Senior Program Manager

• *Job Summary**
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HCLTech is looking for an Engineering Mindset Leader to drive Application Development and Transformation\-led delivery for the Informa account. This role owns engineering culture, technical governance, and delivery quality across a portfolio that spans multiple Informa business divisions — bringing engineering consistency and rigor to a technology landscape shaped by years of organic growth and acquisition, while partnering closely with Informa's technology and transformation leadership.

• *Key Responsibilities**
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• *Key Responsibilities**

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• *Engineering Mindset \& Culture**

• Champion a quality\-first, automation\-first engineering culture across pods working on different Informa business units.
• Institutionalize consistent coding, review, and design standards despite a heterogeneous, multi\-stack estate.
• Drive DevSecOps adoption — CI/CD, infrastructure\-as\-code, automated testing, and shift\-left security — as a common baseline across divisions.
• Instill a data\- and platform\-first engineering discipline suited to subscription, content, and B2B SaaS products.

• *Delivery Leadership \& Technical Governance**

• Own end\-to\-end technical delivery for Informa's AD/Transformation workstreams across multiple business divisions.
• Set up architecture governance — design reviews, standards, and NFR sign\-off — that scales across diverse tech stacks.
• Drive platform rationalization and cloud migration, reducing technology sprawl from prior acquisitions.
• Build reusable engineering frameworks and accelerators applicable across business units.
• Track and report engineering health metrics (velocity, defect leakage, deployment frequency, MTTR) to account leadership.

• *Client \& Stakeholder Engagement**

• Act as the primary engineering counterpart to Informa's technology and transformation leadership.
• Translate divisional transformation priorities into a coherent, account\-wide engineering roadmap.
• Represent HCLTech in technical governance forums, steering committees, and architecture councils.
• Build trusted\-advisor relationships that expand HCLTech's engineering footprint across Informa's divisions.
• Lead delivery from an offshore location, ensuring seamless collaboration with onshore/client stakeholders through structured governance, overlap hours, and communication cadences.

• *Team Building, Coaching \& Talent**

• Build, mentor, and retain engineering pods aligned to each supported business division.
• Define skilling plans and technical career paths across a broad, multi\-technology environment.
• Foster ownership, continuous learning, and engineering craftsmanship across distributed teams.

• *Innovation \& Continuous Improvement**

• Drive adoption of platform engineering, data engineering, and GenAI\-assisted SDLC practices.
• Lead pilots for tooling and accelerators that support M\&A\-driven platform integration.

Contribute learnings back into HCLTech's engineering Centre of Excellence

• *Skill Requirements**
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• *Required Skills \& Experience**

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• 16–20 years in IT with substantial experience in Application Development / Digital Transformation delivery.
• Proven track record leading engineering teams of 20\+ engineers across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Strong hands\-on engineering background across modern web/backend stacks (Java, .NET, Node.js, or similar).
• Deep expertise in cloud platforms (AWS/Azure), microservices architecture, and containerization (Docker/Kubernetes).
• Experience integrating or rationalizing diverse technology stacks, ideally following M\&A activity.
• Working knowledge of data platforms — SQL/NoSQL databases, ETL/ELT pipelines — for subscription and content products.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across distributed, global business units.
• Solid grounding in Agile/Scaled Agile delivery models.
• Proven track record successfully leading offshore delivery pods for global/onshore clients, with strong asynchronous communication and governance discipline.

• *Preferred / Good to Have**

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• Prior experience in publishing, B2B information services, events/exhibitions, or subscription\-based digital products.
• Exposure to CMS, subscription/e\-commerce platforms, or event\-technology platforms.
• Experience supporting technology integration following mergers or acquisitions.
• Relevant certifications — cloud architect (AWS/Azure), TOGAF, SAFe, or equivalent.
• Exposure to AI/ML\-assisted engineering productivity tools.
• Experience in a global delivery / GCC (Global Capability Center) model, with prior offshore leadership for UK/EU/global clients.

• *What Success Looks Like (First 6–12 Months)**

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• A common engineering baseline (standards, tooling, governance) adopted across previously siloed business units.
• Measurable reduction in technology sprawl and measurable improvement in delivery/quality metrics.
• Recognized by Informa stakeholders as a credible, account\-wide engineering thought leader.
• A stable, motivated, and upskilled engineering organization with a visible succession pipeline.

• *Must Have Skill**
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.NET Core,Docker,Java Full Stack,Node.js

• *Good to Have Skill**
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AWS AI/ML (GenAI),Publishing Tools

• *Other Requirements**
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