Location: Bangalore
Company: TIFIN Give
About Us:
TIFIN Give is an early growth-stage fintech company offering a modern, tech-driven Donor
Advised Fund to empower charitable giving. We have a lean, hungry team building a
feature-rich product and automated operations platform, through which we are servicing multiple
enterprise clients. Our roadmap and deal pipeline is full to the bursting, and we’re looking for
someone to join our team in this exciting stage. A s we continue to scale, we’re looking for a Senior Delivery Manager to lead our engineering teams and drive the successful delivery of our ambitious product roadmap.
Role Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Delivery Manager & Scrum Master to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will manage and grow our engineering teams, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality software solutions. You will work closely with product owners, the product team, and other key stakeholders to refine and manage the development pipeline, evolve engineering processes, and contribute to the overall success of our product delivery.
You will play a critical role in managing our sprints, owning our release process, and defining robust, effective practices tailored to our evolving needs. If you have a strong background on larger teams, particularly in building
enterprise software within the financial industry, and a proven track record with well-defined
processes and quality control, we want you to bring that expertise, adapt it to our context, and
help us achieve operational excellence.
We are looking for someone to come in with well-formed, proven processes that have been
shown to be effective in delivering enterprise-grade software at a rapid pace required in a nimble startup. We may service large enterprises, but we don’t execute like one. An ideal candidate would own their processes,
not be afraid to keep others accountable, and have a relentless, user-focused approach to quality
and delivery.
Key Responsibilities:
• Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and grow engineering teams from 7 to 20+ members, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Agile Methodologies: Champion and implement agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, to optimize team efficiency and delivery timelines.
• Software Development Collaboration: Leverage your prior experience in software development to bridge communication between engineering and product teams, ensuring technical feasibility and alignment with business objectives.
• Product Collaboration: Work closely with product owners and the product team to frequently review the product backlog, prioritize features, and ensure that engineering efforts align with the strategic goals of the company.
• Process Improvement: Drive the evolution of engineering management processes, implementing more structured frameworks that enhance productivity, quality, and scalability as the team grows.
• Quality Assurance: Oversee QA processes, including developing testing strategies, managing QA resources, and occasionally taking on QA/UAT testing tasks to ensure product quality.
• Stakeholder Management: Act as a key point of contact between engineering, product, and other business units, ensuring clear communication, expectation management, and alignment across the organization.
Qualifications:
• Experience: 8+ years of experience in software delivery or engineering management roles, with a proven track record in growing engineering teams within a startup environment.
• Industry Knowledge: Strong background in the fintech industry, with an understanding of the challenges and opportunities unique to this sector.
• Agile Expertise: Deep understanding of agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban, and experience in implementing and optimizing these frameworks within teams.
• Technical Background: Prior hands-on experience in software development, with the ability to understand technical challenges and solutions, bridging the gap between engineering and product teams.
• Leadership: Demonstrated experience leading engineering teams through periods of growth, scaling teams from 7 to 20+ members while maintaining high morale and productivity.
• Process Improvement: Proven ability to evolve and implement engineering processes that enhance team performance and product delivery.
• QA Involvement: Experience in managing QA processes, with a willingness to engage in hands-on QA/UAT testing as needed.
