and maintainability.

Data Privacy, Security, and Regulatory Compliance:

• Knowledge of data governance, privacy regulations, security controls, and compliance requirements applicable to HR platforms.

Stakeholder and Vendor Management:

• Ability to collaborate with HR Product Owner, business leaders, technical teams, and third-party vendors to align technology solutions with organizational objectives.

AI Strategy and Enablement for HR Platforms (Good to Have):

• Experience evaluating, implementing, or advising on AI-driven capabilities within HR technology platforms, including automation, analytics, and employee experience solutions.

Education and Certifications:

• 4 Year /Bachelor degree required.

Work location: Bengaluru.